Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, to Attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)

June 19, 2012
Japanese

Mr. Koichiro Gemba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, is scheduled to visit Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from Wednesday, June 20 to Thursday, June 21 in order to attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).
During his stay, Foreign Minister Gemba will make a speech at the Conference as a representative of the Government of Japan, and he is also scheduled to exchange views with government officials from countries participating in the Conference. Additionally, Foreign Minister Gemba is scheduled to attend events such as the "Japan Evening", an event in the Japan Day program being hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, June 20, and an official side event being hosted by the Government of Japan that will be held on Thursday, June 21.

(*The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of issue of the original press release in Japanese.)

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