The stability and sustained growth of developing countries are essential to the creation of a post-Cold War framework for peace and prosperity. With emerging global issues adding further demands on assistance resources, developing countries find themselves in a more serious situation.

Under these circumstances, Japan assumes the responsibility to positively assist developing countries through its continued ODA expansion.

(1) Period: Five years (1993-97)

(2) Total amount: US$70-75 billion

• A 40-50% increase over the Fourth Medium-Term Target (US$50 billion, 1988-92).
• Incidentally, the Fourth Medium-Term Target of US$50 billion was achieved (US$49.7 billion).

(3) Steady improvement of ODA/GNP ratio

(4) Increase in grant portion (grant aid, technical cooperation) and steady improvement of ODA loans

(5) Emphasis on global issues (e.g. the environment and population), basic human needs, human resources development, infrastructure improvement, etc.

• Japan places particular emphasis on environment-related aid. At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), the Government of Japan announced its intention to expand its environment-related aid, over the five-year period (FY 1988-92), to around US$6 billion to US$7.7 billion.
• In the areas of Population and HIV/AIDS, Japan announced the "Global Issues Initiative (GII) on Population and AIDS" in February 1994, which will effect positive cooperation for developing countries in the sum of around US$3 billion within its ODA programme during the seven-year period (FY 1994-2000).

(6) Expansion of aid-related personnel, upgrading of aid-related studies, closer coordination with NGO activities, etc.