Press Releases
Visit to New York by Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Fumio Kishida
September 18, 2013
1．If circumstances allow, Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Fumio Kishida will visit New York from September 23 to 28 to attend international conferences and other events that will be held in conjunction with the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
2．During his stay, Minister Kishida is scheduled to attend bilateral foreign ministers’ meetings and various international conferences, and to exchange views with foreign ministers and other officials from various countries.
(Reference) Itinerary of Minister Kishida’s Visit
| September | 23 | Depart Narita, arrive New York |
| Equal Futures Partnership Meeting | ||
| 24 | 7th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI) | |
| Side event on Preventing Sexual Violence Initiatives in Conflicts | ||
| 25 | Side event on post-2015 development goals and health | |
| G8 Deauville Partnership (DP) ministerial-level meeting | ||
| Reception hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife | ||
| 26 | G4 Foreign Ministers’ meeting on UN Security Council Reform | |
| High-Level Meeting on the Sahel region | ||
| UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament | ||
| 27 | 8th Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) | |
| Japan-CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting | ||
| Depart New York | ||
| 28 | Arrive Narita |
(* The foregoing is a provisional translation. The date indicated above denotes the date of the issue of the original press release in Japanese.)