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- Voice from Civil Society: toward G8 Summit and Japan's Approach to African
Poverty -
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"Hottokenai, Sekai no Mazushisa" (Japanese campaign of G-Cap)
Office
Tatsuo Hayashi (President, Africa-Japan Forum)
Minoru Obayashi (President, TICAD Civil Society Form)
Date: July 8, 2005
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Place: Foreign Press Center
Japan（FPC) Press Conference Room
6F Nippon Press Center Building, 2-2-1, Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,
100-0011, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3501-3401 Fax: +81-3-3501-3622
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This year will be called the "Year for Africa", since several
international conferences that discuss "Africa Issue"l have been
held in 2005. The 6th Annual Meeting of Global Development Network in Senegal
and the Bandung Conference in Indonesia have been already organized, and
during 6th-8th July, G8 Summit will be held in Gleneagles, United Kingdom,
and UN "Millennium plus 5" Summit will be held on 14th September.
Africa-Japan
Forum (AJF) and TICAD Civil Society Forum, Japan (TCSF) published the joint
statement titled "Turning Africa in Distress to Africa with Riches and
Possibilities - Now is the Time for Japan to Expand Aid Dramatically to Africa
with a New Methodology - on 21st April 2005 (see the reference).
2005 G8
Summit takes up the question of "African issue" as a main agenda. Civil
Societies take actions for more efficient aid for Africa. We, "Hottokenai, Sekai
no Mazushisa", AJF, and TCSF would like to analyze the poverty reduction and aid
policy for Africa that will be discussed at the G8 Summit, and make a statement
from the point of view of the Civil Society.
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【About "Hottokenai, Sekai no Mazushisa" (Don't Let It Be: World
Poverty)】
This campaign is a Japanese campaign of Global Call to Action
Against Poverty (G-CAP), and carries out activities in Japan coordinating with
the world wide activities. Both AJF and TCSF take part in its
activities.
【About Africa-Japan Forum (AJF)】
Africa-Japan Forum
is a 8-year-old network group to follow up "NGO Forum Africa Now", a NGO
symposium on African Development, which was held in Tokyo on the 2nd and 3rd
October 1993, prior to the Tokyo International Conference on African Development
(TICAD). The idea of this was born from a People's statement, which was
presented to the participants of the TICAD.
【About TICAD Civil Society
Forum (TCSF)】
In Oct 2003, TICAD III (The 3rd Tokyo International
Conference for African Development) was held and the TICAD Civil Society Forum
(TCSF) was established. Our mission is to implement a development process led by
African people. The Forum works on the government for further improvement of
Japanese policy on African affairs.
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【Contact Address】
Hottokenai, Sekai no Mazushisa
Tetsuji, TANAKA
http://www.hottokenai.jp info@hottokenai.jp
Africa-Japan Forum
Masaki, INABA
Tel：＋81-3-3834-6902 FAX：＋81-3-3834-6903
e-mail：info@ajf.gr.jp URL：http://www.ajf.gr.jp
2F Maruko
Bldg., 1-20-6 Higashiueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0015 JAPAN
TICAD Civil Society Forum
Miki, NAGASHIMA
Tel＆FAX： ＋81-3-3345-3234
e-mail：office@ticad-csf.net URL：http://www.ticad-csf.net
Hines Royal 408, Nishi Shinjuku
3-7-26, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023 JAPAN
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