1. The Asia-Africa Public Private Joint Forum, co-hosted by the Government of Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will take place on May 24 (Mon) and 25 (Tue) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in cooperation with the Government of Malaysia.

2. The Forum will be attended by Ambassador Masaharu Kohno, Director-General for Sub-Saharan African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the chief delegate of the Government of Japan, and will be co-chaired by Dr. Shinsuke Horiuchi, Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (former Japanese Ambassador to Kenya), and Mr. Zephirin Diabre, Associate Administrator of the UNDP. Attendants will also include director-general-level officials of trade and investment-related ministries and agencies of Asia and Africa, representatives of local business enterprises, and department chiefs of related international organizations. From Japan, the representatives of Japanese corporations operating in Africa will also participate, in addition to the representatives of related ministries and agencies including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

3. The Forum will be held as part of the follow-up of the Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD III) and is intended to realize sustainable development in Africa through the promotion of trade and investment between Asia and Africa. Focusing on such promotion, the Forum will analyze the current situation and future prospects of trade and investment between Asia and Africa and will exchange wide-ranging views on the significance of the private sector and the roles of the governments (assistance measures) for the development of Africa.

24 Mei 2004

Asia - Africa Public Private Joint Forum

1. The Asia-Africa Public Private Joint Forum, yang diselenggarakan bersama oleh Pemerintah Jepang dan UNDP akan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 24-25 Mei 2004 di Kuala Lumpur, atas kerjasama dengan Pemerintah Malaysia.

2. Forum akan dihadiri Duta Besar Masaharu Kohno, Direktur Jenderal Urusan Sub-Sahara Afrika, Kementerian Luar Negeri Jepang, sebagai ketua delegasi Pemerintah Jepang, dan akan dipimpin bersama oleh Dr. Shinsuke Horiuchi, Special Assistant Menteri Luar Negeri (mantan Duta Besar Jepang di Kenya), dan Zephierin Diabre, Associate Administrator UNDP. Peserta yang hadir di Forum termasuk para pejabat tingkat direktur jenderal dari kementerian yang terkait dengan perdagangan dan investasi serta badan-badan urusan Asia dan Afrika, para wakil perusahaan bisnis lokal, serta kepala bagian departemen dari organisasi internasional. Dari Jepang, selain wakil dari kementerian dan badan-badan yang terkait, termasuk Kementerian Luar Negeri, juga akan hadir para wakil dari perusahaan-perusahaan Jepang yang beroperasi di Afrika.

3. Forum dilaksanakan sebagai bagian dari tindak lanjut dari Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD III) dan dimaksudkan bagi terlaksananya pembangunan secara berkesinambungan di Afrika melalui peningkatan perdagangan dan investasi antara Asia dan Afrika. Dengan fokus pada peningkatan tersebut, Forum akan melakukan analisa atas situasi mutakhir serta prospek masa depan perdagangan dan investasi antara Asia dan Afrika. Forum juga akan melakukan tukar menukar pandangan secara luas tentang arti penting sektor swasta serta peran pemerintah (langkah-langkah bantuan) bagi pembangunan Afrika.

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