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First Day of TICAD V (Morning)
Friday, May 31, 2013
Photograph of Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Photograph of Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with President Macky Sall of the Republic of Senegal
Photograph of Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of the Republic of Liberia
Photograph of Prime Minister Abe shaking hands with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Yokohama to attend the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V).
TICAD is an international conference on the theme of African development. Since 1993, under the initiative of the Japanese Government and jointly with the United Nations, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), African Union Commission (AUC), and the World Bank, a leaders' meeting has been held once every five years as well as ministerial meetings, among other meetings, in which the international community holds a wide range of discussions with African countries on African development.
At TICAD V, based on the overall theme of "Hand in Hand with a More Dynamic Africa - Transformation for Quality Growth -," Japan, African countries, international organizations, donors, the private sector, and civil society discuss the numerous development challenges facing Africa and compile future support measures aimed at "quality growth" according to the three mutually supporting themes of "robust and sustainable economy," "inclusive and resilient society," and "peace and stability."
At a hotel in Yokohama, the Prime Minister held talks with Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, then with Mr. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, then with Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, and lastly with Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
TICAD is an international conference on the theme of African development. Since 1993, under the initiative of the Japanese Government and jointly with the United Nations, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), African Union Commission (AUC), and the World Bank, a leaders' meeting has been held once every five years as well as ministerial meetings, among other meetings, in which the international community holds a wide range of discussions with African countries on African development.
At TICAD V, based on the overall theme of "Hand in Hand with a More Dynamic Africa - Transformation for Quality Growth -," Japan, African countries, international organizations, donors, the private sector, and civil society discuss the numerous development challenges facing Africa and compile future support measures aimed at "quality growth" according to the three mutually supporting themes of "robust and sustainable economy," "inclusive and resilient society," and "peace and stability."
At a hotel in Yokohama, the Prime Minister held talks with Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, then with Mr. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, then with Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, and lastly with Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
