Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori met with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata at the Prime Minister's Official Residence. It was confirmed that Japan would continue to support the activities of the UNHCR as it did in East Timor, Kosovo,and other conflict areas. High Commissioner Ogata explained the UNHCR's planned Asia-Pacific Regional Center for International Humanitarian Responses, aimed at providing necessary training to NGO people as they go out to the field, and requested the Prime Minister's cooperation.