| On May 2-3, 2010, the second TICAD Ministerial Follow-up Meeting was held in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania.
The meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Katsuya Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and H.E. Mr. Mustafa Mkulo, Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania, and was officially opened by H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania.
The Ministers and delegations of African countries and TICAD co-organizers, namely the Government of Japan, United Nations, United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank, together with representatives of other partner countries, the African Union Commission and other international and regional organizations, the private sector and civil society organizations attended the Second TICAD Ministerial Follow-up Meeting in order to review progress on the implementation of the Yokohama Action Plan issued at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV), focusing on agenda items below.
I. Progress Status of Implementation of the Yokohama Action Plan and Future Challenges
II. Africa's Efforts to Recover from the Impact of the Global Financial and Economic Crisis
III. Achieving the MDGs
IV. Addressing Climate Change
As a result of the discussion at the Meeting, a Communiqué of the Second TICAD Ministerial Follow-up Meeting was adopted.(The Communiqué is available at http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/ticad/min1005/communique_e1005.html)
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