Young Delegates to Discuss Global Issues at the 2007 Junior 8 Summit andAddress to the G8 Leaders
Japan Team to Visit Prime Minister’s Office
May 17, 2007｜Tokyo

Morgan Stanley and UNICEF are pleased to announce the winningteens chosen to participate in the 2007 Junior 8 (“J8”) Competition.
Eight students from Hiroo Gakuen in Tokyo were selected torepresent Japan in the international competition which was open to
all children, ages 13 to 17, in the G8 countries. The team will be
traveling to Wismar, a port town near Heiligendamm in northern
Germany on the Baltic Sea, to attend the J8 Summit from June 3-9.

J8 is an official youth program linked to the G8 Summit and is jointly
organized by Morgan Stanley, UNICEF and the G8 host country.
Following the success of previous summits in Edinburgh (2005) andSt. Petersburg (2006), the third J8 Summit in Wismar will beattended by 64 young people from G8 countries and 10 young people
from other parts of the world. The participants will discuss a wide
range of global issues to be on the agenda of the 2007 G8 Summitand put together a Communiqué at the end. Delegates of the J8 summit will also have theopportunity to present their views to the group of heads of state and government during the G8summit.

Jay Sapsford, Executive Director ofMorgan Stanley Japan Securities andMasato
Komatsuzawa,
GeneralManager of Japan Committee for
UNICEF handed a letter ofconfirmation to the winning team to
Kiyomichi Ohashi, Principal andChairman of the Board of Hiroo
Gakuen on April 23.

The selection process of the delegates ran from January-March
2007. The topics of this year’s J8 competition included four key
global issues: Economic Development in Africa; HIV / AIDS;
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency; and Intellectual Property
Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility. Entrants wererequired to make a group of eight members, discuss the topics andsubmit the results in an essay. In Japan, a total of 18 teams
competed via an English essay contest for the opportunity torepresent the country at the J8 Summit. Winning essay wasselected by a judging panel organized by Morgan Stanley,
UNICEF and experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofJapan.
1Preparing for J8 Summit; Prime Minister’s Office Visit
Hiroo Gakuen’s winning delegation, HIROGAKU EIGHT,
comprises six girls and two boys. The team has started
preparations for the J8 Summit including an intensive English
debate training. The team participated in a preparatory
meeting organized by Morgan Stanley and UNICEF on May
15, where they met with the members of last year’s Japandelegate from the Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School.
The team will also attend the lectures by the experts from theMinistry of Foreign Affairs on some of the topics to be
discussed at the J8 summit and a preview of an educational
documentary film co-produced by UNICEF. A visit to Prime
Minister’s office is also scheduled prior to the departure toWismar at the end of May.

“Enjoy and work hard!” the 2006 J8 delegate
team encourages Hirogaku Eight (Preparatorymeeting, May 12)2007 J8 Highlights
The following is a summary of some of the highlights of the 2007 J8 summit in Wismar.
Sunday, June 3
9：00-9：30

Official Opening (Wismar)
Participants:
J8 delegates, German government officials,
Mayor of Wismar, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

Tuesday, June 5
11：00-12：00

Press Conference (Berlin)
Participants: J8 delegates (2 G8 and 2 non-G8)

13：00-14:00

Meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel (Berlin)
Participants: All J8 delegatesThursday, June 7
11：45-12：30

Meeting with G8 Leaders (Heiligendamm)
Participants: A delegation from the J8 Summit
including one member of the Japan team*The Japan team delegate will also make remarks as a delegate of the hostcountry for the 2008 J8 Summit

12：30-13：30

Press Conference (Heiligendamm)
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Shiho Nomura
Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co., Ltd.

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03-5424-5013
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Michiko Nagashima
UNICEF Tokyo

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03-5467-4431
03-5467-4437
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Satomi Wakamatsu, Hiromasa Nakai
Japan Committee for UNICEF

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