Month/Year	Developments in Japanese Economic Cooperation	Month/Year	Developments in International Economic Cooperation and Major World Events
Jun. 1993	Fifth Medium-Term Target of ODA and the funds for Development Initiative are announced.
Jul. 1993	Common Agenda for Cooperation in Global Perspective is announced as a result of Japan- US Framework Talks.
Oct. 1993	Japan co-hosts the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD I). Tokyo Declaration on African Development is adopted.
Oct. 1993	Plaza for International Cooperation is established.
Feb. 1994	Japan announces the Global Issues Initiative (GII) on Population and AIDS.	Sep. 1993	Japan co-sponsors the first meeting of International Committee on Reconstruction of Cambodia (ICORC) in Paris.
Nov. 1993	Treaty on European Union (EU) enters into force.
Jan. 1994	World Trade Organization (WTO) is founded.
Aug. 1994	Tenth International Conference on AIDS is held in Yokohama.
Sep. 1994	International Conference on Population and Development is held in Cairo.
Dec. 1994	Paris Club agrees on the Naples Terms.
Feb. 1995	Ministerial Meeting of the Forum for Comprehensive Development of Indochina is hosted by Japan in Tokyo.	Mar. 1995	World Summit for Social Development is held in Copenhagen.
May. 1995	Emergency Grant Aid for Democratization is commenced.
Aug. 1995	Grant Aid to China is suspended because of its nuclear tests.
Sep. 1995	WID (Women in Development) Initiative is announced.	Sep. 1995	Fourth World Conference on Women is held in Beijing.
Sep. 1995	Official Japanese ODA logo is decided.	Nov. 1995	Osaka meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) agrees on the Partnership for Progress (PFP) mechanism to promote economic and technical cooperation within APEC.
Apr. 1996	MOFA-NGO Regular Meetings start.	Dec. 1995	Bosnia Peace Agreement is signed in Paris.
May. 1996	Japan-China Comprehensive Forum on Environmental Cooperation is inaugurated.	Mar. 1996	Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is held in Bangkok.
Aug. 1996	"Report on the Strategies for Development of Greater Mekong Area" is released.	May. 1996	DAC Development Partnership Strategy is adopted at the DAC High-Level Meeting.
Mar. 1997	Grant Aid to China is recommenced.	Jun. 1996	22nd Summit Meeting (Lyon Summit) is held. HIPC Initiative is agreed.
Apr. 1997	Council on ODA Reforms for the 21st Century is launched.
Jun. 1997	Cabinet decides a policy on the promotion of fiscal structural reform.	Jun. 1997	Special Session of the UN General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21 (Earth Summit + 5) is held.
Jun. 1997	Japan announces the initiatives for Sustainable Development Toward the 21st Century (ISD) at the Earth Summit + 5.
Sep. 1997	Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto visits China, where he proposes a bilateral agreement on environmental cooperation.	Jul. 1997	Thai Baht plunges in value, triggering the Asian currency and financial crisis.
Oct. 1997	First Japan-SPF Summit Meeting (Pacific Islands Forum) is held in Tokyo.
Dec. 1997	At the Signing Conference of the Mine Ban Convention in Ottawa, Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi announces Japan's pledge to provide approximately ¥10 billion over five years for mine clearance and victim assistance.	Dec. 1997	Signing Conference of Mine Ban Convention.
Dec. 1997	Japan announces the Kyoto Initiative (Assistance to Developing Countries for Combating Global Warming).	Dec. 1997	Third Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is held in Kyoto.
Dec. 1997	Prime Minister Hashimoto proposes the Japan-ASEAN Program for Comprehensive Human Resources Development on his visit to ASEAN countries.