Month/Year	Developments in Japanese Economic Cooperation	Month/Year	Developments in International Economic Cooperation and Major World Events
Aug. 2003	Cabinet adopts Revised ODA Charter.	Jul. 2003	Consultative Group Meeting of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is held in Paris.
Aug. 2003	Initiative for Development in East Asia Fukuoka Symposium.	Aug. 2003	International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and the Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation is held in Almaty.
Sep. 2003	Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD III) is held in Tokyo. TICAD 10th Anniversary Declaration is adopted.	Aug. 2003	Dushanbe Fresh Water Forum is held in Tajikistan. 5th WTO Ministerial Conference is held in Cancun.
Oct. 2003	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Foundation turn into an "Independent Administrative Institution."	Oct. 2003	7th ASEAN + 3 Summit is held in Bali. APEC joint Ministerial/Informal Leaders Meeting is held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Oct. 2003	Government of Japan announces its assistance package to Iraq; US$1.5 billion of grant aid for the immediate support, and up to $3.5 billion mainly in the form of Yen loans	Oct. 2003	International Donors' Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq is held in Madrid.
Dec. 2003	ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit Meeting is held in Tokyo ("Tokyo Declaration," and "The Japan-ASEAN Plan of Action," are announced).	Dec. 2003	World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) is held in Geneva.
Dec. 2003	International Symposium on "Human Security Now" is held in Tokyo.	Jan. 2004	High-Level Forum on the Health MDGs is held. First Donor Committee Meeting of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq is held in Abu Dhabi.
Feb. 2004	Government of Japan announces to contribute $490 million to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq.	Feb. 2004
Feb. 2004	International Symposium on Capacity Development-exploring productive partnerships in Tokyo is co-hosted by JICA, UNDP, WBI and CIDA in Tokyo.	Mar. 2004	International Conference on Afghanistan is held in Berlin. INSARAG Lessons Learned Meeting following the earthquakes of Iran/Bam and Morocco is held in Tunisia.
Apr. 2004	Country assistance programs are formulated for Vietnam and Sri Lanka.	Apr. 2004
Apr. 2004	Ministerial Conference on Peace Consolidation and Economic Development of the Western Balkans is held in Tokyo.	Apr. 2004	Africa-Asia Business Forum III is held in Senegal. Second Meeting of the Africa Partnership Forum is held in Mozambique.
Apr. 2004	JICA's "Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations." are put into effect.	May. 2004	Asia-Africa Public Private Joint Forum is held in Malaysia. G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting is held in Washington. Second Donor Committee Meeting of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq is held in Doha. Shanghai Conference on Scaling Up Poverty Reduction is held.
May. 2004	NGO-MOFA Regular Meeting "General Meeting" starts.	May. 2004
Jun. 2004	LENPA (Learning Network on Program-Based Approaches) Forum on PBA in Asia is held in Tokyo.	Jun. 2004	30th G8 Summit (Sea Island Summit) is held. 11th U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is held in Sao Paulo.
Jul. 2004	Japan Forum on International Agricultural Research for Sustainable Development is founded.	Jul. 2004	ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers' Meeting is held in Jakarta. DAC High Level Meeting (on MDGs) is held in Paris.
Jul. 2004	International Symposium on Human Security is held in Tokyo.	Jul. 2004	XV International AIDS Conference is held in Bangkok. Second Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on HIV/AIDS is held in Bangkok.
Aug. 2004	Institutional reform of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (strengthening of country-specific approach) is conducted.	Jul. 2004	U.N. Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation is held in New York.
Jul. 2004	WTO General Council adopts a framework agreement in Geneva.
Aug. 2004	Asian-African Sub-Regional Organizations Conference (AASROC) is held in Durban.
Aug. 2004	WTO General Council adopts a decision (an interim agreement in negotiations).