Month/Year	Developments in Japanese Economic Cooperation	Month/Year	Developments in International Economic Cooperation and Major World Events
Apr. 2000	Measures to prevent improper and inappropriate activities that pertain to ODA projects are introduced.	Jun. 2000	UN General Assembly Special Session: Women 2000 is held in New York.
Jun. 2000	Country Assistance Plans are formulated for Vietnam, Egypt, Tanzania, and Ghana.	Jun. 2000	UN General Assembly Special Session: Social Summit + 5 is held.
Jul. 2000	"Action from Japan on 'Conflict and Development'," "Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society," "Japan's Comprehensive Cooperation Package to Address the International Digital Divide," and "Okinawa Infectious Diseases Initiative" are announced at the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit.	Jun. 2000	Signing of the Cotonou Agreement. 26th Summit Meeting (Kyushu-Okinawa Summit) is held. Leaders of Developing Countries are invited to meet with G8 leaders.
Aug. 2000	Country Assistance Plans are formulated for Kenya, the Philippines, and Peru.	Aug. 2000	UN Millennium Summit is held. UN Millennium Assembly is held.
Aug. 2000	Japan Platform is established.
Oct. 2000	Ceremony to commemorate 20 years of Japan-China economic cooperation is held in Beijing.
Oct. 2000	Kyoto Meeting on Polio Eradication in the Western Pacific Region is held.
Oct. 2000	First Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Mission is dispatched to the Philippines, Thailand, and Cambodia.
Nov. 2000	"A New Framework for Japan-CARICOM Cooperation for the 21st Century," announced at the First Japan-CARICOM Ministerial-Level Conference in Tokyo.
Dec. 2000	Okinawa International Conference on Infectious Diseases is held.
Jan. 2001	Amendments to the MOfA Establishment Law take effect following the enactment of the Basic Law for Central Government Reform.
Jan. 2001	Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori visits Africa. (South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria)
May. 2001	First Meeting of the Second Consultative Committee on ODA Reform is held.	Apr. 2001	African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Other Related Infectious Diseases is held in Abuja, Nigeria.
Apr. 2001	Commission on Human Security is established. OECD-DAC agrees on the recommendation on untying ODA to the Least Developed Countries.
May. 2001	Third UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries is held.
Jun. 2001	UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS is held.
Jul. 2001	Genoa G8 Summit is held. Foundation of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is agreed.
Aug. 2001	Second Consultative Committee on ODA Reform issues its interim report.
Aug. 2001	ODA Town Meeting is commenced.
Oct. 2001	Economic Cooperation Program for China is formulated and announced.	Sep. 2001	Terrorist attacks in the United States. Ceremonies are held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Colombo Plan.
Oct. 2001	Japan decides to lift an economic sanction imposed in response to the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan.	Oct. 2001	Asia Pacific Ministerial meeting on HIV/AIDS and Development is held in Melbourne.
Oct. 2001	New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is established.
Nov. 2001	First Tokyo Workshop on ODA Evaluation is held.	Nov. 2001	Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference held in Doha. (Doha Development Agenda is adopted) Representatives of groups in Afghanistan hold a conference in Bonn and reach an agreement on the establishment of an Interim Authority.
Dec. 2001	TICAD ministerial-level meeting is held in Tokyo.
Dec. 2001	International Conference on the Reconstruction of Afghanistan is held in Tokyo.
Jan. 2002	Prime Minister Koizumi visits ASEAN countries.
Jan. 2002	International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan is held in Tokyo. Assistance of up to 500 million dollars over the next two and a half years is announced.
Feb. 2002	Country Assistance Programs are formulated for Cambodia and Malaysia.