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JFTC held a party to commemorate the launch of
Action for a Better International Community (ABIC)
at the Council's Meeting Room on July 2. The approximately
one hundred attendees included ABIC members, representatives
of related government offices, institutes and
organizations, and the press. Chairman Kenji Miyahara
gave a speech that was followed by speeches by
Yoshihiko Saeki, executive vice-president of JETRO,
and Yutaka Iimura, director general (at that time)
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
About Action for a Better International Community
ABIC is a private non-profit organization established
in April 2000 by JFTC with the purpose of promoting
NPO activities. JFTC has been committed its credibility
and organized capacities, so that ABIC gained
recognition as a "designated non-profit organization
under the Japanese NPO law" in May 2001.
Total number of registered members (as of Sep.2001)
is 992.
Action for a Better International Community's
URL
http://www.jftc.or.jp/abic_en/abictop_e.html
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