| Brief History
and Major JOICFP Activities |
|
Major Events
in Japan and the World |
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1963 |
1st
Asia Population Conference was held in New Delhi. |
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1965 |
World
Population Conference by experts was held in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. |
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1966 |
"Population
Declaration" signed by 12 heads of state, including
Japan, was submitted to the United Nations. |
Japanese
Conference for International Cooperation in Family
Planning was founded as the predecessor of JOICFP.
Family Planning Seminar for Asia was initiated. |
1967 |
United
Nations Trust Fund on Population Activity, the predecessor
of the United Nations Population Fund was established.
William Draper, advisor to IPPF, visited Japan advocating
the need for international cooperation in population
and family planning.
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| JOICFP
was established. (April 22) |
1968 |
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| JOICFP
began its full collaboration with the government's
bilateral technical cooperation projects. |
1969 |
The
Japanese government began its contribution to IPPF
(US$100,000 at first). |
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1970 |
Japan's
population exceeded 100 million. |
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1971 |
Japanese
government began its contribution to UNFPA (US$1.5
million at the beginning which includes US$0.5 million
for IPPF). |
| JOICFP
cooperated in the organization of the Asia Population
Conference |
1972 |
2nd
Asia Population Conference was held in Tokyo. |
The
Council on Population Education (CPE) was founded.
A mission of Japanese parliamentarians was sent
to Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and India.
|
1973 |
Oil
Crisis. |
The
1st Asia Parasite Control/Family Planning (APCO/FP)
Conference was held in Tokyo.
The Integrated Project (IP) was advocated, combining
family planning, nutrition and parasite control.
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1974 |
UN
World Population Year. Japan Parliamentarians Federation
for Population (JPFP) was established. Japan Population
Conference was held. World Population Conference,
first conference by government representatives was
held in Bucharest, Romania. |
| IP
project in Taiwan was initiated. |
1975 |
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| IP
project began in Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines
and Thailand. |
1976 |
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| Family
Planning Fact-finding Mission was sent to Mexico,
Colombia and Brazil. |
1977 |
Gandhi
administration (Congress Party) in India was defeated
in the general elections affected partially by its
forced sterilization policy. |
| "South-to-South
Cooperation" by IP project countries was advocated. |
1978 |
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The
1st Latin America IP Promotion Conference (CAPRI)
was held.
Memorandum on cooperation in population and family
planning programs with China was signed.
|
1980 |
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| JOICFP
served as the Secretariat for the Parliamentarians'
Conference in Asia, held in Beijing. |
1981 |
1st
Asian Parliamentarian Conference on Population and
Development was held in Beijing. |
| The
1st IP project in Africa was initiated in Tanzania. |
1983 |
|
| IP
project began in China. |
1984 |
International
Population Conference was held in Mexico City. |
| IP
Workshop for sub-Saharan African countries was organized
in Tokyo. |
1985 |
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| JOICFP
served as the Secretariat for IPPF World Conference
held in Tokyo. |
1986 |
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| The
1st African Regional IP Training Course (PANFRICO)
was held in Tanzania. |
1987 |
World
population exceeded 5 billion. |
| JOICFP
celebrated its 20th anniversary. Sending reconditioned
bicycles to developing countries began. |
1988 |
Asian
population exceeded 3 billion. |
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1989 |
Japanese
government began grassroots grant aid projects.
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1990 |
International
Forum on Population in the 21st Century was held
in Amsterdam. |
| Assistance
programs began with contributions by Postal Savings
for International Voluntary Aid (POSIVA). |
1991 |
Parliamentarian
mission from Japan on Population and Development
was sent to Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ghana. |
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1992 |
UN
Earth Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Fundraising
campaign for international cooperation by collecting
and selling used telephone/railway prepaid cards. |
1993 |
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| JOICFP
joined in the formation of the guidelines for the
Global Issues Initiative (GII) by the Japanese government.
A JOICFP staff member attended the UN International
Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)
in Cairo as a member of the Japanese Official Delegation. |
1994 |
Japanese
government began the Global Issues Initiative (GII)
on Population and HIV/AIDS
International Conference on Population and Development
(ICPD) was held in Cairo, Egypt.
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1995 |
Social
Development Summit was held in Copenhagen.
World Conference on Women was held in Beijing.
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| JOICFP
moved to the new Hoken Kaikan Shinkan building. |
1996 |
The
Eugenic Protection Law was partially revised and
renamed as the Maternity Protection Law. |
| JOICFP
cooperation with the JICA Reproductive Health Project
in Vietnam was initiated. |
1997 |
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| JOICFP
celebrated its 30th anniversary. |
1998 |
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1999 |
Japanese
government approved the use of the low-dose oral
contraceptive pill.
World population exceeded 6 billion.
UN organized the ICPD+5 Special Session.
|
| JOICFP
obtained consultative status to UN/ECOSOC. |
2000 |
UN
organized the Beijing +5 conference.
Japanese government began the GII/IDI (Infectious
Diseases Initiative)
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JOICFP
cooperation with the JICA Partnership Program (Bangladesh)
began.
JOICFP received a UN Population Award. |
2001 |
The
events of 9-11
Responding to ICPD POA
Seminar on RH for senior officers - capacity building
of NGO towards community-based RH entrusted by JICA
began. |
| JOICFP
assistance to Afghanistan began. |
2002 |
IPPF
celebrated 50th anniversary.
International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance
to Afghanistan was held in Tokyo.
UN organized the Rio+10 conference in Johannesburg.
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