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Parliamentarians’ Capacity Building Project on Accountability and Aid Implementation for Population and Development Issues Part II “Special Conference Room” Members’ Office Building House of Councillors & Hotel New Otani 13-16 September 2010 Meeting Minutes TABLE OF CONTENTS OPENING CEREMONY .......................................................................................................... 4 Opening Address Hon. Yasuo Fukuda MP, Japan............................................................ 4 Address Hon. Yoko Komiyama MP, Japan....................................................................... 6 Address Mr. Kazuo Sunaga .............................................................................................. 7 Address Dr. Kiyoko Ikegami............................................................................................. 9 KEYNOTE SPEECH ............................................................................................................... 11 Japan’s ODA and Accountability; The Role of Parliamentarians ................................. 11 Hon. Yoshimasa Hayashi MP, Japan ............................................................................. 11 SESSION 1 Progress and Feedback from the 2009 Workshop.......................................... 14 CHAIR: Hon. Fredrick Outa Otenio MP, Kenya............................................................. 14 Hon. Jenista Joakim Mhagama MP, Tanzania ............................................................... 15 Hon. Dr. Damry Ouk MP, Cambodia.............................................................................. 18 SESSION 2 Introductory Session ........................................................................................ 22 CHAIR: Hon. Lombani Msichili MP, Zambia................................................................... 22 Dr. Osamu Kusumoto..................................................................................................... 23 SESSION 3 Case Study: Legislation on Population Issues ................................................. 33 CHAIR: Cong. Jesus Crispin Remulla MP, Philippines.................................................... 33 Hon. Dr. Nguyen Van Tien MP, Vietnam ....................................................................... 34 Hon. Shri Shantaram Laxman Naik MP, India ............................................................... 39 Hon. Douangdy Outhachak MP, Lao PDR...................................................................... 43 SESSION 4 Evolution and Immaterial Nature of Software ............................................... 45 CHAIR: Hon. Dr. Donya Aziz MP, Pakistan..................................................................... 45 Mr. Kouichi Kishida........................................................................................................ 46 SESSION 5 Corporate Activities and Corporate Governance in Japan ............................. 54 CHAIR: Hon. Dr. Nguyen Van Tien MP, Vietnam........................................................... 54 Mr. Katsutoshi Chikudate.............................................................................................. 55 SESSION 6 Legalized Society and Social Validity of Laws................................................ 62 CHAIR: Cong. Jesus Crispin Remulla MP, Philippines.................................................... 62 Prof. Hideki Kashizawa .................................................................................................. 63 SESSION 7 Obstacles in Health-related ODA and their Solutions: the Role of Parliamentarians ............................................................................................................... 68 CHAIR: Hon. Dr. Donya Aziz MP, Pakistan..................................................................... 68 Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa..................................................................................................... 69 SESSION 8 International Organizations’ Standards for Integrity and Accountability..... 75 CHAIR: Hon. Ledia Amaliah Hanifa MP, Indonesia........................................................ 75 Ms. Junhui Wu................................................................................................................ 76 SESSION 9 Proposal for ODA Expansion from the Viewpoint of Japanese Parliamentarians ............................................................................................................... 82 CHAIR: Hon. Shri Shantaram Laxman Naik MP, India................................................... 82 Hon. Aiko Shimajiri MP, Japan....................................................................................... 83 2 SESSION 10 Presentations of the Outcomes of the Break-away Discussions.................. 89 On behalf of the African Delegation, ............................................................................ 90 Hon. Lombani Msichili MP, Zambia........................................................................... 90 On behalf of the Asian Delegation, ............................................................................... 93 Cong. Jesus Crispin Remulla MP, Philippines ............................................................ 93 SESSION 11 Discussion and Adoption of the Plan of Action............................................. 95 CHAIR: Hon. Jenista Joakim Mhagama MP, Tanzania................................................... 95 CLOSING CEREMONY ......................................................................................................... 96 Closing Address Hon. Yasuo Fukuda MP, Japan............................................................ 96 Hon. Prof. P.J. Kurien MP, India..................................................................................... 97 PLAN OF ACTION................................................................................................................ 99 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS..................................................................................................... 101 LIST OF ACRONYMS.......................................................................................................... 102 3 Monday, September 13, 2010 OPENING CEREMONY Opening Address Hon. Yasuo Fukuda Chair of the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) Chair of the Japan Parliamentarians Federation for Population (JPFP) Chair of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, rica, and has begun to seriously affect the productivity of rice harvest. These kinds I thank you most heartily for joining our of issues cannot be tackled by one single programme. nation alone. Those developed and developing nations must work together This programme has been put together in and collaborate to bring a solution. The order to discuss how we can expand the importance of ODA provided by the size of ODA, which is now shrinking in developed nations, as a means of amount. As you are all aware, international cooperation, is increasing. populations in the developing nations are Discussions that come from such con- still increasing as a result of the texts include “how can we increase the population explosion in the past. Now, amount of ODA from the developed na- basic education and healthcare are not tions; how can we improve the efficiency even provided sufficiently in order to of the usage of ODA covered by precious curb this growth. Industrial activities tax money paid by the tax payers in have negatively impacted the global developed nations?” These kinds of environment and have complicated the discussions have been going on within climate change issue. Some examples of our groups. such impacts are drought, heavy local rainfall and rising sea level involving Allow me to share some responses with broader area around the coastal area you from a public survey which may be affected by salt injury, resulting in an an important clue to such questions. expansion of tropical and infectious When those who had a negative diseases affected area – including dengue impression of ODA were asked why they fever and malaria. did not want it to be expanded, or wanted it to stay at its current amount, Now, in a globalised world, such infec- they responded that they did not have tious diseases will quickly affect the rest any information on the type of aid of the world. With the population grow- extended to recipient nations, nor on its ing, climate change will suspend the outcomes. In other words, it is highly stable supply of food. For example salt necessary to inform constituents of what damage is becoming more frequent in type of ODA is being provided and the the rice-producing areas in Asia and Af- magnitude of the positive impact that is 4 created by the provision of aid – if the the role of parliamentarians and legisla- developed country’s government is to tion. increase ODA. Sharing such results between the developed and developing Law and legislations will be considered nations will not only enable the size of from a rational point of view; a rational the ODA to recipient nations grow, but point of view is synonymous with improv- will also deepen mutual understanding ing ODA accountability. I believe that by between the developed and developing strengthening the mutual exchange nations. Such mutual understanding is through parliamentarians’ global net- indispensable in order for global society works, people’s voice in the developing to develop in a sustainable manner. In nations will be