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POLITICAL ADVISOR OFFICE
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CONSULATE-GENERAL OF JAPAN
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HONG KONG
23 June, 1992.
The Hon. Sir David Ford, KBE, LVO, JP
The Chief Secretary
Government Secretariat
Central Government Offices
Lower Albert Road
Hong Kong
TEL. 522 118 4.8
Dear Sir David,
I am writing to you in connection with the recent developments in the Japanese Parliament relating to Japan's proposed cooperation with the United Nations in assisting with peace-keeping operations.
After much deliberation, on June 15th, the Japanese Diet (Parliament) passed the bill on "Cooperation in United Nations Peace-Keeping Operations," which enables Japanese Peace-Keeping Corps (consisting of government organizations including: Self Defence Forces, the Maritime Safety Agency, local police and other organizations) to participate in U.N. peace-keeping operations.
In this letter I would like to take this opportunity to clarify the content and aims of the bill, and emphasize the basic character of future Japanese contributions to U.N. peace-keeping operations.
Firstly, the aim of dispatching Japanese Corps overseas is to cooperate with U.N. peace-keeping operations; where the purpose of these operations is to carry out duties to secure cease fires, supervise elections and other such actions from a non-compulsory, neutral standpoint.
It is important to note that Japanese Peace-Keeping Corps will only be dispatched overseas at the specific request of the United Nations following an U.N. resolution on the matter; and that once overseas, their movements will be guided by the command of the U.N.
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