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Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100

United States President Jimmy Carter looks over his speech prior to delivering an address to the nation on the Panama Canal treaties in the White House Library in Washington, DC on February 1, 1978. Photo by White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Segolene Royal holds a meeting focused on European matters - Paris

Socialist candidate for the upcoming 2007 presidential election Segolene Royal and Jacques Delors during a meeting organised by the European Socialist Party focused on the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. Paris, France, on March 27, 2007. Photo by De Russe-Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Segolene Royal holds a meeting focused on European matters - Paris

Socialist candidate for the upcoming 2007 presidential election Segolene Royal attends a meeting organised by the European Socialist Party focused on the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. Paris, France, on March 27, 2007. Photo by Mousse/Axelle de Russe/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration Against Pension Reform - Toulouse

A man holds a placard, "there can be no democratic choice against the European treaties" Junker. Demonstration against pension reform. 14th day of strikes and demonstrations called by the intersyndicale. France, Toulouse June 6, 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-envoy says papers on Japan-U.S. secret pacts possibly dumped

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, the former chief of the Foreign Ministry's treaties bureau, talks to reporters in Tokyo on March 19, 2010, after speaking about so-called Japan-U.S. secret pacts as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. Togo told the panel that key documents related to the secret pacts may have been discarded before an administrative information disclosure law took effect in 2001.

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Papers on Japan-U.S. secret pacts may have been dumped

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on March 19, 2010, after Kazuhiko Togo, the former chief of the ministry's treaties bureau, told the Diet that key documents related to so-called Japan-U.S. secret pacts may have been discarded before an administrative information disclosure law took effect in 2001.

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Togo said some documents on the accords may have been discarded.

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Sitting behind Togo are (from L) former lower house member Hajime Morita, former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama and former vice foreign minister Kunihiko Saito.

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S. Korea, Japan start EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

SEOUL, South Korea - Ichiro Komatsu (L), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's International Legal Affairs Bureau, and Park Hee Kwon, director general of the Treaties Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, pose for a photo at the start of a two-day meeting on demarcation of their countries' exclusive economic zones in Seoul on Sept. 4.

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Japan, S. Korea hold EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Komatsu (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's International Legal Affairs Bureau, and Park Hee Kwon, director general for the Treaties Bureau of the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, pose for a photo at the start of a two-day meeting aimed at demarcating their exclusive economic zones at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 12. (Pool photo)

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Gordon speaks at upper house panel on Constitution enactment

TOKYO, Japan - Beate Shirota Gordon (R), a former member of the occupation force's General Headquarters (GHQ), speaks before the House of Councillors panel on the postwar Constitution on May 2. Richard Pools (L), who was on the subcommittee on the emperor and treaties, also took part in a question-and-answer session on the eve of the 53rd anniversary of the Constitution's enforcement. Gordon was once a member of the subcommittee on human rights.

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Security Council fails to adopt resolution "condemning" referendums in 4 Ukrainian regions

STORY: Security Council fails to adopt resolution "condemning" referendums in 4 Ukrainian regions DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Security Council Chamber 2. various of the voting STORYLINE: United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to adopt a draft resolution, which "condemns" the referendums held in four Ukrainian regions under Russian control from Sept. 23 to 27. The draft resolution titled "Illegal So-Called Referenda in Ukraine," prepared by Albania and the United States, was vetoed by Russia, one of the five permanent members of the council. Of the 15-nation council, 10 nations, including the United States, France and Britain, voted in favor of the draft, while China, Gabon, India and Brazil abstained from voting. A ceremony was held on Friday for the signing of treaties to incorporate Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson into the Russian Federation. Russian President Vladimir Putin participated

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Ceremony held on Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson joining Russia

STORY: Ceremony held on Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson joining Russia DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:16 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: A ceremony was held on Friday for the signing of treaties to incorporate Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson into the Russian Federation. Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in the event, which took place in the Kremlin. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Moscow. (XHTV)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-PUTIN-TREATIES-CEREMONY

(220930) -- MOSCOW, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 30, 2022 shows screens displaying Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech in Moscow, Russia. TO GO WITH "Ceremony held on Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson joining Russia" (Xinhua/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-PUTIN-TREATIES-CEREMONY

(220930) -- MOSCOW, Sept. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 30, 2022 shows screens displaying Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech in Moscow, Russia. TO GO WITH "Ceremony held on Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson joining Russia" (Xinhua/Cao Yang)

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General Debate of UN General Assembly opens

STORY: General Debate of UN General Assembly opens DATELINE: Sept. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:33 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of UNGA Hall 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CSABA KOROSI, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CSABA KOROSI, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CSABA KOROSI, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly STORYLINE: The General Debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday with the theme of "A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges." Csaba Korosi, president of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, presided over the opening of the debate. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CSABA KOROSI, President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly "The world needs solutions through solidarity, sustainability, and science. (We need) solutions because we have drafted many treaties, and set excellent goals, y

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China, Ghana celebrate 61st anniversary of friendship treaty

STORY: China, Ghana celebrate 61st anniversary of friendship treaty DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:47 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebration 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TANG HONG, President of the Ghana Association of Chinese Societies and the Ghana-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry 3. various of the celebration 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): McARIOS AKANBEANAB AKANBONG, Director of the Legal and Treaties Bureau of Ghana's Foreign Ministry 5. various of the celebration STORYLINE: The Chinese community and their Ghanaian counterparts late Thursday celebrated the 61st anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship between China and Ghana. The celebration, organized by the Ghana-China Friendship Association (GHACHIFA), was also used to honor Ghana's first ambassador to China and founder of GHACHIFA Kojo Amoo-Gottfried. Chinese ambassador to Ghana Lu Kun said in his keynote message that the relations between the two countries have grown rapidly, with China providing de

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Turkey reiterates no more high-level strategic council meeting with Greece

STORY: Turkey reiterates no more high-level strategic council meeting with Greece DATELINE: June 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Turkey CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of IstanbulSOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish Presidentvarious of Aegean Sea, Greek Islandsvarious of Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis STORYLINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated on Friday that Turkey would no longer hold the High-Level Strategic Council meetings with Greece. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President "Unless I come across an honest politician, I will no longer be meeting them, and we have terminated our High-Level Strategic Council meetings, and we will not hold the meeting with Greece." Erdogan's comments came after a week of heated exchanges between the two countries regarding the status of the Aegean Sea and its islands. Erdogan demanded last week that Greece respect previously-signed treaties and keep

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Japan, S. Korea hold EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Komatsu (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's International Legal Affairs Bureau, and Park Hee Kwon, director general for the Treaties Bureau of the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, pose for a photo at the start of a two-day meeting aimed at demarcating their exclusive economic zones at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on June 12. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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S. Korea, Japan start EEZ demarcation talks amid islets row

SEOUL, South Korea - Ichiro Komatsu (L), director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's International Legal Affairs Bureau, and Park Hee Kwon, director general of the Treaties Bureau of South Korea's Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministry, pose for a photo at the start of a two-day meeting on demarcation of their countries' exclusive economic zones in Seoul on Sept. 4. (Kyodo)

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A bronze statue

This is the statue of Ii Naosuke in ceremonial dress. Ii signed the five amity and commerce treaties with the U.S.A. and other countries in 1858 but was later assassinated in Tokyo. The copper statue was made by Fujita Bunzo and Okazaki Sessei and placed at Shokonsha in Hikone in 1910. The original statue shown in this photograph was donated to the country for scrap metal during World War II. It was rebuilt in Ninomaru Park at Hikone Castle.==Date:unknown, Place:Hikone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐151‐0]

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The Great Bell Tower,Kawasaki Daishi Temple

Heikenji, head temple of the Chizan School of the Buddhist Shingon Sect, is commonly referred to as Kawasaki Daishi. Under the old treaties, the areas where foreigners could walk freely without passport were limited, and in Yokohama, Rokugo River was the eastern limit. Located near the eastern boundary, Kawasaki Daishi was a popular sightseeing spot among foreigners.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number62‐31‐0]

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Togo said some documents on the accords may have been discarded. (Kyodo)

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Japanese parliament probes secret pacts

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, a former chief of the old Treaties Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, speaks about secret pacts reached by Japan and the United States during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on March 19, 2010. Sitting behind Togo are (from L) former lower house member Hajime Morita, former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama and former vice foreign minister Kunihiko Saito. (Kyodo)

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Ex-envoy says papers on Japan-U.S. secret pacts possibly dumped

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, the former chief of the Foreign Ministry's treaties bureau, talks to reporters in Tokyo on March 19, 2010, after speaking about so-called Japan-U.S. secret pacts as an unsworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. Togo told the panel that key documents related to the secret pacts may have been discarded before an administrative information disclosure law took effect in 2001. (Kyodo)

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Papers on Japan-U.S. secret pacts may have been dumped

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on March 19, 2010, after Kazuhiko Togo, the former chief of the ministry's treaties bureau, told the Diet that key documents related to so-called Japan-U.S. secret pacts may have been discarded before an administrative information disclosure law took effect in 2001. (Kyodo)

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Yachi named as deputy vice foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono announced major personnel appointments Dec. 26. (Top from L to R) Shotaro Yachi, deputy vice minister for foreign policy, Yoshihiro Nishida, director general of the Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau, (bottom from L to R) Shin Ebihara, director general of the Treaties Bureau, and Tadashi Imai, director general of the Intelligence and Analysis Bureau.

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Gordon speaks at upper house panel on Constitution enactment

TOKYO, Japan - Beate Shirota Gordon (R), a former member of the occupation force's General Headquarters (GHQ), speaks before the House of Councillors panel on the postwar Constitution on May 2. Richard Pools (L), who was on the subcommittee on the emperor and treaties, also took part in a question-and-answer session on the eve of the 53rd anniversary of the Constitution's enforcement. Gordon was once a member of the subcommittee on human rights.