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2010 Canada-Japan Joint Declaration on Political, Peace and Security Cooperation

November 14, 2010
Yokohama, Japan

At the Huntsville G-8 Leaders' Summit, Prime Ministers Stephen Harper and Naoto Kan agreed to strengthen peace and security cooperation.

On November 14, they signed the 2010 Canada-Japan Joint Declaration on Political, Peace and Security Cooperation during a bilateral meeting held on the margins of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Yokohama, Japan (November 13-14).

The signing of the Declaration concludes over a year of negotiations and builds on the 1999 and 2005 Canada-Japan Action Agendas for Peace and Security Cooperation. The Declaration is also expected to foster greater political, peace and security co-operation and co-ordination between the two countries through joint discussions on:

• Exchange of strategic assessments and related information;
• Disarmament and non-proliferation;
• Peacekeeping and peacebuilding, including post-conflict reconstruction;
• Counter-terrorism and transnational organized crime;
• Effective institutions for global and regional security;
• Global energy security;
• Maritime security;
• Natural disaster response, humanitarian assistance and disaster risk reduction;
• Pandemic preparedness and response;
• Security implications of climate change;
• Space; and,
• Cybersecurity.

The Joint Declaration would commence immediately with the expectation that meetings will be held on an ongoing regular basis.

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