More than 1300 Japanese youth and 18 young people from Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Canada, Djibouti, France, Laos, Nepal and Rwanda met from 20-23 August in Shin-asahi Town, Japan for the "Ban Landmines! International Children's Conference." The event was hosted by Shin-asahi town, the Shin-asahi board of Education and the Association for Aid and Relief Japan (AAR Japan) with support from the Japanese Children's Committee. It was held as a follow-up to a similar conference held in Japan in February 2003.
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