| 1979 |
Organization established
as the Association to Aid the Indochinese Refugees
(Renamed the Association to Aid Refugees in 1984, and the Association for Aid
and Relief,
Japan in 1999) |
| 1991 |
Started relief activities
to the former Yugoslavia |
| 1996 |
Published "Not Mines
But Flowers", a picture book for AAR's Anti-personnel
Landmine Campaign |
| 1997 |
Participated in the signing
ceremony of the 'Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,
Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction(Mine
Ban
Treaty)'.
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize as a member organization of the International Campaign
to Ban
Landmines(ICBL)
Organized "NGO Tokyo Conference 1997 on Anti-Personnel Landmines". |
| 1998 |
Obtained Special Consultative
Status with the United Nations Economic and Social
Council(ECOSOC) |
| 1999 |
Awarded "Yomiuri International
Cooperation Prize" |
| 2000 |
Obtained Non Profit Organization
corporate status in Japan |
| 2001 |
Started relief activities
in Afghanistan |
| 2004 |
Started activities
in Angola
Started relief activities in Sri Lanka
Held the International Conference of NGOs on Small Arms in TOKYO |
| 2005 |
Started relief activities
in Sudan
Started relief activities
in Pakistan |
| 2006 |
Handed over activities in
Sri Lanka to
a local NGO
Started relief activities in Lebanon |
| 2007 |
Finished activities in Lebanon
Handed over activities in Angola to local NGOs |
History
