J2SE 5.0 Versions

I have recently been given J2SE 5.0 but I am having problems passing Arabic characters between my Java Client and Server. It used to work with jre1.3.1_01.

How can I tell if the jre 1.5 that I am using supports English only or is an International version which also supports Arabic characters.

I tried "java -version" but that does not give me the information I need.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\mensahs>java -version

java version "1.5.0_11"

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_11-b03)

Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_11-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

Thanks.

[731 byte] By [S_Mensa] at [2007-11-27 4:59:38]