長谷川祐弘 (著) 『国連平和構築―紛争のない世界を築くために何が必要か―』単行本発売 (23/03/2018)
国連で平和活動の最前線に立った著者が、ブートロス＝ガーリの「平和への課題」から、コフィ・アナンの「より大きな自由を求めて」、潘基文の「HIPPOパネル」設立、そしてグテーレスの「紛争予防」政策の軌跡を振り返り、何が紛争解決と予防に決定的な役割を果たすのかに切り込む。
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石川薫・小浜裕久著「歴史の真実を敗者の視点で」日本経済新聞 (10/03/2018)
日本の元外交官で東京大学客員教授、外務省経済局局長、エジプト駐箚特命全権大使、カナダ大使などを歴任された石川薫氏が小浜裕久教授と、アフリカでの歴史を踏まえて、教育、医療、高付加価値農業の開発課題を語り、高みから教えるのではなく、相手に寄り添いながら、アフリカの潜在力を引き出す姿勢の必要性を説く。 (写真： 在カナダ日本国大使館)
Professor Daisaku Higashi published a book on human Security and peacebuilding (20/03/2017)
Japanese book entitled “Ningen no Anzen-Hosho to Heiwa Kochiku” (Human Security and Peacebuilding” contains essays contributed by twelve scholars, diplomats and practitioners including former Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima, Sukehiro Hasegawa, former UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General in East Timor and others. Sadako Ogata, former JICA president and UNHCR wrote the preface. Memorial symposium will be held at Sophia University on April 22, 2017. Click here for detailed information.
New Book on Criminal Accountability of UN Police Personnel (09/03/2017)
Tokyo University Associate Professor Kihara-Hunt Ai examines the effectiveness of the UN’s accountability mechanisms and arrangements with reference to criminal behaviour by United Nations Police personnel.
UN Chronicle: Post-Conflict Leadership – Key to Sustainable Peace and Development (April 2016)
In April 2016 issue of the UN Chronicle Magazine, former SRSG Hasegawa asserts, the critical task for national leaders is to secure political stability and national unity by influencing the thought and behavior of opponents.
Japan should adopt its own idea and invite educated and motivated Syrian people for study and professional work (02/04/2016)
In the 2 April 2016 issue of Asahi Shimbun, Professor Hasegawa suggested that a paradigm shift for Japan to adopt a new way to solve a new problem. Please click here for full text in English.
Dr. Higashi insists on legitimacy and inclusion on peace-building at Yale and International Peace Institute in New York (21/03/2016)
In his lecture at Yale University and in an interview with the International Peace Institute, Professor Daisaku Higashi elaborated on his views on peacebuilding. For his IPI interview article, please access here.
Library Talk: Japan’s Development Assistance – Foreign Aid and the Post-2015 Agenda (29/01/2016)
JICA Vice President Hiroshi Kato asserted that Japan maintained its “consistent” characteristics of its bilateral aid, with its emphasis on socioeconomic infrastructure and human resource developments aimed at poverty reduction, despite of repeated changes in the ODA Charter in 1992, 2003 and 2015.
Primordial Leadership Book Launched at UN Headquarters in Geneva (17/01/2014)
On 17 January 2014, a book launch was organized at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to mark the publication of Professor Hasegawa’s book, « Primordial Leadership – Peacebuilding and National Ownership in Timor-Leste ». The book launch convened a wide audience from various parts of the UN system and diplomats from Missions to the UN from the region. (Hillel Loew)