UN Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare spoke at the Press Center and an international peace cooperation symposium organized by the Cabinet Office and expressed his appreciation of Japan`s support to UN peacekeeping and special political mission, which together with AU mission number as many as thirty five. Click here for full text of his speech.
HPC Primary Course starts with participants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Iraq, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines and Uganda as well as Japan (21/01/2016)
Professor Hasegawa explained to the HPC program associates the purpose of UN peacebuilding and how UN integrated missions work on the ground to build sustainable peace and development.
Seven day mid-career course held from 9 to 15 January at the Yoyogi Olympic Memorial Center (15/01/2016)
Twenty seven UN staff and professionals from Japan and five other countries engaged in peace, humanitarian and development assistance enhanced their communication and leadership competencies in multidisciplinary peace operations.
Hasegawa: UN peacebuilding continues to encounter aspirational challenges (11/12/2015)
At the invitation of Professor Yasushi Katsuma, Dean, International Studies Program, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS) and Professor Mariko Shoji of Keiai University, Professor Hasegawa identified policy aspirations and realities on the ground in UN peace operations. Please click here for a summary of his lecture.
Two views on assisting fragile states to achieve sustainable development (05/12/2015)
Ambassador Hanada finds Timor-Leste in a critical stage of transition to sustainable development, while Crown Agent staff Ms. Saito advocates the result based financing (RBF).
Timorese Minister recognizes a Paradox of the Colonialism (15/11/2015)
In his speech at the Australian National University, Minister Agio Pereira explained the significance of colonial legacy that led to the birth of independent sovereign state of Timor-Leste. Click here for a full text of his speech.
Toward a New Global Development System for the 21st Century (17/10/2015)
Dr. Kazuo Takahashi, Former Professor, International Christian University, Tokyo, points out the emergence of a twin structure of development cooperation, i.e. the traditional Bretton Woods-DAC regime and a new system consisting of the AIIB, the New Development Bank and the Chinese bilateral cooperation system.
Former UNESCO Official and Chuo University Professor Takeo Uchida finds political and institutional deficit to implement global governance. (17/10/2015)
Uchida endorses Kofi Annan and The Elders’ proposal to include a new category of semi-permanent membership in the Security Council representing a modified Model B proposed by the 2004 High-Level Panel on New Threats, Challenges and Change. Please click here for the full text of Uchida’s paper.
Professor Higashi Identifies Challenges of Constructing Legitimacy in Peacebuilding (23/10/2015)
At a book launching event, hosted by UN University Library on 23 October 2015, Dr. Daisaku Higashi, Associate Professor in the University of Tokyo, presented his analysis of the challenges faced in establishing legitimate governments in post-conflict states and examined the cases of Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, and East Timor.
Hasegawa: Spirit of Reconciliation should invigorate “Forgivers to Forgive” as much as “Perpetrators to Admit and Apologize” (17/10/2015)
At the trilateral conference in Shanghai, Professor Hasegawa called for Chinese and Korean leaders to be magnanimous and forgive Japan as much as the Japanese leaders have admitted and apologized for what Japan did to China and Korea before and during World War II in order to achieve reconciliation.