2019 Events
[Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019] Former UN Under-Secretary-General Yasushi Akashi acknowledge with great respect the German and French contributions in the area of peacebuilding and peacekeeping (02/11/2019)
Click here for a summary of his comments made at the plenary session of the Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019 held at the JICA Global Plaza Conference Hall.
[Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019] Role of State and Non-State Stakeholders Discussed by Scholars and Experts (02/11/2019)
The session, organized by Professor Inomata and moderated by Professor Yamazaki, examined UN public policy and roles of state and non-state stakeholders in global governance for peace activities.
[Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019] ACUNS Executive Director Math Noortmann declares that peace is no longer the mere absence of violence. (02/11/2019)
In his video message to the participants of the Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019, Prof. Math Noortmann said that peace is no longer the mere absence of violence. Peace and peacebuilding are increasing connected to other global governance issues such as climate change, migration, poverty, transnational crimes.
Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum Opens with More than 50 Scholars and Experts participating from Japan, China, India, France, Germany, Italy and other European Countries and the United States. (02/11/2019)
Mr. Masakuni TANIMOTO opened the Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019. He then asked the participants to join him in paying tribute to Madame Sadako OGATA who had passed away. He then showed two video messages received from Nobel Peace Prize Winner President Jose Ramos-Horta and Mr. Domenec DeVessa of Spain, member of the European Parliament.
[Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019] Thematic Session 3. S.M. Share, Zhang Guihong and Vesselin Popovski will speak on the need to review UN Charter and reconstitute the UN principal organs. (27/10/2019)
In the Thematic Session 3, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Takahiro SHINYO, Dr. Shahr-Yar Mahmoud Sharei, Executive Director of the Center for UN Constitutional Research (CUNCR) will discuss the San Francisco Promise and Article 109 for the UN Charter view, while Professor Zhang Guihong, Director of Center for UN Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai will call for replacement of the Trusteeship Council by the Human Rights Council and Professor Vesselin Popovski of Jindal University in India will propose upgrading of the Peacebuilding Commission.
[Japan Commission on Global Governance] USG Atul Khare calls for Japan to strengthen triangular partnership with the United Nations and African countries for their capacity building and extend medical support to UN peace operations declaring that the United Nations saves the lives of anyone suffering from armed conflicts. (16/10/2019)
[Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum] 2 November 2019 15:30-17:30 Thematic Session 4 “UN System`s Public Policy and Governance for Peace Building Activities” Moderator: Specially-Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University. (02/11/2019)
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Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2019 will take place at JICA Ichigaya Global Plaza on November 2, 2019. (11/10/2019)
In his video message to the Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum, Former President and Nobel Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta will review the global political and security situation. German Ambassador Ina LEPEL and French Ambassador Laurent PIC will present their perspectives on the prospect for peacebuilding and global governance in this turbulent world. After the keynote speeches, former UN Under-Secretary-General Yasushi AKASHI and former Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Takahiro SHINYO will provide their views. In the afternoon, the participants of the Forum from not only Japan but other countries will discuss several issues of relevance to peacebuilding and global governance. Please see here the full program.
Message from Nobel Prize Laureate and Former President José Ramos-Horta to Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum (02/11/2019)
The 1996 Nobel Prize Laureate and Former President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta expresses his concern that the United Nations is sidelined and unable to mobilize international good will and discharge its responsibilities in addressing humanitarian and security crises taking place in Africa, Asia and the Middles East. The solutions to these challenges, he suggests, can be found only when the major powers get together and build bridges among them and enhance their mutual understanding and consensus in order to address the global challenges the humanity is facing.