The FY2023 GPAJ Board of Directors meeting was held, and the agendas were approved.
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An Interview with Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto Was Featured in the Online Edition of Sankei Shimbun.②(19/03/2024)
An interview with Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto was featured in the online edition of Sankei Shimbun. Please click on the link below to read the 13th to 16th installments of the 17-part series, “Diplomats on the International Stage.”
An Interview with Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto Was Featured in the Online Edition of Sankei Shimbun.①(14/03/2024)
An interview with Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto was featured in the online edition of Sankei Shimbun. Please click on the link below to view the first six articles in the 17-part series, “Diplomats on the International Stage.”
Sukehiro Hasegawa, special professor at Kyoto University of Art, talks about “The Difficulties of Establishing Free and Fair Elections” (13/3/2024)
It’s human nature we need to address and control to prevent conflict and war, says Hasegawa in his conversation with Rector Marwala of the UN University held on 31 August 2023. Personal desire and lust for power and wealth are the root causes of conflict that must be controlled. Please click here for video recording. (13/3/2024)
February 28th, 2024 Board of Directors, Minutes（28/2/2024）
The Board of Directors met on February 28, 2024. Click here for the minutes of the meeting.
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy E. Pope met with Japanese parliamentarians. (27/2/2024)
Amy E. Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), explained IOM’s latest activities at a discussion meeting with members of the National Diet of Japan from both the ruling and opposition political parties, organized by the Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation. The participating Diet members asked for an explanation of the differences between the roles of IOM and UNHCR. They also pointed out the challenges in accepting more foreigners in Japan. For more information on what was discussed at this meeting, please click here. (27/2/2024)
The Embassy of Kosovo hosted a ceremony to celebrate 16 years of Kosovo independence and 15 years of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kosovo and Japan. (20/2/2024)
Dr. Arbenita Sopaj, a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ) the Special Assistant to the Ambassador of Kosovo and Mr. Keitoku Ikegami, a member of the GPAJ, acted as Masters of the Ceremony of the Independence Day and 15 th year of Diplomatic Relations Kosovo- Japan celebration hosted by the Embassy of Kosovo in Japan. Ambassador Dr. Sabri Kiçmari of the Republic of Kosovo spoke to the diplomats and officials of the Japanese government who participated in the Independence Day reception held at Hotel Okura in Tokyo on February 20, 2024. (20/2/2024)
Prof. Daisaku Higashi, from GPAJ and Sophia University, delivers lectures on “Peacebuilding and Roles of Media” at South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) in Juba, South Sudan, organized by JICA, on February 13 to 19, 2024. (8/2/2024)
Prof. Daisaku Higashi, from GPAJ and Sophia University, delivers lectures on “Peacebuilding and Roles of Media” at South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) in Juba, South Sudan, organized by JICA, on February 13 to 19, 2024. Please click here for detailed information. (8/2/2024)
Discussion online on January 12, 2024 about a world in need of a new paradigm for the future of global governance (5/2/2024)
Georgios Kostakos, Yasuhiro Ueki, and Stephen Kinloch-Pichat joined President José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste in discussing the world in need of a new paradigm for the future of global governance. Please click here for the full report of the online meeting held on 12 January 2024. (5/2/2024)
President José Ramos-Horta stated the Security Council should be expanded including the numbers of both permanent and non-permanent members. (01/02/2024)
In an online discussion meeting organized by the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center and supported by the Peacebuilding Association of Japan and ACUNS Tokyo Office held on 12 January, President José Ramos-Horta called for reforming the Security Council to meet the traditional and new challenges posed to Humanity, particularly by Artificial Intelligence by expanding the numbers of permanent and non-permanent members to overcome the legacy of the Cold War. Ambassador Shinyo found it necessary to abolish the permanent membership in the long run and create a new forum for cooperation not only between the Great Powers but also between the so-called global or middle-power countries and the Global South. Mr. Chikvaidze suggested a major restructuring to include G20 members and the African Union in the UN Security Council. Please see the details of their views by clicking here.