Ms. Akiko Noda explained that UNDP has always been engaged in field-based projects before, during, and after conflicts, as well as before and after natural disasters, listening to and consulting with people, governments, and civil society on their concerns, and working together to create solutions for further development. For more information click here (5/4/2024)
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Donika Gërvalla Schwarz of Kosovo visited Japan and had a meeting (3/4/2024))
On 3 April 2024, the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center (KPC), the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ), and ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office (ACUNS-Tokyo) organized a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Donika Gërvalla Schwarz of Kosovo, who was visiting Tokyo, to explain the situation in Kosovo. She recognized the importance of making reconciliation efforts but saw continued security threats from Serbia. Ambassador Ilidio Ximenes da Costa from Timor-Leste explained how the Timorese national leaders saw a similar situation differently and achieved reconciliation and friendship between Timor-Leste and Indonesia by following the Nelson Mandela approach of putting truth before justice. (3/4/2024) You can see details here.
At the Parliamentary Committee of the National Diet of Japan for World Federation, Philippe Lazzarini, Executive Director of the United Nations Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees, requested that Japan resume providing humanitarian assistance for Palestinian residents. He then held a meeting to exchange opinions with bipartisan members of Congress regarding the situation on the ground. (29/3/2024)
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An Interview with Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto Was Featured in the Online Edition of Sankei Shimbun.③(24/03/2024)
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,” as well as the extra installment.
Two new members elected for the Board of Directors and one new Vice Presidents appointed. (21/03/2024)
Online Meeting of the GPAJ General Assembly elected Ms. Akiko ABE and Mr. Witek MACIEJ as new members of the Board of Directors, and Mr. Tadamichi YAMAMOTO was appointed as the new Vice President of GPAJ.
GPAJ Board of Directors Meeting for FY2023 was held（21/03/2024）
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.