Happy Hour Drink was held on December 14, 2024 at the home of GPAJ Pre…
Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa participated in the 20th Tokyo-Beijing Forum (13/12/2024)
At the 20th Tokyo-Beijing Forum held on 5 December 2024 in Tokyo, the …
At the Tokyo-Beijing Forum hosted by the NPO Genron, a multifaceted discussion was held on topics ranging from UN reform to public diplomacy, with the aim of resolving global conflicts and building peace. Takahiro Shinyo (former UN ambassador, special advisor to the president of Kwansei Gakuin University) made a speech. (13/12/2024)
Mr. Takahiro Shinyo (former UN Ambassador, Special Advisor to the Pres…
Judge Motoo Noguchi gave a speech in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia（2/12/2024）
Motoo Noguchi, a director of the Global Peacebuilding Association of J…
Akashi, Marwala, and Hasegawa Discuss the Possibilities for Cooperation between the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center and the United Nations University. (22/11/2024)
The Honorary Chair of the Council of the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center, M…
Kyoto Peacebuilding Center, Hasegawa Juku, 1st Study Session was held (17/11/2024)
On November 17, 2024, the 1st study session of Hasegawa Juku, Kyoto Pe…
Nobuyoshi YOKOE(13/11/2024)
Today、I met with Mr. Nobuyoshi YOKOE, a former Ministry of Economy, Tr…
GPAJ Special Advisor AKASHI Yasushi Opened the Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2024 on 2 November 2024.(6/11/2024)
In his opening remarks, Mr. Yasushi Akashi highlighted the significanc…
Peace and security – the core mission of the United Nations (23/10/2024)
In her article contributed to the UN Association of Germany, Kerstin Leitner notes that the United Nations member states have agreed on a “Pact for the Future.” Still, the language on the UN Charter – and thus also on current threats to international peace – is not specific enough. Please click here for the full article. (23/10/2024)
Mr. Mari Alkatiri, the Secretary-General of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin), and Francisco ‘Lu’Olo’ Guterres, President of Fretilin met with former SRSG Sukehiro Hasegawa at the 25th Anniversary of Popular Consultation ceremony on August 30, 2024. (30/8/2024)
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão of Timor-Leste received former Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Sukehiro HASEGAWA at the Prime Minister`s office on 28 August 2024, as he was visiting Timor-Leste to participate in the 25th-anniversary events of “Popular Consultations” which led to the independence of Timor-Leste and its entry into the United Nations in 2002. (28/08/2024)
Luncheon in honor of TL Government Cabinet Co-ordination Minister Agio Pereira (28/08/2024)
Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa, former Special Representative of the Secr…
UNDP Resident Representative Katyna Argueta received former Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and his delegation members, JICA Expert Sakane, Professor Takizawa, UPI Officer Kameoka, and GPAJ Officer Ikegami, and explained the UNDP development assistance activities in Timor-Leste. (27/8/2024)
President José Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste met with a Japanese delegation headed by former Special Representative of the Secretary-General Sukehiro Hasegawa on 28 August 2024 at the Presidential Palace. From left to right: Japanese Ambassador Tetsuya KIMURA, President José Ramos-Horta, Professor Sukehiro HASEGAWA, JICA Expert Koji SAKANE, and Professor Misako TAKIZAWA. (27/8/2024).
Following a courtesy call on President José Ramos-Horta, Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Sukehiro HASEGAWA, accompanied by Japanese Ambassador Tetsuya KIMURA, met the media on August 27, 2024. He told the reporters that Timor-Leste had emerged as a stable liberal democracy and could assist the United Nations and the international community. (27/8/2024)
Reconciliation Symposium on Kosovo, East Timor, and Rwanda(5/7/2024)
Thank you very much for assisting in holding the fruitful seminar on reconciliation in the post-conflict countries of Kosovo, Rwanda and Timor-Leste. (5/7/2024)
Workshop for making a Japanese umbrella. (24/6/2024)
We visited Hiyoshiya, a long-established company in Kyoto manufacturing wagasa (Japanese umbrellas) for five generations and received training in making wagasa.
The store manufactures the main-style umbrellas, which are used by the Ura and Omote Senke tea ceremony masters, as well as the bungasa, janome-gasa, hahno-jyu, and mai-gasa. We strongly recommend that you visit Hiyoshiya. For more information, click here HIYOSHIYA HOLDINGS (wagasa.com) (24/6/2024)
President Yoshikawa hosts a working dinner. (23/6/2024)
During the post-ACUNS visit to Kyoto, ACUNS`s past President, Lise Howard, and new President, Franz Baumann, were invited by Kyoto University of the Arts President Sakiko YOSHIKAWA for a working lunch at a traditional Japanese restaurant. They agreed to extend the partnership between the two institutions to hold seminars, conferences, and other events. (23/6/2024)