In their discussion of protection of civilians (POC) issues, East Asian groups examined the Kigali Principle and Cruz Report, and recommended that four countries should strengthen the coordination of their pre-deployment and on-site POC activities while noting progress made by the annual Khan Quest operations exercise in Mongolia.

Opening Session

　Prof. Kihara-Hunt Ai, Deputy Director of ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office (Moderator)
Welcoming and congratulatory remarks were extended by
　Mr. Sven Schwersensky, Resident Representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Korea office

　Professor Math Noortmann, Incoming Executive Director, Academic Council on the UN System.

　Mr. Shotoku Habukawa, Principal Deputy Director, International Cooperation Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.

　Mr. Evariste Karambizi, Manager Peacebuilding and Peacekeeping Training Programme – ‎United Nations Institute for Training & Research – UNITAR, Prof. Choi Yunmi, Korea Defense University, Ms. Niu Jianrong (Coordinator), Senior Officer of United Nations Association of China (UNA-China)

Working Session 1:
Evolving Nature and Roles of UN Peace Operations (UN Perspective)

　Presentations were made by:

　Dr. Sebastian von Einsiedel, Director, Centre for Policy Research (CPR), UN University.

　Chinese and Korean delegations

　Major General Anis Ahmed Bajwa (Rtd), Former Director of Policy, Evaluation and Training, DPKO, UN Headquarters and member of the AGE for the review of UN Peacebuilding Architecture

　Mr. Batzaya Odsuren, Chief of the Peace Support Operations Division, Peace Support Operations and Military Cooperation Department, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces, Mr. Qi Henggang, Major, Staff Officer of China Peacekeeping Police Force, Ms. Munkh-Orgil Tuvdendarjaa, Lieutenant Colonel, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces, Mr. Amarsaikhan Serdari (Coordinator), Chief, Special Plans Department, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces Mr. You Baishun, Program Officer of United Nations Association of China (UNA-China)

　Mr. Evariste Karambizi, Manager, Peacekeeping Training Programme, UNITAR Geneva and Professor Choi Yunmi, Korea National Defense University

　Comments were made by Professor Takaaki Mizuno of Kanda University of International Relations, Mr. Qi Henggang, Major, Staff Officer of China Peacekeeping Police Force,

　Mr. Ken Inoue, Senior Advisor on Democratic Governance, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Prof. Park Heung-Soon (Coordinator), Sunmoon University, Former President of the KACUNS

　Associate Professor Miwa Hirono of Ritsumeikan University, Professor Byun Jinsuk of Sookmyung Women’s University

　Mr. Amarsaikhan Serdari (Coordinator), Chief, Special Plans Department, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces, and Ms. Kang Hyokyung, PKO center, Army Major (Rtd) of ROK.

Working Session 2: Evolving Nature and Roles of UN Peace Operations (Country Perspective)

　Country case studies on their national mission experience in areas for POC were presented and discussed.

Japan case study

　Ambassador Masahiko Kiya, Deputy Director-General, Africa Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Ambassador of Japan to South Sudan, Japan

China case study

　Ms. Niu Jianrong (Coordinator), Senior Officer of United Nations Association of China

Korea case study
　Prof. Kang Hyokyung, PKO center, Army Major (Rtd), Republic of Korea

Mongolia case study
　Mr. Batzaya Odsuren, Chief of the Peace Support Operations Division, Peace Support Operations and Military Cooperation Department, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces

Discussion session:
　Following the country presentations, Professor Hasegawa moderated a discussion by the participants.

Prof. Park Heung-Soon (Coordinator), Sunmoon University, Former President of the KACUNS, Prof. Sukehiro Hasegawa (Coordinator), Director of ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office

Mr. Qi Henggang, Major, Staff Officer of China Peacekeeping Police Force, and Ms. Niu Jianrong (Coordinator), Senior Officer of United Nations Association of China

Working Session 3: Protection of Civilians and Civil Military Cooperation

Moderator: Prof. Park Heung Soon, International & UN Studies, Sunmoon University, Korea
Introductory presentation on
General Context of POC and Peacekeeping Missions　How has been POC conducted? (from civilian and military perspective)

Examples of Civil-Military cooperation

　-Anis Ahmed Bajwa, Former Director of Policy, Evaluation and Training, DPKO, UN Headquarters and member of the AGE for the review of UN Peacebuilding Architecture

　Adam Day, Senior Policy Adviser, UNU Centre for Policy Research

Comments by
　Qi Henggang, Major, Staff Officer of China Peacekeeping Police Force, China

　Prof. Tomonori Yoshizaki, Director of Policy Simulation, the National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS), MOD, Japan

　Prof. Byun Jinsuk, Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea

　Ms. Munkh-Orgil Tuvdendarjaa, Lieutenant Colonel, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces, Mongolia

　Mr. Batzaya Odsuren, Chief of the Peace Support Operations Division, Peace Support Operations and Military Cooperation Department, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces

　Korean delegation, Mr. Amarsaikhan Serdari (Coordinator), Chief, Special Plans Department, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces and Prof. Jun Kukita, Kansei Gakuin University, former UNICEF Representative

Hideaki Shinoda, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Takaaki Mizuno, Professor, Kanda University of International Relations, Associate Professor Miwa Hirono of Ritsumeikan University.

　Associate Professor Ai Kihara-Hunt of Tokyo University and Mr. Batzaya Odsuren, Chief of the Peace Support Operations Division, Peace Support Operations and Military Cooperation Department, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces

Wrap-up Session : Potential for Cooperation
Moderator: Niels Hegewisch, Resident Representative, FES Mongolia
　-Summary and recommendations; Action plan on engaging national governments
　-Planning for the next Forum

　Mr. Niels Hegewisch, Resident Representative, FES Mongolia, Prof. Park Heung-Soon (Coordinator), Sunmoon University, Former President of the KACUNS, Mr. Amarsaikhan Serdari (Coordinator), Chief, Special Plans Department, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces

Master of Ceremony: Prof. Choi Yunmi, Korea National Defense University

Welcoming and Congratulatory Remarks by
　-Dr. Stephan Grabherr, Chargé d’Affaires a. i. Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Tokyo

　-Mr. Sven Saaler, Resident Representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Japan (FES)

　-Professor Math Noortmann, Executive Director designate, ACUNS

　-Mr. Masaki Noke, Director-General, International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Prime Minister`s Office, Japan

　Koran participants

　Mongolian participants

　Japanese participants

　Professor Jun KUKITA, Kwansei Gakuin University, former UNICEF Representative, Mr. Ken INOUE, Senior Advisor on Democratic Governance, Japan International Peace Cooperation Agency (JICA), Associate Professor Miwa Hirono of Ritsumeikan University, Ms. Hinata Imai, Program Adviser, Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabinet Office, Ai KIHRA-HUNT, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo

　Japanese participants, Professor Akiko Fukushima of Aoyama Gakuin University and Professor Yasuhiro Ueki of Sophia University

Introductory presentations on UN Peace Operations

　Adam Day, UN University’s Centre for Policy Research, Japan
Anis Ahmed Bajwa, Major General (rtd), Former Diector of Policy, Evaluation and Training, DPKO, UN Headquarters and member of the AGE for the review of UN Peacebuilding Architecture

　Ambassador Yoshifumi Okamura, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN and Ambassador for Peace and Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Country presentations

　Master of Ceremony: Prof. Ai Kihara-Hunt, Deputy Director of ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office

　-Kohei Nakamura, Director, International Peace Cooperation Division, MOF, Japan

　-Niu Jianrong, Senior Officer of United Nations Association of China (UNA-China)

　-Prof. Park Heung-Soon, Sunmoon University, Former President of the KACUNS

　-Amarsaikhan Serdari, Chief, Special Plans Department, General Staff, Mongolian Armed Forces

Plenary discussion

　Professor Ueki of Sophia University and Mr. Yukihiro Wada, Director of UN Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

　Professor Tadanori Inomata, Strategic Advisor of Nagasaki University and Professor Mariko Shoji of Keiai University

　Assistant Professor Shukuko Koyama of Waseda University, and Prof. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Director of ACUNS Tokyo Office who made concluding remarks.

Reception held on Thursday April 19 was attended by seven members of the National Diet of Japan.

　H.E. Mr. Seishiro ETO, Member of the House of Representatives; Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
　H.E. Mr. Ichiro AISAWA, Member of the House of Representatives; Chairperson, Japan-AU Parliamentary Friendship Association, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
　H.E. Mr. Shoichi KONDO, Former Vice-Minister of the Environment, Member of the House of Representative, Constitutional Democratic Party
　H.E. Mr. Yukihisa FUJITA, Member of the House of Councilors; Member, Committee on Foreign and Defense Affairs, House of Councilors
　H.E. Mr. Manabu HORII, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Member of the House of Representative, Liberal Democratic Party
　H.E. Ms. Hiroe MAKIYAMA, Director-General National Rallying and Canvassing Department, Member of the House of Councilors, Democratic Party
　H.E. Ms. Mizuho FUKUSHIMA, Former President of Democratic Socialist Party, Member of the House of Councilors

　H.E. Mr. Seishiro Eto, Member of the House of Representatives; Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

　H.E. Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, Member of the House of Representatives; Chairperson, Japan-AU Parliamentary Friendship Association, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

　H.E. Mr. Manabu Horii, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and Member of the House of Representative, Liberal Democratic Party

　H.E. Mr. Shoichi KONDO, Former Vice-Minister of the Environment, Member of the House of Representative, Constitutional Democratic Party

　H.E. Mr. Yukihisa Fujita, Member of the House of Councilors; Member, Committee on Foreign and Defense Affairs, House of Councilors

　H.E. Ms. Hiroe MAKIYAMA, Director-General National Rallying and Canvassing Department, Member of the House of Councilors, Democratic Party