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Online Seminar “Why Do Revolutions Happen? -Reflections on Post-Soviet Kazakhstan’s 30 year Shadow Transition-” (Professor Aigul Kulnazarova)

2022-01-30

Professor Aigul Kulnazarova will explain why revolutions take place in the post-Soviet region, most recently in Kazakhstan, on Tuesday 8 February 2022 from 20:00～21:30 Japan Standard Time. She will be joined by David Chikvaidze, Chef de Cabinet, UN Office at Geneva and Lise Howard, President of ACUNS. For participation, please register from the link below by February 7.　https://forms.gle/oPRwsLY4Jg411A7V9

GPAJ Online Seminar “Democratic Crisis in Sudan” (Mr. Koji SAKANE)

2022-01-24

Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ), and Kyoto Peacebuilding Center (KPC)
present Mr. Koji SAKANE, Chief Representative, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Sudan Office and Director of GPAJ, “Democratic Crisis in Sudan” Saturday,12 February 2022 at 20:00 hours Tokyo time. If you are interested in, please contact Fujiko AMANO (fujiko.amano[@]gmail.com) for registration.

Online Seminar “Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: Look Back on Arms Control and Non-Proliferation” (Ms. Angela Kane)

2022-01-22

Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPA-J), Kyoto Peacebuilding Center (KPC) and ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office presented Angela Kane, Former High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and Under-Secretary-General for Management of the United Nations “Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: Looking Back on Arms Control and Non-Proliferation” Saturday 29 January 2022 at 10:00 hours Tokyo time and Friday 28 January 2022 at 20:00 hours Washington DC time.

H.E. Mr. Xanana Gusmão Former President and Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Arts by Kyoto University of the Arts (23/11/2021)

2022-01-03

Please click here for a full report in English which was compiled by Maciej Witek.

GPAJ Webinar “Migration Challenges in Pakistan” (08/01/2022)

2022-01-01

If you want to participate in the seminar, please send your name and email address to
to Mr. Ken Inoue (camelworld[@]aol.com). The Secretariat will send a Zoom link to all
members a few days before the seminar.

Professor Katsumi ISHIZUKA, member of the Board of Directors of GPAJ, presented his book on the History of Peacebuilding in East Timor to former President and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão on November 23, 2021 at the Meiji Jingu Gaien campus of the Kyoto University of the Arts. Dr. ISHIZUKA received MA from the University of Nottingham and Ph.D. from the University of Keele. (01/12/2021)

2021-12-01

GPAJ Webinar “Legacy of Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Omnilateralism” (04/12/2021)

2021-11-29

Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ), Kyoto Peacebuilding Center (KPC) and Academic Council on the United Nations System Tokyo Liaison Office (ACUN\s-Tokyo) in association with the Association of Former International Civil Servants of Japan (AFICS-Japan) held a seminar on “Legacy of Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Omnilateralism” on Saturday, December 4, 2021, Japan Standard Time from 20:00 to 21:30 hours.

Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum 2021 “Peacebuilding and Democratic Governance in an Era of Uncertainty” (13/11/2021)

2021-10-31

Online Forum Saturday, 13 November 2021 Japan Time 10:00 – 18:00 Japan time
organized by the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ) and supported by Kyoto Peacebuilding Center, ACUNS Tokyo and AFICS-Japan. Please contact Prof. Naoko Kumagai (naokokumagai71{@}gmail.com) for registration.

ACUNS Tokyo/GPAJ/KPC presented Dr. Bauman to assess the implications of COP26 (16/11/2021)

2021-10-31

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Former Japanese Ambassador to Malawi YANAGISAWA Presented “A Paradox of Peace, Democracy and Poverty – the Case of Malawi” on 30 October 2021 at 8:00 pm Japan standard time (30/10/2021)

2021-10-30

For details, please find attached the program and the Youtube video.

`Don`t Choose Extinction‘ ― Dinosaur Warns Humans (30/10/2021)

2021-10-30

Please click here for the UNDP video.

GPAJ President Sukehiro Hasegawa stated that the concept of “human security” was proposed by Mahbub ul Haq, who was a special adviser to UNDP’s Human Development Report Office in 1994. (28/10/2021)

2021-10-28

(日本語) 長谷川理事長は、人間に脅威をもたらすもう一つの要因として、人間の貪欲性を挙げ、新たな世代の人々にとっても脅威を生み出すことになると説いた。そして、人類が自ら内蔵している脅威から、人々の生命と安全を確保するために、日本が「人間の安全保障」の概念を推進していくことは重要であると述べた。詳細はここをクリックして下さい。

Ambassador Ina Lepel of Germany has completed her assignment in Japan and moved to Jakarta to take up her new duty as Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste. We thank you for her contributions to the peacebuilding activities of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan and the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center. We now welcome the arrival of Ambassador Clemens von Goetze in Tokyo and look forward to our association with him and his participation in our activities. External Relations Officer Arbenita Sopaj (22/10/2021)

2021-10-22

My grandson, Kenji, now almost seven years old. He is enjoying his primary school life in Geneva.　He hopes COVID-19 will finally disappear.

2021-10-19

My grandson, Cedric, is now 11 years old.

2021-10-13

Participants Discussed Japan`s Declining Leadership Role in UN Development Assistance in a Seminar on 75th Anniversary of the United Nations and SDGs (02/10/2021)

2021-10-02

Please click here for video recordings.

A Book Review “UN Security council Reform – Assessment of Its Legitimacy, Effectiveness and Representativeness” (Mr. Takahiro SHINYO)

2021-09-08

The Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan and the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center will hold a book review entitled “UN Security council Reform – Assessment of Its Legitimacy, Effectiveness and Representativeness” on September 8, 2021, 20:00 -21:30 Japan Time.

Former UN Special Representative Afghanistan Ambassador Tadamichi Yamamoto and Afghan Ambassador to Japan. Shaida Mohammad Abdali presented Their Perspectives and Discussed with Participants the Challenges faced by Afghanistan and International Community. (28/08/2021)

2021-08-25

Please click here for the participants and report of the seminar.

Greetings from Wadenswil, Switzerland (08/08/2021)

2021-08-08

“The Diplomacy of Small States” on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at 8:00 p.m. Japan time.

2021-08-02

For video recordings and a written summary of the seminar, please click here.

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