At the ACUNS Annual Conference held in New York, Huang He, Deputy D-G of UN Association of China, explained how China had achieved seven out of eight MDGs. Click here for his full explanation.

　Mr. Takehito Nakata, who followed his son, Atsuhito Nakata and kept the torch of world peace, died on 23 May 2016.

　Former Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative of Nigeria and Under-Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari delivered his John Holmes Memorial Lecture at ACUNS Annual Meeting in New York. Please click here for an extended version of his speech.

　Hosei University students learnt the roles of the UN and Japan in achieving international peace, development, human rights, humanitarian assistance, nuclear disarmament and natural environment. Click here for a report of the lecture by Takashi Kamishiro.

　Quotes from Hasegawa on Post-Conflict Leadership as Key to Building Sustainable Peace and Development.

　Hasegawa: “We cannot achieve our goal of integrating Japan with the World unless we are ready to integrate ourselves with the peoples of the World Community.” Please click here for details. (Photo: quotesvil.com)

　Just before the Ise-Shima G7 Summit started in Japan, EU Council and Commission Presidents stressed migrants and refugees are a global crisis requiring global solidarity and assistance. (Photo: EC Audiovisual Services)

　Hasegawa: Japan is making a first positive step, although the number is minuscule compared with 12,000 students and trainees proposed in three years.

　PM Shinzo Abe takes Paul Krugman’s suggestion and is proposing fiscal demand stimulus at Ise-Shima G7 Summit. Click here for detail of the analysis meeting held by Krugman and Shinzo Abe.

　In April 2016 issue of the UN Chronicle Magazine, former SRSG Hasegawa asserts, the critical task for national leaders is to secure political stability and national unity by influencing the thought and behavior of opponents.

　Haoliang Xu, UNDP Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Pacific spoke about Japan’s leadership in the global campaign again poverty, inequality, conflict and natural disasters at Kwansei Gakuin University and Yokohama National University.

　At Y7 Summit at Waseda University, youth delegates from G7 countries discussed, inter alia, how international security could be maintained.

　Experts from Japan, China, Mongolia and Republic of Korea met and shared Lessons Learned from UNMISS operations and explored ways ahead.

　In their presentations, Yamagishi of JICA and Kiraku of NHK explained what had happened with Serbs and Muslims of Srebrenica in their efforts to overcome their animosity and achieve reconciliation.

　Kerry: “It is a stark, harsh, compelling reminder not only of our obligation to end the threat of nuclear weapons, but to rededicate all our efforts to avoid war itself.”

　In his speech at the University of Oxford, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Former President Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste points out some leaders are not free from the legacy of colonialism, the World War II and money politics.

　In the 2 April 2016 issue of Asahi Shimbun, Professor Hasegawa suggested that a paradigm shift for Japan to adopt a new way to solve a new problem. Please click here for full text in English.

　President of UN General Assembly Mogens LYKETOFT asks for Asian perspectives from China, Cambodia, India, Japan and the Republic of Korea. Please click here for the program and participants of the regional consultation meeting.

　In his lecture at Yale University and in an interview with the International Peace Institute, Professor Daisaku Higashi elaborated on his views on peacebuilding. For his IPI interview article, please access here.

　Mr. Anthony Duncker, Deputy Director of the Field Personnel Division of the United Nations explains how recruitment of qualified personnel is carried out for UN peacekeeping and special political missions.