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)
Post-ACUNS Kyoto Visit starts with a dinner. (23/6/2024)
The post-ACUNS visit to Kyoto started with a traditional dinner at Hotel Okura Kyoto. (23/6/2024)
Professors Shigeyuki KAZAMA and Kazuya NAKAYAMA make presentations. (21/6/2024)
At the ACUNS Annual Meeting held at the Komaba campus of the University of Tokyo on 21 June, Professors Shigeyuki KAZAMA and Kazuya NAKAYAMA of the Kyoto University of the Arts, made their presentations along with Professor SHINYO Takahiro, Special Advisor to the President and Professor of Kwansei Gakuin University and former Ambassador to the United Nations and Germany. The Former Ambassador to UNESCO and SRSG in Afghanistan, Tadamichi YAMAMOTO, and the Ambassador of Afghanistan in Norway, Youssef GHAFOORZAI, commented on their presentations. They were joined by Professor SHENG Hong of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, China, and Ms. Poulomi BHADRA, Assistant Professor of the Jindal Global University, India. (21/6/2024)
Chairman Yasushi AKASHI gives a toast. (20/6/2024)
KPC Honorary Chairman Yasushi AKASHI makes an opening remark for the reception hosted by the Kyoto University of the Arts. (20/6/2024)
Kyoto University of the Arts hosts a reception. (20/6/2024)
President Sakiko YOSHIKAWA of Kyoto University of the Arts makes an opening remark while Uryuyama Academic Foundation Chairman Yutaka TOKUYAMA and ACUNS President Lise HOWARD overlook her at the reception hosted by the Uryuyama Academic Foundation. (20/6/2024)
Conversation between KPC Council members and ACUNS officials(20/6/2024)
The Councilors of Kyoto Peacebuilding Center, Yasushi AKASHI, Sukehiro HASEGAWA, Takahiro SHINYO, Tadamichi YAMAMOTO, Kae YANAGISAWA, and Miki SUGIMURA held conversations with UNU Senior Vice-Rector Sawako SHIRAHASE, ACUNS President Lise HOWARD and Franz BAUMANN, and Augusto LOPEZ-CLAROS, Executive Director of the Global Governance Forum, and Georgios KOSTAKOS, Executive Director of the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability(FOGGS). (20/6/2024)
Special Kyoten performance. (20/6/2024)
The Annual Meeting of the Academic Council of the United Nations was held from June 20 to 22 June 2024, at the United Nations University Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. About 500 scholars and practitioners of the United Nations activities participated in the conference including nearly 300 from abroad and 200 from Japan. Kyoto University of the Arts presented a “Kyogen” performance on the first day. (20/6/2024)
Professor SENJU Hiroshi gave a special presentation on his works. (20/6/2024)
On the opening day of the ACUNS annual meeting held at the United Nations University, Professor Hiroshi SENJU of the Kyoto University of the Arts, who was awarded the Honorary Prize at the Venice Biennale International Exhibition in Italy, presented his representative work, Waterfall. He explained that waterfalls flow due to water and gravity on Earth. (20/6/2024)
ACUNS President Lise Howard opened the Annual Meeting. (20/6/2024)
Lise Morjé Howard, President of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University, opened the meeting with a speech at the UN University in Tokyo on 20 June 2024. (20/6/2024)
ACUNS Convened its Annual Meeting in Tokyo, Japan. (20/6/2024)
ACUNS convened its Annual Meeting at the UN University and the Komaba campus of the University of Tokyo from 20 to 22 June 2024. A diverse and global community of nearly 400 individuals, with 300 hailing from overseas, engaged in a robust discussion on global governance and sustainable development, reinvigorating research to bolster multilateral solutions. (20/6/2024)