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The UNITAR Hiroshima Roundtables are organized periodically to present the views of internationally renowned speakers from the fields of politics, economics, sciences and the arts.

 

Speaker Topic Date and Venue

Duffie VanBalkom, Professor of Higher Education Leadership, University of Calgary

Web Seminar Series in partnership with Afghan Consultancy Training and Research Association (ACTRA)

Seminar I: Leading people, an organization’s greatest asset: an introduction to human resources management and development

5 June 2008,

Kabul, Afghanistan

Shigeru Aoki, Professor of Tokyo Metropolitan University, President of Shigeru Aoki Architects & Associates

“The built heritage of Hiroshima- what can we keep in the 21st century?”

 >>Speaker's Home Page

>>Album

22 May 2008,

Hiroshima

Panel Discussion on World Heritage Sites

“Conservation for Peace”

Can World Heritage Sites contribute to peace?

4 April 2008,

Hiroshima

Shigeru Miyagawa, Professor of Linguistics, Japanese Language and Culture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

"Visualizing Cultures"

>>MIT Visualizing Cultures       >>Album

21 February 2008, Hiroshima

Julia Cassim, Senior Research Fellow, The Royal College of Art Helen Hamlyn Centre, London

"Ensuring Cognitive and Physical Access to the Cultural Heritage"

>>PowerPoint Presentation

>>Album

14 February 2008, Hiroshima

Paul Fivat, Ambassador of Switzerland to Japan

“Reflections on Swiss-Japanese ties and future prospects”

>>PowerPoint Presentation        >>Album

6 December 2007, Hiroshima
Haron Amin, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan

"Voices of Afghanistan - Lessons, Challenges and Hopes"

>>Album  

16 November 2007, Hiroshima

Charmine Koda

Director, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Tokyo

"Human Security and the UN Activity"

>Album

>>Media Coverage

1 November 2007, Hiroshima

Mikhail M. Bely

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Japan

"Russia’s Perceptions of the Asia-Pacific Region"

>>Media Coverage

  >>Outline in Japanese

 >>Album

11 October 2007, Hiroshima

Steven Lloyd Leeper

Chairperson, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation

"Building a Culture of Peace: the Short-term Priorities"

>>Outline

 >>Album

30 August 2007, Hiroshima

 Hans van Ginkel

Rector, United Nations University

"Towards Sustainable Urban Futures"

>>PowerPoint Presentation

>>Related articles

>>Album

20 June 2007, Hiroshima

Monte Cassim

President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

Vice Chancellor, Ritsumeikan Trust

"Innovation and knowledge management in contemporary Japan: transforming frailties

to strength, seeking prosperity and peace for all"

>>PowerPoint Presentation

>>Album

17 May 2007, Hiroshima

Kathleen Sullivan

Disarmament Educator and Anti-nuclear Specialist

"Signs of hope – prospects for nuclear disarmament"

>>Outline

>>Press Coverage

 >> Album

30 March 2007, Hiroshima

 Ramesh Thakur

Senior Vice Rector, United Nations University, Tokyo

"Recent trends – what chance for nuclear disarmament?"

>>Background Paper

>>Press Coverage

 >> Album

15 February 2007, Hiroshima

Kristin Newton

Artistic Director, Right Brain Research, Tokyo

"Imagining a more creative brain through drawing?"

>>Album

8 December 2006, Hiroshima

Solmaz Unaydin, Ambassador of Turkey to Japan

"Turkey at the Crossroads of Civilizations and its Geo-strategic Importance in Foreign Policy"

>>Album

1 December 2006, Hiroshima
Haron Amin, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan "The Search for Human Capacity and Human Security in post-conflict Afghanistan" 17 November 2006, Hiroshima

Dialogue with United Nations Foundation Board Members

 "Message of Hiroshima for Today’s World" 28 October 2006, Hiroshima

Panel Discussion on Sea and Human Security

"Outlook on sustainable food security from our oceans- a perspective from the Seto Inland Sea" 4 October 2006, Hiroshima

Suvidhya Simaskul, Ambassador of Thailand to Japan

"Cultural Identity and Nationalism"

>> Outline

>>Album

21 September 2006, Hiroshima
Ghanim Al-Jumaily, Ambassador of Iraq to Japan

Roundtable with Ambassador of Iraq to Japan and Sulaymania University faculty and students

>>Album

7 August 2006, Hiroshima

Emile Rwamasirabo, Ambassador of Rwanda to Japan

"The Management of Post Genocide Challenges"

>> Presentation

>>Album

6 April 2006, Hiroshima

Panel Discussion on World Heritage Sites

"The A-Dome Dome and Itsukushima Shrine- World Heritage Sites in Hiroshima"

16 March 2006,

Hiroshima

Yoriko Atomi, Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Science for Self Discovery in the 21st Century - Human Body and its Connection to the Mind

>> Presentation

>>Album

24 February 2006, Hiroshima

Pou Sothirak, Cambodian Ambassador to Japan

The Post-Conflict Experiences of Cambodia and its Challenges and Opportunities for the Future

>>Remarks

>>Album

26 January 2006,

Hiroshima

Ghanim Al-Jumaily, Ambassador of Iraq to Japan

Marcel Boisard, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director, UNITAR

Hideaki Shinoda, Associate Professor of Peace Sciences, Hiroshima University

 

Governance and Reconstruction: Opportunities for the New Iraq in the World's Multilateral Institutions

>>Album

 

Ghanim Al-Jumaily, Ambassador of Iraq to Japan

>>Outline

 

Marcel Boisard, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director, UNITAR

>>Speech

 

Hideaki Shinoda, Associate Professor of Peace Sciences, Hiroshima University

>>Presentation

12 December 2005, Hiroshima

Manilal Tripathi, Indian Ambassador to Japan

“Japan-India Relations in the New Asian Era”

>>Album

>>Summary

24 November 2005, Hiroshima

Haron Amin, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan

Afghan National Development Strategy for the Post-Bonn Period”

>> Photo Album
>> Statement

28 October 2005, Hiroshima

Mohsen Talaei, Iranian Ambassador to Japan

“The policies and stances of the Islamic Republic of Iran after the recent presidential election”

>> Photo Album

>> Speaker's Presentation

>> Background Paper

13 October 2005, Hiroshima

Robert G. Wright, Canadian Ambassador to Japan

“Canada’s New International Policy Priorities”

>> Photo Album

>> Speech and Background Notes

>> Press Coverage

>> Canada's International Policy Statement

9 May 2005, Hiroshima

Graham Holbrook Fry, UK Ambassador to Japan

“G8 Priorities in 2005” 14 April 2005, Hiroshima

Pierre Kraehenbuehl, Director of Operations, ICRC

“The Future of Independent Humanitarian Action”

>> Photo Album

>> Background Paper

27 January 2005, Hiroshima
Ramesh Thakur, Senior Vice Rector, United Nations University “The United Nations after Iraq:  Dangers and Opportunities”

>> Photo Album

>> Read Excerpts

17 January 2005, Hiroshima

Hisashi Owada, Judge, The International Court of Justice

“The Role and Responsibilities of The International Court of Justice in a Contemporary World ”

>> Photo Album

>>Read Excerpts

27 October 2004, Hiroshima

Kiyoshi Kurokawa, President, Science Council of Japan

“Scientists in the 21st Century:

What new role in society?

>>See Photos

>>Read Excerpts

19 October 2004, Hiroshima
John McCarthy, AO, Australian Ambassador to Japan

“Australia and East Asia: Do we fit?

>> Photo Album

19 August 2004, Hiroshima
Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations

"Disarmament: challenges and opportunities in the decade ahead”

>> Photo Album

6 August 2004, Hiroshima

Peter Jezler,  Director, History Museum of Bern

Bern’s Culture Project

"1905, A Wonder Year in Bern: Einstein’s Discovery of the Relativity Theory"

>> Photo Album

17 June 2004, Hiroshima
Beate Sirota Gordon, Asia Expert and Author

"Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Women and the Constitution"

>> Photo Album

5 November 2003, Hiroshima

 

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