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UNITAR is the first United Nations entity to establish a presence in the symbolic city of Hiroshima, in response to the desire of its people and authorities to contribute more actively to global peace and development.

 

 

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AFGHAN AMBASSADOR VISITS UNITAR HIROSHIMA
 

 H.E Eklil Hakimi, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan, presented a floral offering in remembrance of the victims of the atomic bombing at the Cenothaph of the Peace Memorial Park.

  LEGISLATORS VISIT UNITAR

A legislative delegation from the Komeito Party visited with the Head of UNITAR Hiroshima to coordinate political support for the 2010 UNITAR Action Plan. The delegation was comprised of the Honorables Juichi Tagawa, Usui Yoshio, and Nishita Hiroshi, representing both the Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima City Assemblies.

UNITAR Hiroshima Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites Workshop 2009

 

Heritage is not an article in a vacuum showcase.  It lives with people, and people live in heritage sites.  Architects say that the best way to conserve built heritage is to live inside it.  Even in the case of properties requiring restricted access (reserves etc.), designation as a World Heritage site often attracts a considerable increase in visitors.  It is therefore imperative that the impact of a range of human activities upon both tangible and intangible aspects of heritage be regularly assessed. These assessments provide a baseline for judging the management and use of sites. The major question arises – how can an impact on the heritage “values” of a site be effectively assessed?  UNITAR will apply its “values-based management” as the basis for a methodology to assess impacts on the values of sites.

 The specific objectives of the 2009 workshop will be to:

 

  • Review the basics of the World Heritage regime and its implications for peace, incorporating available information, updates and current trends;
  • Elucidate the underlying principles of “values-based heritage management”, with a particular focus on peace building or nurturing;
  • Introduce the basics of World Heritage impact assessment;
  • Examine leading assessment policies and strategies, identifying best practices and lessons learned;
  • Through reality-based practical exercises, extract key concepts and common issues while developing impact assessments for given sites;
  • Contribute to the development of a manual for site managers on impact assessment in World Heritage management;
  • Enhance long-term peer learning and exchange among the participants.

 
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 COURTESY VISIT TO JAPAN’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS STATE SECRETARY

  

On January 29 a delegation from UNITAR visited with H. E. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Japan, to discuss UNITAR’s global outreach and specially the creation of a Japan-Latin America Economic Cooperation Forum in 2011.

MEDIA PARTNERSHIP WITH CHUGOKU SHIMBUN

  

On Thursday 14 January 2010, a UNITAR delegation visited the main newspaper in Hiroshima to renew its collaboration. The president of the newspaper Mr. Kazuyuki Kawamoto is shown with the head of UNITAR Hiroshima Office.

UNITAR HIROSHIMA HEAD MEETS CHAIRMAN OF HIROSHIMA CITY COUNCIL

 On Wednesday 13 January 2010, UNITAR Hiroshima Head, Mr. Alex Mejia, met with the Honourable Hiroyuki Fujita, Chairman of the Hiroshima City Council, to thank him and his esteemed colleagues for their continued support of UNITAR as well as to discuss projects in 2010.

 NEW HIROSHIMA GOVERNOR SUPPORTS UNITAR 

The Honourable Hidehiko Yuzaki reaffirmed the commitment of his new administration to UNITAR's capacity building programmes. Here he is shown with the Head of the Hiroshima Office receiving an inauguration gift.

 

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