2017

Inspiring Transformation in Afghanistan: The Current and Future Role of Japan’s Support

Keynote Speaker:

• H.E. Mitsuji Suzuka, Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan

With Welcome Remarks from:

• Mr. Ahmad Bashir Ghafoori, First Secretary and Counsul, Embassy of Afghanistan in Tokyo
• Dr. Noriyuki Kawano, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University
• Mihoko Kumamoto, Head, UNITAR Hiroshima Office

27 April 2017

Please contact hiroshima@unitar.org if you wish to attend.

2016

Women and Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction: Comparing Perspectives between Japan and Pacific States

• Toshihiro Nikai, Liberal Democratic Party Chief Secretary
• H.E. Akiko Yamanaka, Special Ambassador for World Tsunami Awareness Day
• H.E. Tania Laumanulupe Tupou, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Tonga to Japan
• Dr. Philip Vaughter, Research Fellow, United Nations University (UNU)
• Dr. Hajime Kayanne, Professor, University of Tokyo
• Dr. Asako Osaki, Visiting Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University

7 November 2016

Toward "A World without Nuclear Weapons"

• Dr Tariq Rauf, Director, Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
• Tim Caughley, Resident Senior Fellow, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
• Dr. Yuri Kryvonos, Interim Director, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD)
• Kenju Murakami, Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
• Dr. Mitsuru Kurosawa, Professor, Osaka Jogakuin University

1 June 2016

Sustainable Development Goals

• Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, UNITAR Executive Director

Session Info-note

4 February 2016

South Sudan: Achievements and Challenges

• Kenzo Oshima, Former ambassador to the UN; Former UN Under-Secretary-General in charge of Humanitarian Affairs; Managing Director of the Africa Society of Japan
• Atsushi Hanatani, Executive Advisor to the Director General, Director of Office for Peacebuilding and Reconstruction, Infrastructure and Peacebuilding Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
• Atsushi Kuwabara, Director, First Africa Division, African Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
• Hiroko Hirahara, State Coordinator, Eastern Equatoria State, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
• Ryo Kakutani, Programme Coordinator, Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan)
• Emmanuel Ayume Benjamin, UNITAR Fellow Representative, Office of the President, Republic of South Sudan

Session Info-note

20 January, 2016

2015

Frontline of Nuclear Disarmament

• Dr Tariq Rauf, Director, Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Programme, SIPRI
• Tim Caughley, Resident Senior Fellow, UNIDIR
• Professor Mitsuru Kurosawa, Osaka Jogakuin University
• Yasushi Noguchi, Director Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

10 June, 2015

Women's Leadership - Towards the society

• Sally Fegan-Wyles, Assistant Secretary-General and UNITAR Executive Director

17 May, 2015

Green Legacy Hiroshima - A Heritage for the Future

• Kosaky Maeda, Director General, ISCA Japan
• Chikara Horiguchi, Arborist
• Akio Nishikiori, Architect

6 March, 2015

70 years after WWII: Thinking about the UN and Hiroshima

• Kenzo Oshima, Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordination, Former Permanent Representative to the UN

21 February, 2015

2014

The UN Security Council: Victim of Great Power Tensions?

• David Malone, UN Under-Secretary-General, Rector of United Nations University

15 September, 2014

Under the Star Festival Sky - Getting to know about Climate Change

• Takama Takeshi, Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute
• Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto, Head, UNITAR Hiroshima Office

7 July, 2014

World Heritage Sites and Regional Cooperation in Asia

• Duncan Marshall, Heritage Consultant and Architect, ICOMOS
• Masanori Nagaoka, Head of Cultural Unit, UNESCO OFFICE, JAKARTA

16 April, 2014

International Women Day : Gender Empowerment?

• Asako Osaki, Advocacy Specialist/Gender Action Platform, Visiting Professor/Kwansei Gakuin University
• Mihoko Kumamoto, Head, UNITAR Hiroshima Office

11 March, 2014

2013

POST-2014 AFGHANISTAN AND THE ROLE OF JAPAN

• H.E. Dr. Sayed M. Amin Fatimie, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Japan
• Akiko Kawabe, First Secretary, Embassy of Japan, Afghanistan
• Haruyuki Shimada, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), South Asia Department

13 November, 2013

GREEN LEGACY HIROSHIMA : ENCOUNTERS WITH NATURE, SCIENCE, WAR AND MEMORY

• Tomoko Watanabe, Founder and Executive Director of ANT-Hiroshima, Co-founder/Coordinator of Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative
• Nassrine Azimi, Co-founder/Coordinator of Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative, Senior Advisor, UNITAR Hiroshima Office
• Chikara Horiguchi, Arborist
• Akio Nishikiori, Architect
• Masakazu Suzuki, Professor, Tsukuba University

　　In partnership with ANT-Hiroshima

 23 October 2013, Hiroshima

IN MEMORY OF BEATE SIROTA GORDON: WOMEN AND THE CONSTITUTION

• Nassrine Azimi, Senior Advisor, UNITAR Hiroshima Office
• Nicole Gordon, Lawyer

 3 May 2013, Hiroshima

WORLD HERITAGE SITES AS A TOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

• Duncan Marshall, Heritage Consultant and Architect, ICOMOS
• Takahiko Makino, Consultant/UNESCO, Yangon, UNESCO

 24 April 2013, Hiroshima

2012

PEACE AND INDIGENOUS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN: PRESENT CONTEXT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

• Musa Kamawi, Director, Human Resources for the Ministry Finance, Kabul
• Haruyuki Shimada, Advisor, JICA
• Osamu Yoshida, Professor, Hiroshima University

 28 November 2012, Hiroshima

PROSPECTS OF PEACE AND INDIGENOUS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN POST-2014 AFGHANISTAN (33rd HiPeC Seminar)

• Musa Kamawi, Director, Human Resources for the Ministry Finance, Kabul
• Haruyuki Shimada, Advisor, JICA
• Siddiqi Hedayatullah, Postgraduate Student, Hiroshima University

In association with Hiroshima University Partnership Project for Peacebuilding and Capacity Development (HiPeC)

 28 November 2012, Hiroshima

HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION

• Luis Gallegos, the Permanent Representative of Ecuador, United Nations

 20 June 2012, Hiroshima

WORLD HERITAGE SITES: MAINTAINING VALUES

• UNESCO
• ICOMOS
• IUCN

 4 June 2012, Hiroshima

THE CHALLENGE OF MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY

• Carlos Lopes, Assistant-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director, UNITAR

 30 March 2012, Hiroshima

THE STORY OF HIROSHIMA AND THE POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN: WHAT PARALLELS?

• Alex Mejia, Head, UNITAR Hiroshima Office
• Musa Kamawi, Ministry of Finance of Afghanistan

 21 February 2012, Hiroshima

2011

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS IRAQI POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION

• H.E. Lukman Faily, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to Japan

 8 December 2011, Hiroshima

THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - GOAL VIII: DEVELOP A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT

 • Benno Gaessler, Mazda Motor Corporation

 24 November 2011, Hiroshima

THINKING ON THE MEANING OF THE CITY OF HIROSHIMA

• Alex Mejia, Head, UNITAR Hiroshima Office

 29 September 2011, Hiroshima

PEACE FROM DISASTERS: INDIGENOUS INITIATIVES ACROSS COMMUNITIES, COUNTRIES AND CONTINENTS

• Berin McKenzie, Specialist, UNITAR Hiroshima Office

 19 September 2011, Hiroshima

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT

• Berin McKenzie, Specialist, UNITAR Hiroshima Office

 9 August 2011, Hiroshima

WORLD HERITAGE SITES: WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS?

• Montira Horayangura Unakul, UNESCO
• Duncun Marshall, ICOMOS
• Cristi Nozawa, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas

 6 July 2011, Hiroshima

THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - GOAL V: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH

• H.E. Sayed M. Amin Fatimie, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Japan

 30 May 2011, Hiroshima

DIALOGUES ON PEACE: HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE; THE CASE OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION

• Pierre Sané, President, Imagine Africa Foundation

 13 May 2011, Hiroshima

THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - GOAL II: ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION

• Osman Osmani, Director General, Afghanistan Civil Service Institute (ACSI)

 6 April 2011, Hiroshima

THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - GOAL III: PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN

 8 March 2011, Hiroshima

THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS - GOAL I: END POVERTY AND HUNGER

 31 January 2011, Hiroshima

2010

THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: IS FIVE MORE YEARS ENOUGH?

 20 October 2010, Hiroshima

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN DEVELOPING NATIONS

• Kuniaki Nagata, Director General, JICA Chugoku

 30 May 2010, Hiroshima

GENDER ISSUES: THE INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK AND A JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE

• Kiriko Sakata, Vice Executive in Charge of Gender Equality and Professor, Hiroshima University

 11 March 2010, Hiroshima

THE STRATEGIC APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT AND NANOTECHNOLOGY/MANUFACTURED NANOMATERIALS: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

• Carolyn Vickers, Team Leader, Chemical Safety, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Craig Boljkovac, Manager, Chemicals and Waste Management Programme, UNITAR
• Shuhi Tamura, Deputy Director, Chemical Management Policy Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

 2 March 2010, Hiroshima

THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS AND JAPAN'S FUTURE

• Osamu Yoshida, Professor, Hiroshima University

 27 January 2010, Hiroshima

2009

THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY AND CULTURE IN POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION: REFLECTIONS FROM HIROSHIMA TO AFGHANISTAN

• Eklil A. Hakimi, Afghanistan Ambassador to Japan
• Akira Tashiro, Director, Hiroshima Peace Media Center

 5 November 2009, Hiroshima

SERIES ON THE EVOLVING ROLE OF PEACE MUSEUMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: PARTS II AND III

• Mitsuyoshi Taira, Director, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
• Koichiro Maeda, Director, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
• Yasuo Harada, Director, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

 16 October 2009, Hiroshima

WHAT CAN JAPAN DO TO CREATE A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY?

• Kiyoshi Kurokawa, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Former Special Advisor to the Cabinet
• Shigeru Miyagawa, Professor of Linguistics and Professor of Japanese Language and Culture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 26 June 2009, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima

A-BOMB DOME AND ITSUKUSHIMA SHRINE: WHAT WILL THEY BE LIKE IN 100 YEARS? PANEL DISCUSSION ON WORLD HERITAGE SITES

 24 April 2009, Hiroshima

POWER OF DIVERSITY TO CREATE PEACE IN A KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY

• Carlos Lopes, Assistant-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director, UNITAR

 19 March 2009, Hiroshima

2008

AFGHANISTAN'S RECONSTRUCTION: CHALLENGES AND COMMITMENTS: PANEL DISCUSSION ON AFGHANISTAN

 10 November 2008, Embassy of Afghanistan, Tokyo

JAPAN AND KAZAKHSTAN: COOPERATION AND EXCHANGE

• H.E. Akylbek A. Kamaldinov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Japan

 23 October 2008, Hiroshima

NPT REGIME CHANGE: HAS THE GOOD BECOME THE ENEMY OF THE BEST?

• Ramesh Thakur, Professor, Distinguished Fellow, Center for International Governance Innovation, Canada

 18 September 2008, Hiroshima

FROM TICAD IV, TOKYO TO G8 SUMMIT, TOYAKO

• Kenzo Oshima, Senior Vice-President, The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo

 12 June 2008, Hiroshima

THE BUILT HERITAGE OF HIROSHIMA - WHAT CAN WE KEEP IN THE 21ST CENTURY?

• Shigeru Aoki, Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University, President, Shigeru Aoki Architects and Associates

 22 May 2008, Hiroshima

CONSERVATION FOR PEACE - CAN WORLD HERITAGE SITES CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE? PANEL DISCUSSION ON WORLD HERITAGE SITES

 4 April 2008, Hiroshima

VISUALISING CULTURES

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

 21 February 2008, Hiroshima

ENSURING COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL ACCESS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE

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

 14 February 2008, Hiroshima

2007

REFLECTIONS ON SWISS-JAPANESE TIES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

• H.E. Paul Fivat, Ambassador of Switzerland to Japan

 6 December 2007, Hiroshima

VOICES OF AFGHANISTAN - LESSONS, CHALLENGES AND HOPES

• H.E. Haron Amin, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan

 16 November 2007, Hiroshima

HUMAN SECURITY AND UN ACTIVITIES

• Charmine Koa, Director, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Tokyo

 1 November 2007, Hiroshima

RUSSIA’S PERCEPTIONS OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

• Mikhail M. Bely, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Japan

 11 October 2007, Hiroshima

BUILDING A CULTURE OF PEACE: THE SHORT-TERM PRIORITIES

• Steven Lloyd Leeper, Chairperson, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation

 30 August 2007, Hiroshima

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE URBAN FUTURES

 • Hans van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University

 20 June 2007, Hiroshima

INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: TRANSFORMING FRAILTIES TO STRENGTH, SEEKING PROSPERITY AND PEACE FOR ALL

• Monte Cassim, President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Vice Chancellor, Ritsumeikan Trust

 17 May 2007, Hiroshima

SIGNS OF HOPE – PROSPECTS FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

• Kathleen Sullivan, Disarmament Educator and Anti-nuclear Specialist

 30 March 2007, Hiroshima

RECENT TRENDS – WHAT CHANCE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT?

• Ramesh Thakur, Senior Vice Rector, United Nations University, Tokyo

 15 February 2007, Hiroshima

2006

IMAGINING A MORE CREATIVE BRAIN THROUGH DRAWING?

• Kristin Newton, Artistic Director, Right Brain Research, Tokyo

 8 December 2006, Hiroshima

TURKEY AT THE CROSSROADS OF CIVILIZATIONS AND ITS GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE IN FOREIGN POLICY

• Solmaz Unaydin, Ambassador of Turkey to Japan

 1 December 2006, Hiroshima

THE SEARCH FOR HUMAN CAPACITY AND HUMAN SECURITY IN POST-CONFLICT AFGHANISTAN

• H.E. Haron Amin, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan

 17 November 2006, Hiroshima

MESSAGE OF HIROSHIMA FOR TODAY’S WORLD: DIALOGUE WITH UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS

 28 October 2006, Hiroshima

OUTLOOK ON SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY FROM OUR OCEANS- A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SETO INLAND SEA: PANEL DISCUSSION ON SEA AND HUMAN SECURITY

 4 October 2006, Hiroshima

CULTURAL IDENTITY AND NATIONALISM

• Suvidhya Simaskul, Ambassador of Thailand to Japan

 21 September 2006, Hiroshima

ROUNDTABLE WITH AMBASSADOR OF IRAQ TO JAPAN AND SULAYMANIA UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND STUDENTS

• Ghanim Al-Jumaily, Ambassador of Iraq to Japan

 7 August 2006, Hiroshima

THE MANAGEMENT OF POST GENOCIDE CHALLENGES

• Emile Rwamasirabo, Ambassador of Rwanda to Japan

 6 April 2006, Hiroshima

THE A-BOMB DOME AND ITSUKUSHIMA SHRINE- WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN HIROSHIMA: PANEL DISCUSSION ON WORLD HERITAGE SITES

 16 March 2006, Hiroshima

SCIENCE FOR SELF DISCOVERY IN THE 21ST CENTURY - HUMAN BODY AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE MIND

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

 24 February 2006, Hiroshima

THE POST-CONFLICT EXPERIENCES OF CAMBODIA AND ITS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE

• Pou Sothirak, Cambodian Ambassador to Japan

 26 January 2006, Hiroshima

2005

GOVERNANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NEW IRAQ IN THE WORLD'S MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS

• H.E. 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

 12 December 2005, Hiroshima

JAPAN-INDIA RELATIONS IN THE NEW ASIAN ERA

• H.E. Manilal Tripathi, Indian Ambassador to Japan

 24 November 2005, Hiroshima

AFGHAN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE POST-BONN PERIOD

• H.E. Haron Amin, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan

 28 October 2005, Hiroshima

THE POLICIES AND STANCES OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN AFTER THE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

• H.E. Mohsen Talaei, Iranian Ambassador to Japan

 13 October 2005, Hiroshima

CANADA’S NEW INTERNATIONAL POLICY PRIORITIES

• H.E. Robert G. Wright, Canadian Ambassador to Japan

 9 May 2005, Hiroshima

G8 Priorities in 2005

• Graham Holbrook Fry, UK Ambassador to Japan

 14 April 2005, Hiroshima

THE FUTURE OF INDEPENDENT HUMANITARIAN ACTION

• Pierre Kraehenbuehl, Director of Operations, ICRC

 27 January 2005, Hiroshima

THE UNITED NATIONS AFTER IRAQ: DANGERS AND OPPORTUNITIES

• Ramesh Thakur, Senior Vice Rector, United Nations University

 17 January 2005, Hiroshima

2004

THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN A CONTEMPORARY WORLD

• Hisashi Owada, Judge, The International Court of Justice

 27 October 2004, Hiroshima

SCIENTISTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: WHAT NEW ROLE IN SOCIETY?

• Kiyoshi Kurokawa, President, Science Council of Japan

 19 October 2004, Hiroshima

AUSTRALIA AND EAST ASIA: DO WE FIT?

• H.E. John McCarthy, Australian Ambassador to Japan

 19 August 2004, Hiroshima

DISARMAMENT: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DECADE AHEAD

• Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations

 6 August 2004, Hiroshima

1905, A WONDER YEAR IN BERN: EINSTEIN’S DISCOVERY OF THE RELATIVITY THEORY

• Peter Jezler, Director, History Museum of Bern, Bern’s Culture Project

 17 June 2004, Hiroshima

2003

POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION, WOMEN AND THE CONSTITUTION

• Beate Sirota Gordan, Asia Expert and Author

 5 November 2003, Hiroshima