Archives on Japan's Contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations (PKO)
- Additional Assistance to Peacekeeping Training Centers in Africa (August 2010)
- Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in the Golan Heights (August 2010)
- Extension of the Dispatch of Self-Defense Forces Personnel to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) (June 2010)
- Dispatch of an Instructor to the Cairo Center for Training on Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping (April 2010)
- Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) (March 2010)
- Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) (August 2009)
- Dispatch of Self-Defense Force Instructors to the Ecole de Maintien de la Paix in the Republic of Mali (August 2009)
- Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in the Golan Heights (July 2009)
- Extension of the Dispatch of Defense Force Personnel to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) (June 2009)
- Statement by Press Secretary on the Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building for the settlement of the problem in Darfur between the Government of the Sudan and the Justice and Equality Movement Sudan (JEM) (February 2009)
- Darfur Peace Talks in the State of Qatar (February 2009)
- Extension of the Dispatch of the International Peace Cooperation Corps in the Golan Heights and the Dispatch of Additional Personnel (January 2009)
- Dispatch of Self-Defense Force Personnel to the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Headquarters (October 2008)
- Change of the Civilian Police Officers Dispatched to the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) (July 2007)
- Dispatch of Civilian Police Officers to Timor-Leste PKO (January 2007)
- Representatives of the Japanese Team of International Peace Cooperation in East Timor Pay Respects to the Prime Minister Before Departure (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site) (October 2003)
- Representatives of the Japanese Team of International Peace Cooperation in East Timor Pay Respects to Prime Minister Before Departure (February 2003) (Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet Official Web Site)
- The Initiation of Preparations for Dispatching a Self Defense Force Engineer Unit to Peace-Keeping Operations in East Timor (November 2001)
- The Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding for FY 2010 (Call for Application for Asian Program Associates) (October 4, 2010)
- The Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding, Fiscal Year 2009 (Pamphlet) (March 2010)
- Opening Remarks by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the Opening Ceremony for the Senior Specialist Course of the Program for Human Resources Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (January 2010)
- Opening Remarks by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the opening ceremony for the Primary Course of the Program for Human Resources Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (November 2009)
- Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding Recruitment of Ms. Kumiko Katayama, Graduate of the FY2008 Program, to the IOM (International Office for Migration) Sri Lanka Office (July 2009)
- International Seminar on Japan's Contribution to Peace and Human Resource Development: Looking back on the past two years of the "Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding" and the Challenges and Prospects for the Future (March 2009)
- Courtesy Call on Minister for Foreign Affairs by Program Associates of the Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (October 2008)
- Commencement Ceremony for the FY 2008 Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (August 2008)
- Selection of Trainees for the Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (July 2008)
- Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (Call for Application for Japanese Trainees) (May 2008)
- Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding Trainees' Call on Mr. Itsunori Onodera, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (November 2007)
- Start of the Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (September 2007)
- Message from Mr. MACHIMURA Nobutaka, Foreign Minister of Japan, at the Commencement Ceremony of the Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (September 2007)
- Selection Result for Trainees of the Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (August 2007)
- Launching of the Pilot Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding (June 2007)
- Opening Speech by H.E. Foreign Minister Taro Aso at HiPeC International Peace Building Conference at International Conference Hall, Hiroshima "Hoisting a New Banner of Japan as a Nation of Peace" (March 2007)
- Seminar on Human Resource Development in International Peace Cooperation (December 2004) [Japanese/English (PDF)]
- Study on Human Resources Development in International Cooperation for Peace
- Recommendation by the Advisory Group [Summary] [Full Text (PDF)]
- Executive Summary
- Action Plan [Summary] [Full Text (PDF)]
- Recommendation by the Advisory Group [Summary] [Full Text (PDF)]
- United Nations as Peacekeeper and Nation-Builder: Continuity and Change - What Lies Ahead (March 28-29, 2005, Hiroshima)
- Seminar on Human Resource Development in International Peace Cooperation (November 2004)
Dispatch of Corps to UN Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) and Instructors to Peacekeeping Training Centers
The Program for Human Resource Development
Intellectual Contributions
Security Council
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan, at an open debate of the Security Council on Post Conflict Peacebuilding (July 2009)
- Statement by Mr. Jun Yamada, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, on Item 140: Closed Peacekeeping Missions (May 2008)
- Statement by Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, at the High-Level Meeting of the Security Council on Peace and Security in Africa (April 2008)
- Statement by Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Open Debate on the Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (January 2007)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Open Debate of the Security Council on "Strengthening International Law: Rule of Law and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security" (June 2006)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Public Meeting of the Security Council on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN PKOs (February 2006)
- Statement by Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Public Meeting of the Security Council on PKO Procurement (February 2006)
- Japan's Contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations (March 2005)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Open Debate of the Security Council, on the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (May 2004)
General Assembly
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Takahiro Shinyo, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (March 2008)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Plenary of the General Assembly on the Secretary-General's proposal to strengthen the capacity of the Organization on Peacekeeping Operations and to advance the disarmament agenda (March 2007)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Toshiro Ozawa, Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations, to the Fifth Committee of the Fifty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly (June 2004)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Koichi Haraguchi, Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the 58th Session of the General Assembly, on ITEM 85: Comprehensive Review of the Whole Question of Peacekeeping Operations in All Their Aspects (October 2003)
Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Takahiro Shinyo, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (February 2007)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Public Meeting of the Security Council on the Peacebuilding Commission (January 2007)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (January 2005)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Toshiro Ozawa, Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations, at the Meeting of the Speech Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (March 2004)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Yoshiyuki Motomura, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Meeting of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (March 2003)
- Statement at the Special Committee on Peace-keeping Operations by Hisashi Owada, Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations (April 11, 1997)
Peacebuilding Commission
- Completion of Japan's Term as Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (January 2009)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, at the Joint Debate on the Report of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (October 2008)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission a the Formal Meeting of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission (June 2008)
- Statement by Ambassador Yukio Takasu Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, at the Open Debate of the Security Council on Women, Peace & Security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict (June 2008)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, at the Open Debate of the Security Council on Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (May 2008)
- Statement by Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, at the Security Council Meeting on Security Sector Reform (May 2008)
- Statement by Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Formal Meeting of the Country-Specific Configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission on Guinea-Bissau (February 20, 2008) (January 21, 2008)
- Symposium "Building Peace - Japan and UN"
- Summary (January 28, 2008)
- Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Mr. Masahiko Koumura "Japan: A Builder of Peace" (January 24, 2008) [Outline] [Full Text]
- Statement by Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan, Chairperson of the Peacebuiling Commission, at the Open Debate on the Report of the Peacebuilding Commission (October 2007)
- Statement by Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan, Chairperson of the Peacebuiling Commission, at the Joint Debate on the Report of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (October 2007)
- Statement by Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative of Japan, Chairperson of the Peacebuiling Commission, at the Formal Meeting of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission (September 2007)
- Report of the Hamada Mission to Sierra Leone - For further enhanced efforts for peacebuilding in Sierra Leone and successful development of an Integrated Peacebuilding Strategy for Sierra Leone (August 2007) [PDF]
- Statement by Mr. Taro Aso, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the Inauguration of Japan as Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Commission (June 2007)
- Statement by Ambassador Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan, Chairperson of the Peacebuiling Commission, at the Formal Meeting of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission (June 2007)
Seminars
- Public Symposium "20 Years of Peacekeeping Operations for the UN and Japan – Taking on New Challenges" (November 5, 2012)
- Opening Remarks by Mr. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at the Opening Ceremony of the U.S.-Japan Global Peace Operations Initiative Senior Mission Leaders Course (October 2009)
- Welcoming Remarks by Mr. Shuji KIRA, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the Welcome Reception of the U.S.-Japan Global Peace Operations Initiative Senior Mission Leaders Course (October 2009)
- U.S.-Japan Global Peace Operations Initiative Senior Mission Leaders Course (October 2009)
- Dispatch of Japanese Instructors to PKO Centers in Egypt and Ghana (November 2008)
- Public Seminar "Challenges Ahead for United Nations Peacebuilders: Lessons from the Field and the New Peacebuilding Architecture" (July 2008)
- Tokyo Peacebuilders Symposium 2008 "Peacebuilding Experience and Knowledge from Asia to the World" and 2008 Outreach Event "Peacebuilders Festival @ UNU Open Campus" (March 24-25, 2008)
- Tokyo Peacebuilders Symposium 2008 and Outreach Event to be Held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations University (March 2008)
- Public Symposium "Training and Dispatching Civilian Peacebuilders: Responding to New Challenges on the Ground" (Minute) (October 31, 2007, UN House, Tokyo)
- A MoFA Japan-UNU Seminar: People Building Peace - Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding - (August 2006) (Live Webcast is available here )
- Seminar on International Peace Cooperation (February 2006) [PDF]
- Opening remarks by Mr. Kiyohiro ARAKI, Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the "Seminar on Safety of UN Peacekeepers and Associated Personnel Working in Conflict Zones" (March 2001)
- PKO Seminar - The Changing Face of Peacekeeping (March 1999)
Finandial Contributions
- Statement by Mr. Jun Yamada, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, on Agenda item 132: Administrative and Budgetary Aspects of Financing UN PKOs: Support Account for PKOs at the Second Resumed Part of the Sixty-third Session of the United Nations General Assembly (May 2009)
- Statement by Mr. Jun Yamada, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, on Agenda item 132: Administrative and Budgetary Aspects of Financing UN PKOs: Cross-cutting Issues at the Second Resumed Part of the Sixty-third Session of the United Nations General Assembly (May 2009)
- Statement by Mr. Ken Mukai, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations "Organization of Work" at the Fifth Committee of the Second Resumed Part of the Sixty-third Session of the United Nations General Assembly (May 2009)
- Statement of Mr. Ken Mukai, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, on Agenda item 118 and 132: Programme budget for the biennium 2008-2009 - Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, at the at the Fifth Committee of the Sixty-third Session of the United Nations General Assembly (October 2008)
- Statement by Mr. Ken Mukai, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, on Item 140: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations: Cross-cutting issues (May 2008)
- Statement by Mr. Ken Mukai, Counsellor of Permanent Mission of Japan, on agenda item 140: Administrative and budgetary aspects of financing United Nations Peace Keeping Operations; Consolidation of peacekeeping accounts (May 2008)
- Statement by Ambassador Takahiro Shinyo, Deputy Permanent Representative, on Item 132: Administrative and Budgetary Aspects of the Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations (June 2007)
- Statement by Ms. Misako Kaji, Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, on Item 115: Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors and Item 132: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations: Cross-cutting issues (May 2007)
- Statement by Ms. Misako Kaji, Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, on Agenda item 117: Programme budget for the biennium 2006-2007 - Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives, authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (March 2007)
- Statement by Mr. Hitoshi Kozaki, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations on Item 121: Financial reports and audited financial statements, and report of the Board of Auditors and item 136: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations (May 2006)
- Statement by H.E. Mr. Toshiro Ozawa, Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations, at the Fifth Committee of the Fifty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, on Agenda item 134: Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations (May 2004)
Other Contributions
- Co-Chair's Summary Report of the 3rd ARF Peacekeeping Experts' Meeting (June 2009)
- Dispatch of Mr. Yasushi Akashi, Representative of the Government of Japan to Sri Lanka (January 2009)
- Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Visiting Professor of Hitotsubashi University, to be Appointed as Director of the Policy, Evaluation and Training Division of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (July 2008)
- Courtesy Call on Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, by Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations, and Three Other Senior UN Officials (June 2008)
- Japan's Efforts on Peacebuilding - Towards Consolidation of Peace and Nation-Building - (Pamphlet) (April 2007) [PDF]
- Executive Summary of the Report of the Advisory Group on International Cooperation for Peace (December 18, 2002) [PDF]
- Foreign Policy Q&A (Dispatch of Japan's PKO Units to East Timor) (April 2002)
- Japan's Policy toward the United Nations in the Post-Cold War World
- Statement by the Press Secretary on the Report of the Panel on UN Peace Operations (August 2000)
- Current Issues Surrounding UN Peace-keeping Operations and Japanese Perspective (January 1997)
- Japan's Participation on UN Peace-keeping Operations and International Humanitarian Relief Operations - "Paths to Peace" (December 1996)
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