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Public Seminar on
"Challenges Ahead for United Nations Peacebuilders: Lessons from the Field and the New UN Peacebuilding Architecture"


(c) UN Photo

July 2008

Peacebuilding is one of the major challenges facing today's global community. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, in cooperation with a number of partners, launched a pilot program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding last year.

Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC), the implementing organ of the program, will hold the first workshop of the UN Peacebuilding Community of Practice (CoP) jointly with UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) in Hiroshima on July 21-24. Following the closed workshop, HPC, PBSO, the United Nations University (UNU) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan will hold a public seminar on July 25 in Tokyo. At the seminar, the outcomes of the workshop as well as the experiences of the UN peacebuilding practitioners from various parts of the world will be shared. We welcome your participation in the event.

Date:

Friday, July 25, 16:30-18:45

Venue:

UN House (United Nations University Headquarters) Elizabeth Rose Hall (5th Floor)
53-70, Jingumae 5 chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925, Japan

Map:

UNU Website (http://www.unu.edu/hq/ginfo/contact.html other site)

Program:

Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Hideaki Shinoda, Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center

Introduction

  • Dr. Madoka Futamura, Academic Programme Officer, United Nations University

Presentations

  • Dr. Richard Ponzio, Senior Policy Analyst, Peace Building Support Office
  • Ms. Haley Horan, Community of Practice Facilitator, Peacebuilding Support Office
  • Dr. Necla Tschirigi, Senior Policy Adviser, Peacebuilding Support Office
  • Practitioners of United Nations peacebuilding-related organizations mainly in the field (Dr. Befekadu Berhanu, UNHCR Regional Liaison Office for Africa (Ethiopia); Mr. Nick Hartmann, UNDP Lebanon; Ms. Laura Bologna, DPA/UNMIN; Ms. Janet Murdock, UNDP/DPA (Guinea-Bissau)

Comments

  • Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Senior Vice-President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (Former Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations, Former Chairman of UN Peacebuilding Commission)
  • Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Professor of Hosei University (Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Timor-Leste)

Closing Remarks

  • Mr. Yoshitaka Akimoto, Deputy Director-General, Ambassador in charge of UN Affairs, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Organizers:

UN Peacebulidng Support Office (PBSO), Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC), United Nations University (UNU), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Supporters:

United Nations Volunteers (UNV), NPO Peacebuilders

Registration:

Please send your name, affiliation, contact information (e-mail) by e-mail to NPO Peacebuilders (Mr. Tsutsui or Ms. Watanabe) by Tuesday, July 22.
askpbso@peacebuilderscenter.jp
The registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please understand if registration could not be accepted due to the limited number of seats.

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