International Symposium on Human Security
Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"Human Security - Its role in an era of various threats to the international community"
The Commission on Human Security will release the Final Report of its activities. The goals of the Commission are to develop the concept of human security and to propose a concrete program of action to address critical and pervasive threats to human security. In this symposium, Commissioners will be asked to introduce the main points of the Report, which will be followed by discussions, especially on recommendations to the international community, including Japan. The three sections of panel discussion will be held under the theme of 1) Human security in conflict, 2) Human security and development, and 3) Theory and Practice. Each session will have question and answering at the end.
| * Date: | February 25, Tuesday, 2003 9:30 A.M.~ | |
| * Venue: | Akasaka Prince Hotel "Goshiki-no-Ma" | |
| * Schedule: | *Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation will be available. | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Opening Remarks by Shinako Tsuchiya, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
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| 09:45 - 11:45 | Session 1. Human security in conflict | |
| Moderator: Yozo Yokota, Professor, Chuo University Lead-off: Sadako Ogata, Co-chair, Commission on Human Security Evaluation and recommendations, followed by discussion, on: human security in conflict, in particular, movement of people, protection and empowerment of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), "gap" between humanitarian relief and development assistance, coexistence. |
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| 12:45 - 14:45 | Session 2. Human security and development | |
| Moderator: Hatsuhisa Takashima, Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lead-off: Amartya Sen, Co-chair, Commission on Human Security Evaluation and recommendations, followed by discussion, on: poverty and social security, governance, international cooperation, sectors like health, education. |
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| 15:00 - 17:30 | Session 3. Theory and Practice | |
| Moderator: Tadashi Yamamoto, President of Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) Lead-off: Commissioners Picado, Surin Report by the Commission on outreach activities, followed by discussions on questions concerning application of human security perspective to concrete actions. |
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| 17:30 - 18:00 | Concluding Session | |
| Concluding remarks: Sadako Ogata, Co-chair, Commission on Human Security | ||
| 18:00 - 18:15 | Remarks by Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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| * Panelists | |
| Sadako Ogata | Co-chair, Commission on Human Security Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Prime Minister's Special Representative for Afghanistan Assistance |
| Amartya Sen | Co-chair, Commission on Human Security Master, Trinity College, Cambridge University |
| Keizo Takemi | Member of House of Councillors, Former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
| Lincoln Chen | Director, Center for Global Equity Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
| Bronislaw Geremek | Historian, Former Foreign Minister of Poland |
| Sonia Picado | President of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights |
| Surin Pitsuwan | Member of Parliament, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand |
| Peter Sutherland | Former Director General of GATT/WTO, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International |
| Carl Tham | Ambassador of Sweden to Germany |
| Kalman Mizsei | Regional Director, Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
| Kaoru Ishikawa | Director-General, Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| * Host | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| * How to Register | Please register for the Symposium online or by fax or e-mail as shown below. (Registration will be accepted until the registration limit is reached.) |
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E-mail: ishs@at-conference.jp
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Email: ishs@at-conference.jp
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