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Courtesy Call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs FUJII by the Participants of the Program for Global Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding and Development
November 6, 2026
On November 5, Mr. FUJII Kazuhiro, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, received a courtesy call from 20 participants of the Program for Global Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding and Development.
- At the outset, Parliamentary Vice-Minister FUJII welcomed the participants of the Primary Course from various countries and regions with diverse backgrounds and expressed his respect for their commitment to peace at a time of increasingly intertwined global challenges. The Parliamentary Vice-Minister also encouraged the participants to share their experiences through the training and develop multifaceted solutions to the challenges facing the international community toward achieving sustainable peace.
- In response, the participants shared their enthusiasm and reaffirmed their commitment to this program.
- In closing, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister expressed his hope that the participants would play an active role in ensuring international peace and stability.
(Reference) The Program for Global Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding and Development
- Based on the eight-year results of “The Program for Human Resource Development in Asia for Peacebuilding”, which was implemented from FY2007 to FY2014 with the aim of fostering civilian specialists in the field of peacebuilding, “The Program for Global Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding and Development” was newly launched in FY2015. This project is implemented by Hiroshima University, and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme is in charge of overseas assignment.
- This year, the Program Associates have already started the online course from October 4th and, the November 2nd, they started domestic training. From the 8th, they will move to Hiroshima and will continue the course till the 27th.
- The 10 non-Japanese participants Angola, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Haiti, Lao PDR, Libya, Palau, Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Ukraine.