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In an online discussion meeting organized by the Kyoto Peacebuilding Center and supported by the Peacebuilding Association of Japan and ACUNS Tokyo Office held on 12 January, President José Ramos- Horta called for reforming the Security Council to meet the traditional and new challenges posed to Humanity, particularly by Artificial Intelligence by expanding the numbers of permanent and non-permanent members to overcome the legacy of the Cold War. Ambassador Shinyo found it necessary to abolish the permanent membership in the long run and create a new forum for cooperation not only between the Great Powers but also between the so-called global or middle-power countries and the Global South. Mr. Chikvaidze suggested a major restructuring to include G20 members and the African Union in the UN Security Council. Please see the details of their views by clicking here. (12/1/2024)

Former Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa, gave a lecture at the Model United Nations Conference All-Japan Convention held in Ryogoku KFC Hall in Tokyo on December 27, 2023. More than 200 students from all over Japan heard the lecture on how to cultivate their kokorozasi, or aspirational will, to demonstrate leadership in order to promote peace and human dignity in the international community. Please click here for details. (27/12/2023)

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mahathir, who visited Japan to attend the Japan-Asian Summit, gave an interview to NHK on December 15 and stated that while Southeast Asia has become a site of intense conflict between the United States and China, Japan has set itself apart from both countries. He urged that Japan should develop its own unique diplomacy based on its own vision. See his interview with NHK. (15/12/2023)

Mr. TANIMOTO Masakuni delivers a special message from Mr. ETO Seishiro, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of the National Diet of Japan, at the Joint Japan-US Memorial Ceremony at Pearl Harbor on December 8, 2023. Please click here for details.(9/12/2023)

Dr. Ibrahim Gambari, who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, later served as Nigeria’s ambassador to the United Nations for ten years and became Africa’s first Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, held a consultation meeting with members of the National Diet of Japan on November 9, 2023 in the First Parliamentary Building of the House of Representatives. They exchanged their views on “How Japan should cooperate with the Global South and the United Nations.” Please read the attached report for details. (9/11/2023)

Mr. OHASHI Mitsuo, President of the World Federalist Movement of Japan, and Professor HASEGAWA Sukehiro met with Professor Ibrahim Agboola GAMBARI, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who received at the Imperial Palace on 6 November
2023 The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, one of the highest orders awarded in the name of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, in recognition of his contributions to strengthening bilateral relations between Japan and Nigeria and the United Nations. The three discussed how Japan could enhance the Effectiveness of the United Nations in global governance. (09/11/2023)

President Jose Ramos-Horta of the Republic of Timor-Leste spoke online to more than 1000 participants of the SDGs Global Governance Summit 2023 Tokyo held on 6 November 2023 in Shibuya City, Tokyo. Please click here for the video message. (6/11/2023)

Please click the bottom “Read More” below for his full message.

On 12 October 2023, UNU will host “Peacebuilding in the Wake of Increasing Rivalry Among Major Powers,” a conversation with Dr. Kuniko INOGUCHI, Chairperson of the Research Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Security, the House of Councillors, the National Diet of Japan.

On the International Day of Peace, a symposium was held at Sophia University under the theme “Peace and Religion: What Religion Can Do to Build Peace” (21/9/2023).