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　Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa, President of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ) and Rd. Kihara-Hunt Ai, Fellow at the University of Essex and member of GPAJ held consultation meetings with Director Ambassador Thoma Guerber of the Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) in Geneva on 23 September 2016. They first held a two hour consultation meetings on UN Police reform and Japan`s policy change in its support of the UN peace operations.

　Compulsory Conciliation Commission (CCC) in the Hague decides to continue the conciliation process concerning the maritime boundary issue between Timor-Leste and Australia. Please click here for the PCA press release and other details.

　Former UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Prime Minister of Portugal is most favored to succeed Ban Kim-moon as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. For a detailed written and oral report of the selection process, please also access here.

　After completion of the symposium and model UN sessions, JCK students visited ancient Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, the imperial office that governed the whole of Kyūshū during the Heian Era for nearly three centuries from 794 to 1192.

　On September 27th, Deputy-Secretary-General, Rise Katsuda informed the participating students on how to hold discussions on the causes of wars and make analysis of their implications for the current situations in East Asia as well as the world as a whole. (Katsuda)

　Chairman of UN Association of Japan, Dr. Sen Genshitsu, Master of the Tea Ceremony, opened the 7th Japan-China-Republic of Korea Youth Forum at Seinan Gakuen University in Fukuoka. (Nagamine)

　At JCK Youth Forum, Professor Hasegawa referred to Kissinger and TV Paul’s views on changing of the world order and the need to accommodate rising powers peacefully. (Photo: gospaces.com.mx)

　Ambassador and Acting President of UNA-Korea calls on participating students to make full use of imaginative thinking and stimulating force as the prerogatives of youngsters. Please click here for the full text of his speech.

　Secretary-General Masakazu Nagamine called on Japanese, Chinese and Korean students to identify the causes of five major wars of last 100 years and discuss how any armed conflict and war can be avoided in East Asia.

　Kim congratulates Fukuoka JCK participants for having shown again the three Northeast Asian countries have built firm grounds for cooperation.

　For a detailed explanation of the Resident Coordinator’s roles and functions, please click here.

　In preparation for the first TICAD conference to be held in Africa in August, Directors of African peace training centers met and recommended a joint needs assessment with Japan and UN and called for more national ownership.

　Ai Kihara-Hunt of University of Essex presented her paper “Needed or Bargained: The Rise of United Nations Formed Police Units” and questioned the necessity of rapid increase in engagement of Formed Police Units in UN peace operations.

　According to Harinder Sood of DPKO, Japan has responded positively HIPPO and C34 suggestions to strengthen African capacities to deploy peacekeeping forces rapidly.

　At the Cairo meeting in preparation for TICAD Conference in Nairobi, Professor Hasegawa noted the significance of Japan’s triangular support of African Rapid Deployment of Engineering Capabilities (ARDEC) and UN Regional Signals Academy. (Photo: OhMyGodFacts.com)

　Egyptian Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for United Nations Affairs Amr Aljowaily emphasized the need for partnerships and capacity building initiatives for the North African Regional Brigade (NARC), one of the five regional capabilities of the African Standby Force (ASF).

　In NHK World News, Professor Daisaku Higashi presented his analysis on Obama’ decision to keep more American troops in Afghanistan after he leaves the office, lest Afghanistan will be taken over by the Taliban. You can see the interview by Professor Higashi in the link below:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/newsroomtokyo/aired/20160707.html

　Lieutenant Colonel Norihisa Urakami of US Army War College advocates providing advanced technology and intelligence support to counter trans-national crimes, extremism and human-trafficking and other immediate threats to peace and security in Africa.

　Main themes of Three 2015 Peace Reports, HIPPO, AGE and Global Study Report on 1325, were presented by John Ahere of the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) at TICAD preparatory meeting in Cairo.

　In a TICAD preparatory meeting organized by CCCPA in Cairo on 13-14 July, DPKO Senior Military Training Officer, George Arko-Dadzie, explained the need for new strategic partnership, training support services and developments in thematic training to respond to complex political contexts and operating environments. Please click here for the full text of his presentation.