2022 Annual Meeting

Professor Ai Kihara-Hunt of the University of Tokyo and Mr. LI Kaisheng, Senior Researcher of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), China, commented on the Asian Perspectives presented by representatives of China, Japan and South Korea. Please click here for their comments.

Ms. Shin-wha LEE, Director of Peace and Democracy Institute at Korea University and President of the Korea Academic Council on the United Nations System, Korea and Professor Heung-Soon PARK of Sun-Moon University, Korea presented their views and perspectives at the ACUNS first plenary session on 24 June 2022. Please click here to read the summary report.

ACUNS Annual Meeting in Geneva on 24 June 2022: Ambassador Takahiro SHINYO, President of the Japan Association for United Nations Studies (JAUNS) and Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, noted that the war in Ukraine is a crisis of the UN security council, and the NPT system, over the malfunctioning of the UN, centered around the security council, and disarmament of the nuclear weapons. Please click here for the full text.

ACUNS Annual Meeting in Geneva on 24 June 2022: Ms. HU Wenli, Vice President and Director-General of the United Nations Association of China, stated that recent changes in the world are unfolding in ways like never before and is posing challenges that must be taken seriously by the international community. Multilateralism has been severely undermined and encountered an unprecedented adverse current. Please click here for the full text of her statement.

Three Representatives of Academic Associations of China, Japan and Republic of Korea, HU Wenli, SHINYO Takahiro and Shin-wha LEE Present Their Views and Perspectives on the Role of the Untied Nations in Addressing Intensifying Global Challenges. Please click here for the summary report on the session.