アントニオ・グテーレス国連事務総長訪問 (14/12/2017)
アントニオ・グテーレス国連事務総長は、安倍晋三首相と会談し、上智大学で講演し、核兵器の脅威、テロリズム、気候変動、不平等の増大など、世界が直面している深刻な問題に対処するために「人間の安全保障」の関連性がますます重要になると説いた。(谷本真邦)
2017 News
Celebration of Life: In memory of Former Executive Coordinator Ad de Raad (18/11/2017)
Mr. Ad de Raad, a modest, charismatic and caring leader, introduced profound changes within the UN system enhancing the relevance of volunteerism to peace and development worldwide.
Akashi explained how UNTAC brought about peace, national reconciliation and democracy in Cambodia. (10/11/2017)
UNTAC held extensive authority and kept firmness, but remained flexible in implementing the Paris Accords for achieving peaceful power sharing by political factions.
UN and UNV Recruitment policy and procedure explained by New York and Bonn Human Resources Officers for engagement in UN peace and development operations (05/11/2017)
Anthony Duncker, Deputy Director of the Field Personnel Division (FPD) UN Headquarters New York and Naoual Driouich, Chief of Human Resources Section of UN Volunteers (UNV) Boon made detailed explanations to about 40 Japanese who are interested in joining the UN system.
Secretary-General António Guterres` report on restructuring of the United Nations peace and security pillar submitted to the General Assembly (22/10/2017)
The SG proposes to make the peace and security pillar more coherent, nimble and effective through a “whole-of-pillar” approach by aligning the peace and security pillar more closely with the development and human rights pillars.
In Security Council debate held 20/9/2017, José Ramos-Horta welcomed SG`s focus on conflict prevention and proposals for restructuring the peace and security pillar, granting more authority to the field. (20/10/2017)
Security Council adopted resolution 2378 (2017) affirming primary of politics following SG António Guterres` assertion UN peace operations must be deployed in support of preventive diplomatic efforts and not in place of them.
President of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan congratulates Noeleen Heyzer for her appointment to UN Mediation Board (23/09/2017)
UN Secretary-General: The Board represents the “surge in diplomacy for peace” and is expected to allow the United Nations to work more effectively with regional organizations, non-governmental groups and others involved in preventive diplomacy around the world.
Trump endorses SG Guterres’ proposal for UN reform (18/09/2017)
Trump commended the Secretary General for trying to focus more on people and less on bureaucracy in order to regain the trust of the people around the world.
José Ramos-Horta, former President and now Minister of State and Counsellor for National Security of the new Government of Timor-Leste is appointed member of UN Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Board on Mediation (13/09/2017)
The Advisory Board on Mediation includes Jean-Marie Guéhenno (France) had served as the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and Noeleen Heyzer (Singapore) had served as Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and as Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
Restructuring of the United Nations Peace and Security Pillar (11/09/2017)
António Guterres’ proposes to establish a combined Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and a single department named the Department of Peace Operations to be responsible for both peacekeeping and special political missions.