President of JAUNS and Vice President of Kwansei Gakuin University, Former Ambassador of Japan to Germany and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Professor Takahiro SHINYO lead a twelve-person Japanese delegation to the trilateral seminar.
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Han Sung-joo speaks about the contradictory triangular relationship among China, Japan and Korea (13/10/2016)
Moves toward integration, increasing economic interdependence, expansion of social networks are countered by even stronger nationalistic sentiment, historical baggage, opportunistic and politically driven policies, contending territorial claims and changing geo-political conditions.
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ACUNS Workshop 4 debates “Peacekeeping, Stabilization, and the Rule of Law: Practices and Lessons Learned” (17/06/2016)
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.
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Critical Factors for Sustainable Peace and Development discussed by ACUNS Panel (18/06/2016)
Japanese scholars, Shoji, Fujishige and Miura as well as Bemnet Debebe examined various aspects of peace operations and global governance.
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China’s Efforts in Achieving MDGs (18/06/2016)
At the ACUNS Annual Conference held in New York, Huang He, Deputy D-G of UN Association of China, explained how China had achieved seven out of eight MDGs. Click here for his full explanation.
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Gambari advocates “Just Security” for Achieving Global Peace and Security (17/06/2016)
Former Foreign Minister and Permanent Representative of Nigeria and Under-Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari delivered his John Holmes Memorial Lecture at ACUNS Annual Meeting in New York. Please click here for an extended version of his speech.
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Professor Kyu-dok Hong opens First East Asian Forum on UN Peace Operations in Seoul (22-23/04/2016)
Experts from Japan, China, Mongolia and Republic of Korea met and shared Lessons Learned from UNMISS operations and explored ways ahead.
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Chinese Delegation Head calls for an Innovative Global and Regional Governance Architecture to enable Win-Win Cooperation (17/10/2015)
LIU Zhixian, Vice President and Director-General of UNA-China and Secretary General of CANUNS pointed out the international community expected more from the East Asian Community to provide East Asian perspectives and approaches to regional and global problems.
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Trilateral UN Academic Councils of Japan, China and Korea Meet at Fudan University in Shanghai, China (16-18/10/2015)
The academic councils of the three Northeast Asian countries, the China Academic Net for United Nations Studies (CANUNS), the Japan Association for United Nations Studies (JAUNS) and the Korea Academic Council on the United Nations System (KACUNS) met and discussed global and regional peace and security issues along with sustainable development and human rights. Please click here for the full story and program.
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ACUNS Liaison Office established in Tokyo (13/08/2015)
On August 10, 2015, the Executive Committee of Academic Council on the UN System and its Board of Directors unanimously decided to establish its Liaison Office and to appoint Professor Hasegawa as the first ACUNS Liaison Officer in Tokyo. Prior to this appointment, Hasegawa chaired an ACUNS session at the Hague Institute of Global Justice in the Netherlands on June 11.