East Asian Forum on UN Peace Operations @UNU (20/04/2018)

 The Academic Council on the United System (ACUNS) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) will hold the East Asian Forum on UN Peace Operations entitled New Directions and New Approaches in UN Peace Operations: The Primacy of Politics and Protection of Civilians at the Elisabeth Rose Conference Hall, 5th floor, the UN University on 20th April 2018. If you are interested in participating in this forum, please contact Associate Professor Kihara-Hunt, kiharahunt[@]yahoo.com by email (Please change [@] to @ when sending an email).


East Asian Forum on UN Peace Operations


New Directions and New Approaches in UN Peace Operations:
The Primacy of Politics and Protection of Civilians


Organized by
Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
April 20, 2018

Elisabeth Rose Conference Hall, 5th floor, UN University, Tokyo, Japan


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13:30-14:00 Registration for Public Symposium

14:00-14:30 Opening Session (Master of Ceremony: Professor Yunmi Choi)

  • David Malone, Rector, UN University
  • Sven Schwersensky, Representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
  • Math Noortmann, Incoming Executive Coordinator, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
  • Representative of the Government of Japan

14:30-16:00 Panel discussion on UN Peace Operations (Moderator: Coordinator of Japan)

New Directions and New Approaches in UN Peace Operations: Role of East Asian Countries

  • Sebastian von Einsiedel, Director of the UNU Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR)
  • Presentation (15 minutes for each country)
  • Japan
  • China
  • Korea
  • Mongolia

16:00-17:10 Open Discussion: Questions and Answers

17:10-17:25 Summary comments by ACUNS

17:25-17:30 Concluding Remarks by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)



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