Juan Manuel Santos opened the dialogue by warning that the world is “g…

Ban Ki-moon expressed “boundless gratitude” for Japan’s support of the UN. (15/5/2023)
Ban Ki-moon expressed “boundless gratitude” for Japan’s decades as a t…

At a meeting for exchanging views with The Elders, Seishirō Etō, former Chair and now Adviser of The Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, delivered remarks expressing his hope for future cooperation and dialogue between the Japanese Elders and The Elders. (15/5/2025)
At a meeting to exchange views with The Elders which was composed of f…

The 17th Secretary-General of The Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, Banri Kaieda, spoke at an exchange-of-views meeting with The Elders, a group of former heads of state and senior UN officials. He declared his determination to seek a new, upgraded parliamentary resolution on world federation—an improved version of the resolution adopted twenty years ago— to be passed in a plenary session of the House of Representatives. (15 May 2025)
On 15 May 2025, in the Special Meeting Room of the House of Representa…

The Elders delegation met the nonpartisan members of the Parliamentary Committee of the National Diet of Japan for a World Federation and called for Japan`s exercising new leadership called for by the rapidly changing global situation. (15/5/2025)
Present at the time of memorial photo taking, are from right to left, …

Sukehiro Hasegawa, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, delivered a special lecture titled “The Lessons Learnt from Peacebuilding in Uganda and Timor-Leste” at Kwansei Gakuin University. (07/05/2025)
Sukehiro Hasegawa, former Special Representative of the United Nation…

The Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan hosted a lecture by Ambassador Akio Miyajima, who served as ambassador to Poland for four years, at the International House of Japan. Participants enjoyed a dinner party afterward. (29/3/2025)
From left to right are Prof. Keiichi Tanabe, Ambassador Akio Miyajima,…

Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chairperson of the Advisory Commission on Global Governance, introduced the draft of the resolution, which had been distributed to the participants and proposed that, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Japan renew its strong determination to realize enduring international peace and strengthen global governance centered on the United Nations. (6/3/2025)
The draft resolution started with a preamble that the realization of l…

Former Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives Banri Kaieda, the new Secretary General, delivered his inaugural address at the General Assembly of the Japanese Parliamentary Committee for the World Federation. (6/3/2025)
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At the general meeting of the Japanese Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, former Secretary-General Masaharu Nakagawa gave a speech and stated that he would like to continue to support the organization as an advisor. (6/3/2025)
Masaharu Nakagawa, Former Secretary-General, indicated his will…