On the opening day of the ACUNS annual meeting held at the United Nations University, Professor Hiroshi SENJU of the Kyoto University of the Arts, who was awarded the Honorary Prize at the Venice Biennale International Exhibition in Italy, presented his representative work, Waterfall. He explained that waterfalls flow due to water and gravity on Earth. (20/6/2024)
ACUNS President Lise Howard opened the Annual Meeting. (20/6/2024)
Lise Morjé Howard, President of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University, opened the meeting with a speech at the UN University in Tokyo on 20 June 2024. (20/6/2024)
ACUNS Convened its Annual Meeting in Tokyo, Japan. (20/6/2024)
ACUNS convened its Annual Meeting at the UN University and the Komaba campus of the University of Tokyo from 20 to 22 June 2024. A diverse and global community of nearly 400 individuals, with 300 hailing from overseas, engaged in a robust discussion on global governance and sustainable development, reinvigorating research to bolster multilateral solutions. (20/6/2024)
Mr. Tetsumi TAKARA, an independent member of the House of Councilors from Okinawa, asked Rector Marwala if it would be possible to establish a branch of the United Nations University in Okinawa. Marwala replied that it was possible and that it was currently under consideration. (19/6/2024)
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Yuko OHTSUBAKI, a member of the House of Councilors of the Social Democratic Party, stated that her party is willing to work with the United Nations University and other UN organizations in facing a number of cross-border issues, such as conflicts and environmental problems. (19/6/2024)
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Kenichi MATSUDA, Director of the UN Planning and Coordination Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that Japan’s diplomacy emphasizes not only relations between nation-states, but also human security and the dignity of the human individual. (19/6/2024)
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Mr. Tetsuro FUKUYAMA, a member of the House of Councilors of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, pointed out that AI and climate change are the two most critical factors for humanity, along with the threat to international peace and security issue which should be discussed today. (19/6/2024)
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