独仏両国大使館と上智大学は、共同でシンポジウムを開催し、同大戦とそこから導き出される今日の政治状況への教訓について討論いたした。このシンポジウムでは、両国大使列席の下、日本及び外国の学術分野 の専門家のみならず、東京国際フランス学園並びに東京横浜ドイツ学園の生徒たちも参加し、歴史や独仏関係に関して意見を述べた。

This is the second meeting of the Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum following its inauguration in 2018. It is organized by the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (GPAJ) in cooperation with the ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office. The purpose of the Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum is to enable the members of GPAJ and interested scholars and practitioners of UN peace operations to engage in dialogue concerning the relevance of theories, concepts, policies and practices. This year, the overall theme of the meeting is “Peacebuilding and Global Governance in a Turbulent Age.” The participants will have opportunities to present and comment on papers that are relevant to peacebuilding and global governance. The meeting will consist of a plenary session in the morning and several group discussion sessions in the afternoon. The subject matters for discussion are indicated in the program outline below. If there is a need for additional group discussions, it is possible to add one more discussion session in the afternoon as meetings rooms have been secured. The Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum is open to participation by interested persons from not only Japan but other countries in order to enable free exchange of divergent views. For this purpose, the plenary session in the morning and two of the group discussion sessions in the afternoon will be held in English. Summary records of the proceeding will be kept by the secretariat and posted on the website of the Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan (http://www.gpaj.org/) and the ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office (http://www.acuns.tokyo/). You are welcome to participate in the Tokyo Peacebuilding Forum. Please note that the participants are expected to meet themselves the costs of their travel and accommodation as GPAJ has no funds to make available for this purpose. If you are interested in participating in the meeting, please send your message to secretariat[@]gpaj.org. Your message will be sent to the organizers/moderators of respective sessions.

討論の中でなされた重要な点には、普遍的な価値を維持するためのUNDEFの重要性、そのプログラムと活動の実施における効率性、民主主義機関の育成を支援することなどである。民主化過程における地方、国家、地域のオーナーシップを奨励し、日本は財政的・技術的に民主化プロセスを支え、ガバナンスの民主的原則を維持すべきであるという意見が大半を占めした。