{"id":15297,"date":"2017-06-17T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gpaj.org\/?p=15297"},"modified":"2017-06-30T22:02:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T13:02:00","slug":"acuns-2017-held-for-the-first-time-in-asia-15-17062017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acuns.tokyo\/ja\/2017\/06\/17\/15297","title":{"rendered":"ACUNS 2017 held for the first time in Asia (15-17\/06\/2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u3000At the ACUNS annual meeting held in Seoul, nearly 20 Japanese scholars and experts of UN peace operation joined 250 other participants from all over the world and discussed how to revitalize the United Nations in human rights, peace and development.<\/p>\n

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\u3000In the opening session, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the International Policy Studies Institute of Korea, Mr. Han Sung-Joo delivered a keynote speech depicting the world full of disruptions and changes taking place at an unprecedented rate at all different levels. This is caused primarily by globalization that had been facilitated by the post-WWII liberal world order. While the liberal order, he said, will not collapse but globalism and multilateralism were facing significant challenges. Given the development, Mr. Han, found it important to \u201cupdate\u201d the post-war liberal rules for multilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n

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\u3000The ACUNS’ Seoul meeting consisted of four plenary session. The first one reflected on ACUNS at 30: retrospect and prospect; the second plenary on the role of the UN in the future of the Korean peninsula; the third session, protection and promotion of human rights in humanitarian crises; and the fourth session on Agenda 2030 assessing progress towards the SDGs.<\/p>\n