Dear colleagues,

The Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), The University of Tokyo, is pleased to invite you to the upcoming GraSPP Research Seminar that will be held on October 16, 2019. This seminar is jointly organized with the Security Studies Unit (SSU) Forum.

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Title: "UN Peace Operations: Today and Tomorrow"

Speaker:

Mr. Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Department of Field Support of the United Nations

Mr. Fumio Iwai, Director General of Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters of the Cabinet Office of Government of Japan

Moderator: Kiichi FUJIWARA, Professor, Graduate Schools of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo

Date: October 16, 2019

Time: 10:30−12:00

Venue: SMBC Academia Hall, 4F, International Academic Research Building, The University of Tokyo

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Registration: Needed. Please register from the link below.　

https://ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event_form/4758/



Co-hosted by: Security Studies Unit, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo



Abstract:

"USG Khare will speak about today's actions and the challenges for UN Peace Operations, and what the UN expects from Japan. DG Iwai will present Japan's contributions to the UN PO and what it intends to do. In the presentation, capacity building assistance such as Triangular Partnerships Project, and Supply Chain Management may be discussed".





Speaker's biography:

Mr. Atul Khare has been Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Department of Field Support of the United Nations since 2015. In prior to his current appointment in New York, Mr. Khare was Assistant Secretary-General leading the Change Management Team, and Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and Deputy Head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. He had also served as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), Chief of Staff and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General with the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UMISET). Before joining the United Nations, he has served in various countries with the Indian Foreign Service. Born in India in 1959, he is married.

Mr. Fumio Iwai has been Director General of Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters of the Cabinet Office of Government of Japan since 2018. In prior to his current position in Tokyo, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Iraq. He has served for 34 years in foreign service, holding positions such as Deputy Director-General of Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Consul-General of Japan in New York, and Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission of Embassy in Saudi Arabia. He studied law at Kyoto University. Born in 1960, he is married.



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