2018.7.6
East Asian Scholars` Dialogue
WithHeads and Senior Officials ofthe United Nations and International Organizations
inGeneva, Switzerland
16-17 July 2018
Topic: Human Rights, Migration and Peacebuilding in a Turbulent Age
Organized by
ACUNS Tokyo Liaison OfficeAnd
The United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG)
With the support of:
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)International Organization for Migration (IOM)International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
Geneva Peacebuilding Platform
And
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung of Germany
Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan

This is a first dialogue meeting between East Asian Scholars and senior officials of theUN and International Organizations headquartered in Geneva. We will addresscontemporary issues related to the protection of human rights, migration andpeacebuilding situation of the globalized world and examine what East Asian countries
should and can do. The participants from Japan, China, Republic of Korea andMongolia will assemble in Geneva on Sunday, 15 July, for dialogue meetings to beheld on 16 and 17 July at the Palais des Nations, the Palais Wilson and the Maison dela Paix. Organized by the ACUNS Tokyo Office and the UN Office in Geneva.

1Sunday 15 July, Arrive in Geneva(Please see the Administrative and Logistic Information)
Day 1: Monday 16 July
VENUE: UN Headquarters in Geneva, Palais des Nations
8-14, Avenue de La paix
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
8:30

Assemble at the Porte Pregny entrance situated at 14, Avenue de la paix,Geneva (Passport information needed for entry permits to be arranged by theOffice of the Chef de Cabinet, UNOG)

9:00

Guided tour or just a visit to the Human Rights Chamber if the guided tour is
not available (to be arranged by the Office of the Chef de Cabinet, UNOG)

10:30

Meeting with Director-General Michael Moller
Venue: Room IV, the Romanian room, on the 3rd floor of building C“Role of the UN Office in Geneva, three clusters of UN and International
Organizations in Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, Trade andDisarmament” (Keynote speech 20 minutes)

2Moderator:
Mr. David A Chikvaidze, Chef de Cabinet, UN Office in Geneva

Discussants (5 minutes each)
Japan:

Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa, President, Global Peacebuilding
Association of Japan
Ambassador Tadanori INOMATA, Former Ambassador to Costa
Rica, Strategic Advisor of Nagasaki University

China:

Professor SHENG Hongsheng, Shanghai University of Political
Science and Law

Korea:

Professor Changrok Soh, Ph.D. Professor of Politics andInternational Relations, Director of Human Rights Center, Korea
University

Discussion by Participants: Questions and Answers
11:30

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Venue: Palais de Nations meeting room
Assistant High Commissioner Volker Turk“Contemporary issues faced by UNHCR - What can or should East Asian
countries do? “(Keynote speech 20 minutes)
Discussants (5 minutes each)
Japan: Prof. Takaaki Mizuno, Professor, Kanda University of International
StudiesSouth Korea: Professor
China: Professor Zhang Guihong, Director, Center for UN Studies, Fudan
University, and Vice President & Secretary-General, Shanghai UNResearch Association
Student: Ms. Reina Motegi, Student, the University of Tokyo
Discussion by Participants: Questions and Answers(please prepare in advance a question you may pose)

13:00

Lunch at restaurants and cafeteria, Palais des Nations3

14:30IOM International Organization for Migration
Mr. Gervais APPAVE, Special Advisor to Director General William Swing“Inclusive and Innovative Partnership Possible – What can, or should East
Asian countries do?” (Keynote speech 20 minutes)
Multilevel partnership – Global, Regional, National and Local Challenges
Inclusive partnership – Civil society, private sector
Innovative partnership – Ethical recruitment, integration
Discussants (5 minutes each)
Japan: Aigul Kulnazarova, Professor, Tama University
Korea: Professor Taehee Whang, Yonsei University
China: Professor SHENG Hongsheng, Shanghai University of Political
Science and Law
Discussion by Participants: Question and Answer Session(please prepare a question you may pose)

16:00 ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
Mr Dominik Stillhart, Director of Operations andValerie Petitpierre, Coordinator for Syria(Venue: Room IV, the Romanian room, on the 3rd floor of building C)“Syria: Implications of the breaches of humanitarian law – what can or should
East Asian countries do?” (Keynote speech 20 minutes)
Discussants (5 minutes each)
Japan: Aigul Kulnazarova, Professor, Tama University
Yasushi KATSUMA, Professor, Waseda University
China: Professor Zhang Guihong, Fudan University
Korea: Dr. Sijeong Lim, Assistant Professor, the University of Amsterdam
Mongolia: Amarsaikhan Serdari, Colonel and Chief of Special Plans Office,the General Staff HQ of the Mongolian Armed Forces
Student: Mr. Icchiku Yamada, masters student, the University of Tokyo
18:30

Informal Dinner at Café du Soleil in Petit Saconnex at a 15-minute pleasantwalking distance from the Palais des Nations. Please contact Ms. Erika Frey as
only 10 seats are reserved. A seat is reserved on the first come first basis.

4Venue: RooDay 2: Tuesday 17 July
VENUE: Palais Wilson, Quai Wilson 47, 1201 Genève, Switzerland

9:30

Assemble at the Palais Wilson, Quai Wilson 47, 1201 Genève, Switzerland Busstop: Butini

10:00

Meeting with the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Kate Gilmore Room PW 1-016“Retreat in human rights all over the world – what can, or should East Asiancountries do?”Discussants (5 minutes each)
Japan: Ai Kihara-Hunt, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
China: Professor SHENG Hongsheng, Shanghai University of Political
Science and Law
Korea: Prof. Changrok Soh, Korea University
11:30

Briefing Session on Universal Periodic Review)
Mr. MAGAZZENI Gianni, Chief of the UPR Branch, Council and Treaty
Mechanisms Division (CTMD)
Briefing on China, Japan and Korea

512:30

Lunch and move to the Palais de la paix, Chemin Eugene-Rigot 2, CH-1211
Geneva 21

VENUE: Maison de la paix

14:30

Academic session on Sustainable Development Goal 16
Topics: SDG Goal 16
Venue: Room S5, Pillar 1, Maison de la Paix
Chemin Eugene-Rigot 2, CH-1211 Geneva 21
Contemporary Peacebuilding Issues, or Any prospect for providing access tojustice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at alllevels
Moderator: Sukehiro Hasegawa, President, Global Peacebuilding Associationof Japan (GPAJ) and Achim Wennmann, Executive Coordinator, Geneva
Peacebuilding PlatformPresentations by (10-15 minutes each):Achim Wennmann, Executive Coordinator, Geneva Peacebuilding
PlatformRobert Watkins, Research Associate of the Centre for Conflict,Development, and Peacebuilding and Former Resident Coordinator of theUnited Nations Operational Activities in Bangladesh
6Delidji Eric Degila, Delidji Eric Degila, Research Associate at the CCDP,
Senior Researcher at the Graduate Institute’s Global Migration Centre(GMC) and Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Benin Ecole
Nationale d'Administration, ENAMark Downes, Assistant Director and Head of DCAF's Operations
Department. He was previously head of DCAF's International Security
Sector Advisory Team (ISSAT)

15:30 Break
15:45 Discussion Session
DiscussantsJapan: Takashi KAMISHIRO, UN Mission in Colombia
China:Professor SHENG Hongsheng, Shanghai University of Political
Science and Law

Korea: Dr. Sijeong Lim, Assistant Professor, the University of Amsterdam
Questions and answers
17:00 Presentation and discussion of the “Northeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
Initiative (NEA-NWFZ)”
H.E. Mr.Tadashi INUZUKA, a former Senator in the House of Councillors of theDiet of Japan
17:30 Concluding remarks by Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa
17:45

End of the consultation meetings and departure for the reception by Japanese
Ambassador Junichi IIHARA

18:30

Buffet dinner reception hosted by Ambassador Junichi IHARA, Permanent
Representative of Japan to United Nations and International Organizations inGeneva at his official residence

Wednesday, 18 July

Asian scholars depart Geneva

Secretariat
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ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office
Sukehiro Hasegawa

Director, ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office,and President, Global Peacebuilding Association of Japan
Erika Frey, Assistant to Professor Hasegawa
erikafrey@bluewin.ch
Mobile: +41 79 501 87 98
Kihara-Hunt Ai

Deputy Director, ACUNS Tokyo Liaison Office and Professor,University of Tokyo
aikiharahunt@ask.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Masakuni Tanimoto Chief for Administration
tanimoto@acuns.tokyo tanimoto@gpaj.org
Websites
Websites: www.acuns.tokyo/ and www.gpaj.org/

UN Office in Geneva
David A Chikvaidze, Chef de Cabinet, UN Office in Geneva
Harriet Donkor, Personal Assistant
Guillaume Simard-Morissette, Political Affairs Officer
Ingrid MOCANU, Associate Political Affairs Officer

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