UNU International Conference on
"The United Nations and South Asia"
International Conference at UN house
United Nations University, Tokyo
27-28 May 2002
PROGRAMME
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Monday, 27 May 2002
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Plenary Sessions
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| 9:30-10:00
| Welcoming remarks
Ramesh Thakur
Vice-Rector, United Nations University
Masahiro Imamura
Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan
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| 10:00-10:30
| Keynote addresses:
I.K. Gujral
Former Prime Minister of India
Sartaj Aziz
Former Foreign Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan
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| 10:30-11:00
| Coffee Break
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| 11:00-13:00
| Plenary speeches:
- Poverty alleviation
- Hafiz Pasha
- Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, UNDP
- Comments:
- Shigeko Mori-Asher
- Nihon University
- The future of nuclear weapons in South Asia
- Stephen P. Cohen
- The Brookings Institution
- Comments:
- Takako Hirose
- Daito Bunka University
- SAARC as an institutional framework for cooperation in South Asia
- Nihal Rodrigo
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka,
- former Secretary-General of SAARC
- Comments:
- Pushpa Trivedi
- Indian Institute of Technology
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| 13:00-14:30
| Lunch
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Working Group Sessions
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| 14:30-16:00
| WG 1: National security: inter-state conflict in South Asia
Chair:
- Hiroichi Yamaguchi
- Bunkyo University
Speakers:
- Christophe Carle
- United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
- Lok Raj Baral
- Nepal Center for Contemporary Studies (NCCS)
- Niaz A. Naik
- Pakistan Security and Development Association
WG 2: Human security: children and gender issues
Chair and Comments:
- Pema Gyalpo
- Center for South Asian Studies, Gifu Women's University
Speakers:
- Manzoor Ahmed
- Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh
- Santosh Mehrotra
- Innocenti Research Centre, UNICEF
- Rekha Datta
- Monmouth University
- Comments:
- Pema Gyalpo
- Tibet Culture Center International
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| 16:00-16:30
| Coffee break
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| 16:30-18:00
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WG 3: Governance
Chair and Comments: - Minoru Ouchi
- Shu Mei University
Speakers:
- Gautam Adhikari
- Asian Center for Democratic Governance, National Endowment
- for Democracy
- Devaki Jain
- Singamma Sreenivasan Foundation, India
- Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
- Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), Sri Lanka
WG 4: Critical links between environment and development
Chair:
- Masatoshi Yoshino
- Environment and Sustainable Development Programme
- United Nations University
Speakers:
- Hari Srinivas
- Urban Environmental Management Unit, UN Environment
- Programme (UNEP), Japan
- Adeel Zafar
- Environment and Sustainable Development Programme,
- United Nations University
- Comments:
- Wakako Hironaka
- Member of House of Councillors
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| 18:00-20:00
| Open Reception
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Tuesday, 28 May 2002
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Working Group Sessions
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| 09:30-11:00
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WG 5: Insurgency and terrorism: problems, causes, solutions
Chair and Comments:
- Hisashi Nakamura
- Ryukoku University
Speakers:
- Nasim Zehra
- Kingsley de Silva
- International Centre for Ethnic Studies,
- Colombo
- Comments:
- Hisashi Nakamura
- Ryukoku University
WG 6: Environmental security
Chair:
- Akiko Yamanaka
- United Nations University
Speakers:
- Adil Najam
- Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston
- University
- Ashok Swain
- Uppsala University Programme of International
- Studies
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| 11:00-11:30
| Coffee Break
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| 11:30-13:00
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WG 7: South Asian contributions to UN peacekeeping
Chair:
- Yozo Yokota
- United Nations University
Speakers:
- Lt.-Gen. Satish Nambiar
- United Service Institution of India
- Brig.-Gen. Syed Roomy
- Special Security Force, Bangladesh
- Brigadier Muhammad Asif
- Directorate General Headquarters, Pakistan
WG 8: Aid, trade and South Asian development
Chair and Comments:
- Makoto Kojima
- Takushoku University
Speakers:
- Teruyuki Tanabe
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation
- Farookh Sobhan
- Bangladesh Enterprise Institute
- Takeshi Hikihara
- Southwest Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- Comments:
- Makoto Kojima
- Takushoku University
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| 13:00-14:30
| Lunch
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Plenary Sessions
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| 14:30-15:30
| India-Pakistan relations: ways forward
Chair: - Sakutaro Tanino
- Former Japanese Ambassador to India
Speakers:
- Samina Yasmeen
- School of Social and Cultural Studies,
- University of Western Australia
- G Parthasarathy
- Former Indian Ambassador to Pakistan
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| 15:30-16:00
| Coffee break
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| 16:30-18:00
| South Asia after Afghanistan
Chair: - Nobuhiko Suto
- Member of House of Representatives
Speakers:
- Samina Ahmed
- Pakistan/Afghanistan Office, International Crisis Group
- Mohammad Ayoob
- Michigan State University
- Amin Saikal
- Center for Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies,
- Australian National University
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| 17:00-17:30
| Closing remarks by the South Asian Ambassadors to Japan
Quazi Abdul Quadir
Chargé d'affaires, Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Aftab Seth
Ambassador, Embassy of India
Mohan K. Shresta
Chargé d'affaires, Royal Nepalese Embassy
Touqir Hussain
Ambassador, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Karunatilaka Amunugama
Ambassador, Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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