International Conference
Organized by the Delegation of the European Commission in Japan and the UN University
UNU Centre, U Thant International Conference Hall,
Tokyo, Japan
16 January 2003
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Programme |
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| 09.30-11.00 |
- Opening session
- Welcome Remarks:
- Hans van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University (UNU)
- Bernhard Zepter, Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European
Commission in Japan
- Shinako Tsuchiya, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Keynote Address
Glenys Kinnock, Member of the European Parliament, Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
The European Union's Role in Protecting and Promoting Children's Rights
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| 11.00-12.30 |
- Session I: Working Children and Children in Conflict
- Rescuing Children: Putting a Stop to the Theft of Childhood
- Chair:
- Aiko Doden, NHK News Broadcaster
- Speakers:
- Shada Islam, Brussels Correspondent of the Far Eastern Economic
Review/DPA
- Child Labour
- Elisabeth Croll, Vice-Principal for External Affairs, SOAS, University of London, Chair of UNU Council
- Human Security and the Rights of Girls
- Etsuko Kita, Professor, Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing
- Children in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
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| 12.30-14.00 |
Lunch Break |
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| 14.00-15.30 |
- Session 2: Deprivation, Health and Education
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Improving Children's Lives: restoring joy, innocence and learning to childhood
- Chair:
- Etienne Reuter, Minister-Counsellor, Delegation of the European Commission to Japan
- Speakers:
- Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, UNICEF Ambassador for Goodwill
- Children I have met
- Nobuto Hosaka, Member of the House of Representatives
- Education for Tomorrow: Japan and the World
- Bill Tod, Programme Director, Vietnam, Save the Children UK
- Child Poverty
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| 15.30-17.00 |
- Session 3: Abuse and Exploitation
- Protecting Children: Ending Crimes against Children
- Chair:
- Ramesh Thakur, Vice-Rector, United Nations University
- Speakers:
- Lloyd Axworthy, Chief Executive Officer of Liu Institute of Global Issues at the University of British Columbia
- Human Security and Children
- Seiko Noda, Member of the House of Representatives
- Protecting the Children from the Internet
- Marta Santos Pais, Director of the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
- Trafficking in Children for Sexual Exploitation
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Open Reception (2nd floor reception hall) |
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