UNU Update: Seminar on cross-border movement of people

	UNU Update
	The newsletter of United Nations University and its network of research and training centres and programmes
		Issue 16: May 2002

Cross-border movement of people
topic for Shonan seminar session

Cross-Border Movement of People will be the theme of the UNU Global Seminar – 18^th Shonan Session to be held September 2-6 at Shonan Village in Hayama, Kanagawa-ken, Japan.

The seminar will include sessions on the Meaning of Cross-Border Movement, Cultural Understanding and Transformation, Migration and the State and Movement of People and International Organizations. Keynote speakers will be Prof. Takashi Miyajima, College of Social Relations, Rikkyo University, and Prof. Shingo Minamizuka, Faculty of Letters, Chiba University.

The UNU Global Seminar is an annual programme designed to enhance awareness about global issues among students and young professionals in Japan by giving them an opportunity to interact with international scholars and experts. The Shonan Session, organized by UNU and Kanagawa Foundation for Academic and Cultural Exchange, has been held annually since 1985.

UNU Global Seminar sessions are also held each year in Kobe (since 1995), Okinawa (since 1999), Hokkaido and Shimane (since 2000), Kanazawa (since 2001) and Tohoku starting this year.

Further information and application forms are available from the UNU website.

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