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Nagasaki Peace Messenger's Statement to the CD Plenary 19 August 2014 |
Twenty Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons visited Geneva in August 2014. The “Youth Communicator for a World without Nuclear Weapons” program was established on July 29 2013 in Hiroshima. They are expected to introduce the realities of nuclear devastation to the world, with aspiration to realize a world without nuclear weapons through various international occasions, including international conferences and other events. Ms. KOYANAGI spoke to the CD on behalf of the Delegation of Japan. In the statement, she provided a statement about being a 3rd generation atomic bomb survivor who told the story of her grandmother's peril. She then urged the CD to bring about a world free of nuclear weapons. |
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Ambassador Sano assumed the Presidency of the CD 18 March 2014 |
H.E. Mr.Toshio SANO, Ambassador of Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament addressed the Plenary as President. |
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H.E. Toshio SANO and Mrs. SANO speak to H.E. Mr Henk Cor van der Kwast, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the Conference on Disarmament at the garden reception program on the occasion of the closing of the 2014 CD Session and as the official side-event of the World Assembly for Women. |
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WAW! 2015 Japanse Recital Side-Event during Shine Weeks August 31st 2015, Ambassador's Residence
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In 1978, the United Nations General Assembly launched the Program of Fellowships on Disarmament. The aim is to train them to participate more effectively in international disarmament deliberations and negotiations. In August of each year, the Fellows arrive to Geneva for the first segment which begins at UNOG. H.E.Mr. Toshio SANO invited the UN Fellowship Participants to his residence for an exchange of views over dinner and to also introduce the schedule of their visit to Japan. In September, the second segment begins and comprises of visits to international organizations related to disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. They also visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. In the third segment they travel to NYC to participate in the First Committee of the General Assembly. For more information, please visit: http://www.un.org/disarmament/fellowship/ |
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Courtesty Call by Nagasaki Junior High School Students 26 August 2014
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A delegation of Nagasaki junior high school students arrived to Geneva to meet with H.E. Toshio SANO at the Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament. Afterwards, they were invited to the residence for dinner and had an opportunity to converse with Japanese delegates. They also made a courtesy call on Mr. Fung, Senior Political Affairs Officer at the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and visited the ICRC. For many, this was their first time to Europe.
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On the 3rd of November 2014, Ms. Sylvianne Gherardi, a former French local employee of the Delegation of Japan to the CD, was conferred the 2014 Autumn Imperial Decorations by the Government of Japan in recognition of her contribution to the activities of the Japanese overseas establishment. The title of her decoration is "The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays" The celebration ceremony was hold in Geneva. |
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Delivery of the Joint Parliamentary Statements on the occasion of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 25 September 2014 |
On the occasion of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, H.E. Toshio SANO on behalf of the Parliament of Japan, together with the European Union Parliament, and the Parliament of the Republic of Korea presented the joint parliamentary statements to Mr. Michael Moller, United Nations Under-Secretary-General of the UN. |
