Lecture by Tsutomu Kono, Senior Secretary of State for Disarmament Affairs, and Eiko Iketani, Senior Secretary of the United Nations Office for Peace Activity (May 14, 2022)

≪Yokohama City International Human Resource Development Project≫

―Lectures for university students in Yokohama by Japanese staff of the United Nations

International Career Lecture for University Students in Yokohama (1st in 2022)

"The Front of International Peace: The Role of the United Nations and International Career" co-hosted by International Affairs Bureau, Yokohama and Meiji Gakuin University.

●Date and time:
May 14, 2022 (Sat.) 10:00-11:40 JST (Sat.), 2022
NY time May 13, 2022 (Fri.) 21:00 to 22:40

●Speaker:
Tsutomu Kono, Senior Secretary of State for Disarmament Affairs
Ms. Eiko Iketani, Senior Secretary-General of the United Nations Peace Activity

●Implementation method: Online

●Participant: Approximately 70 students, including students enrolled in Yokohama City University and High School

●Contents of lecture:
・The role played by the United Nations at the forefront of international peace, including disarmament and arms control and U.N. peacekeeping operations
・Your career development as a global human resource, etc.

　
In the lecture, two lecturers introduced their backgrounds and backgrounds of becoming a United Nations official through introduction of their backgrounds, and also gave lectures on their work at the United Nations Disarmament Bureau and the United Nations Peace Activity Bureau.
Dr. Kono spoke about the issue of weapons of mass destruction and his activities at the Secretariat of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, and Dr. Iketani talked about his experience in peace talks and dispatching Libya, as well as gender in the United Nations.
During the Q & A session, there were a wide range of questions about "required expertise and foreign language skills", "citizen participation in the process of recovery from conflicts", "whether or not family accompany you when overseas assignments", etc. , We received specific answers based on your background and experience in the field.

From the students who participated.
"It was a valuable experience to hear directly from the current United Nations staff."
"I was able to hear in detail about experiences that I couldn't get from information on the Internet, and it was a great study."
"I felt that the advice that I should have experience working outside the United Nations would help me think about my career in the future."
"I was impressed by the fact that there is still a difference in gender awareness."
I received such an impression.