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2015

 

New statement by Prime Minister of Japan regarding the hostage incident of Japanese nationals in Syria　-　Statement by the UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova on the incident

 

Statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe regarding the hostage incident of Japanese nationals in Syria

Press Conference by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his Visit to the Middle East

 

Message from Japan regarding the Incident on Warning of Japanese National’s Execution

 

 

2014

 

 

20 October 2014: Statement of His Excellency Mr Kenjiro Monji, Representative of Japan to the Executive Board, on the occasion of the 195th session of the Executive Board

 

17 October 2014: Statement of His Excellency Mr Kenjiro Monji during the international symposium "Se parfumer, un acte d'humanité" in Grasse Speech in French

 

 

 

 

 

 

26 September 2014： Japan’s first Miss Sake visits UNESCO

 

 

 

 

 

22 September 2014 :Symposium on the Role of Cultural Diplomacy in the Francophone Region, (French National Assembly, Paris)

 

 

 

 

22 September 2014: Statement of His Excellency Mr Kenjiro Monji during the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Francophone Region Speech in French

 

18 September: Meeting with students from Tokyo University

 

 

 

 

 

8 September 2014: Visit of students from Sagami’s Women University

 

 

 

 

8 April 2014: Statement of His Excellency Mr Kenjiro Monji, Representative of Japan to the Executive Board, on the occasion of the 194th session of the Executive Board

 

3 April 2014:Comparative Information on the dose of radiation in the world's major cities

 

3 April 2014: Receiving a Final Report on the IAEA Review Mission on Mid-and-Long-Term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Units 1–4

(en anglais)

 

14-15 March 2014：Exhibition-Tasting-Sale « C’est bon le Japon ! » , Japanese food culture (Washoku) on display

 

 

11 March 2014： « Hiroshima Peace concert » at UNESCO Headquarters

 

 

 

 

24 February 2014： Imperial Sericulture of Her Majesty the Empress

 

 

 

2013

 

26 November 2013: The Intangible Heritage Convention at ten years old - New items to be added to Lists

 

22 November 2013: UNESCO Executive Board elects Mohamed Sameh Amr of Egypt as new Chairman

 

20 November 2013: 37th session of General Conference sets the compass for UNESCO from 2014 to 2021

 

18 November 2013: Irina Bokova's second term as Director-General of UNESCO: A pledge for new humanism

 

18 November 2013 : 14 new members elected to the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO

 

12 November 2013: UNESCO General Conference elects Irina Bokova for second term as Director-General

 

11 November 2013: Ministers reaffirm Education for Sustainable Development as central to the post-2015 agenda

 

11 November 2013: UNESCO calls for nominations for Memory of the World International Register

 

9 November 2013: Irina Bokova regrets loss of US voting rights

 

7 November 2013: World leaders debate international development goals at 37th Session of UNESCO's General Conference

 

7 November 2013 : 8th UNESCO Youth Forum: Let the world's youth speak out!

 

11 October 2013 : 8th UNESCO Youth Forum: 45 action projects shortlisted for final selection

 

4 October 2013: Irina Bokova nominated by UNESCO Executive Board for the post of Director-General

 

1 October 2013 : UNESCO celebrates World Teachers' Day

 

1 October 2013: World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE 2013)

 

26 September 2013:UNESCO Director-General joins world leaders to mark first year of the Global Education First Initiative

 

25 September 2013: UN Secretary-General Calls on UNESCO to Establish Scientific Advisory Board

 

23 September 2013: 100 UNESCO countries adopt measures to reinforce clampdown on doping in sport

 

23 September 2013: Global Education First Initiative Anniversary

 

1 September 2013: Fight against Doping: representatives from more than 170 States expected in Paris in September

 

26 August 2013: UNU/IR3S/UNESCO Joint Symposium

 

1 October 2013 : Statement of His Excellency Mr Isao KISO
Representative of Japan to the Executive Board
on the occasion of the 192nd session of the Executive Board (30 September 2013)

 

26 August 2013: UNU/IR3S/UNESCO Joint Symposium

 

26 August 2013: Information on the 192nd Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO

 

Information on the 37th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO

 

22 June 2013: "Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration" inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO
(see also : Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

 

11 June 2013: Contributed article by Shinzo ABE, Prime Minister of Japan: "Japan is Committed to Africa's Development"

 

15 April 2013: Statement of His Excellency Mr Isao Kiso Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 191st session of the Executive Board

 

 

 

 

2012

 

 

8 October 2012: Statement of His Excellency Mr Isao Kiso Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 190th session of the Executive Board

 

5 March 2012: Dr. Sen Genshitsu, Master of the Japanese tea-offering ceremony, designated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

 

1 March 2012: Statement of His Excellency Mr Isao Kiso Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 189th session of the Executive Board

 

 

 

2011

 

27 October 2011: Statement for the General Policy Debate by Head of Delegation of Japan, Mr. Kiyoshi SHIMIZU, Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

 

27 September 2011: Speech of His Excellency Mr Isao Kiso, Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 187th session of the Executive Board

 

9 May 2011: Speech of His Excellency Mr Isao Kiso, Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 186th session of the Executive Board

 

 

 

2010

 

12 October 2010: Speech of His Excellency Mr Isao Kiso, Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 185th session of the Executive Board

 

October 2010: Launch of new cycle of UNESCO Keizo Obuchi Fellowship for Young Researchers

 

4 October 2010: His Excellency Mr Isao KISO, new Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO

1 October 2010: Policy Speech by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the 176th Extraordinary Session of the Diet

 

6 August 2010: Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony

 

 

7 April 2010: Speech of His Excellency Mr Isao Kiso, Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 185th session of the Executive Board

Speech in English

 

6 August 2010: Address by Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony

 

7 April 2010: Speech of His Excellency Mr Tadamichi Yamamoto, Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 184th session of the Executive Board

Speech mainly in English, with some paragraphs in French

 

2009

 

 

7 October 2009: Statement for the General Policy Debate by Head of Delegation of Japan, Mr. Masaharu NAKAGAWA, Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

 

12 September 2009: Speech of His Excellency Mr Tadamichi Yamamoto Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 182nd session of the Executive Board 12 September 2009

Speech mainly in English, with some paragraphs in French

 

25 June 2009 : Launch of new cycle of UNESCO Keizo Obuchi Fellowship for Young Researchers

 

21 April 2009: Speech of His Excellency Mr Tadamichi Yamamoto Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 181st session of the Executive Board
Speech in English, with three paragraphs in French

20 April 2009: Cultural, Natural and Intangible Heritage in Japan (update)

 

23 February 2009:Artist for Peace Ms Missa Johnouchi supports World Heritage

 

 

2008:

 

 

 

8 october 2008: Speech of His Excellency Mr Tadamichi Yamamoto Representative of Japan to the Executive Board on the occasion of the 180th session of the Executive Board

Speech in English, with three paragraphs in French

 

5 September 2008: His Excellency Mr Tadamichi Yamamoto, new Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO

 

 

28-30 May 2008 Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV)

 

19 June 2008 : Speech by H.E. Seiichi Kondo at the Closing Session of the General Assembly of the State Parties to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

 

17 April 2008: Speech of His Excellency Mr Seiichi KONDO, Representative of Japan to the Executive Board of UNESCO - 179 th Plenary Session

7 April 2008: Speech of His Excellency Mr Seiichi KONDO, Representative of Japan to the Executive Board of UNESCO - 179th Plenary Session

26 January 2008 : Special Address by H.E. Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan on the Occasion of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

 

2007

 

 

11 December 2007: Competition for the design of an emblem of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (In Japanese) .
(For information in English, go to this page of the UNESCO Website)

 

2 October 2007: Statement by Ambassador Seiichi Kondo at the 177th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO - Statement in French only

7 September 2007, Tokyo: Closing Statement by H.E. Mr. Seiichi Kondo, Chairperson of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

 

 

July 2007 : Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape Inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO

 

 

7 July 2007 : Address by Mr. Seiichi Kondo, Ambassador of Japan to UNESCO at the Conference co-organized by IDDRI, IISD, SIPA and SCIENCES PO.

 

 

29 June 2007: Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security, project “Promoting the Human Security Concept in the Arab Region”

 

1st June 2007: Assistance by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security:.
"Community Reconciliation through Poverty Reduction in Bosnia and Herzegovina" Project.

 

23 April 2007: Speech by Ambassador Seiichi Kondo, Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO before the "Concert for Peace by the Orchestra of the Senior High School of Music attached to the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music" - Speech in French

 

17 April 2007: Statement by Ambassador Seiichi Kondo on 34C/4 and 34C/5 at the 176th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO - Bilingual Statement - French and English

 

 

12 April 2007: Speech by Ambassador Seiichi Kondo, Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO, at the inauguration of the photo exhibition "Living Heritage: Exploring the Intangible " in UNESCO - Speech in French

 

21 March 2007: Update of ユネスコで働くには？

 

8 March 2007: Speech by Ambassador Seichi Kondo, Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO, on the occasion of the evening of Japanese art "Japan - Miyabi : Splendor and Serenity " in UNESCO. Speech in French

 

2007-2009:Japan finances the project "Safeguarding of Armenian Duduk Music"

 

 

 

2006

 

 

5 Octobre 2006 : Speech by His Excellency Mr Seiichi Kondo, Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO, on 34C/4 and 34C/5 (bilingual speech - French and English)

 

 

2 Octobre 2006 : Speech by his Excellency Mr Seichi Kondo, Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO at the 175th Session of the Executive Board of UNESCO (bilingual speech- French and english)

 

20 September 2006: His Excellency Mr Seichi KONDO presented today to the Director-general of UNESCO the Letters accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO

 

 

2006-2009: Japan finances the project "Safeguarding of the Gule Wamkulu, the Great Dance of the Chewa People (Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia) "

 

2006-2009: Japan finances the project "Safeguarding of the Baul Songs ( Bangladesh ) "

 

2006-2009: Japan finances the project "Safeguarding of the Kankurang, Manding Initiatory Rite "(Senegal and Gambia)

 

2006-2009: Japan finances the project "Safeguarding of the Mask Dance of the Drums from Drametse, or Drametse Ngacham (Bhutan) "

 

2006-2009: Japan finances the project "Safeguarding of the Vimbuza Healing Dance"(Malawi)

2006-2009: Japan finances the project "Safeguarding the Yaaral and Degal (Mali)"

2006-2009: Japan finances the project "Safeguarding the Chopi Timbila Tradition in Mozambique"

 

2006-2009: Japan finances the project "Safeguarding of the Albanian Folk Iso-Polyphony"

 

2006-2009: Japan finances the project "Strengthening the Transmission of the Textile Traditional Knowledge of Taquile (Peru)"

 

5 September 2006: Japan finances the project "Safeguard the Biological and Cultural Diversity of Solomon Islands , Vanuatu and the Republic of Palau"

5 September 2006 : Donation by Japan of US$2.18 million for the "Inter Agency Programme on the Sustainable Rehabilitation of War Victims in Burundi"

5 September 2006 : Japan finances the project "Technical and Vocational Education in Djibouti"

5 September 2006 : Japan finances the project "Literacy Learning Material Production in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"

 

 

21-29 August 2006 : Visit of the Director-General of UNESCO to Japan

18 August 2006 : Missa Johnouchi named UNESCO Artist for Peace

June 2006: Japan's contribution to EDUCAIDS: The Global Initiative on Education and HIV/AIDS

June 2006: Publication of a report by UNESCO on the first and the second phase of the project Wall Paintings of the Royal Tomb of Amenhotep III (Egypt) financed under the UNESCO/Japan Funds-in-Trust for the Preservation of the World Cultural Heritage

9 February 2006: Additional Assistance to Emergency Grant Aid to Pakistan through International Organizations for Large-Scale Earthquake Disaster

 

2005

 

15-17 December 2005, Tokyo: Meeting of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC)

20-24 November 2005: Kabuki proclaimed Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

 

 

7 October 2005: General Policy Statement by Mr Nariaki Nakayama, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, General Conference of UNESCO

7 October 2005: Intervention by Mr Nariaki Nakayama, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, at the Ministerial Round Table "Education for All"

 

 

25 September 2005: Closing Ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan

 

 

July 2005: Shiretoko Peninsula (natural site) added to UNESCO's World Heritage List

 

June 2005: Publication of the Proceedings of the International Symposium "Cultural Diversity and Globalization: the Arab-Japanese Experience'

 

7 January 2005 : Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola named UNESCO Artist for Peace

 

 

2004

 

 

21 July 2004 : Miyako Yoshida, Japanese Principal Ballerina, named UNESCO Artist for Peace

1 July 2004 : Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range inscribed on the World Heritage List

15 June 2004 : Japan accepts the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

 

26 February 2004 : Eexceptional performance of traditional Japanese puppet theatre " Ningyô Johruri Bunraku ", proclaimed " at UNESCO's Headquarters

 

 

 

 

 

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