Date : July 30, 2025
80th Anniversary of the UN: Challenges for Disarmament and Japan’s Role (Ms Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations)
post date : 2025.07.30
With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations, the FPCJ has invited Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to discuss the issues surrounding disarmament and what role Japan should play.
-Members of the Foreign Press and Embassy Representatives:
This will be a hybrid briefing, with participation in person possible at the FPCJ Conference Room, in addition to an online livestream via Zoom webinar.
- FPCJ Supporting Members: FPCJ Supporting Members may participate in the briefing online as observers (at no cost).
■Date & Time: 14:00-15:30, Monday, August 18, 2025 (Deadline for application: 12:00, August 15)
■Theme: 80th Anniversary of the UN: Challenges for Disarmament and Japan’s Role
■Briefer: Ms Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations
Brief Bio: Izumi Nakamitsu has served as UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs since May 2017. She has held senior roles in UN peacekeeping, crisis response, and refugee affairs, and was a professor at Hitotsubashi University. She holds degrees from Waseda and Georgetown Universities and has worked extensively in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
■Language: Japanese, with consecutive English interpretation
■Members of the Foreign Press:
As in our standard press briefings, there will be a Q&A session at the end. In-person participants at the FPCJ conference room will be given priority for asking questions.
Please send any questions for the briefer or topics you are interested in to cp@fpcjpn.or.jp by noon, Wednesday, August 13.
As there will only be a limited amount of time to ask questions during the briefing, we will collect questions and provide them to the briefer in advance.
■How to Apply: Please refer to the email we sent.
*We will not be accepting applications by email.