Yasushi Akashi
Chairman
Japan
Centre for Conflict Prevention
Tokyo
Curriculum Vitae
Born in 1931. Yasushi Akashi holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tokyo and engaged in graduate work in international relations and social sciences. Before being accepted as a Fulbright Scholar and completing his Master at the University of Virginia, he lectured in political science at the International Christian University for one year. He worked towards his Doctorate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and at Columbia University and was conferred a Doctorate in international relations by Ritsumeikan University.
Yasushi Akashi first joined the United Nations Secretariat in 1957 as a political affairs officer and held various functions in the Department of Political and Security Council Affairs, the Office of the Under Secretaries General and in the Office for Inter Agency Affairs and Coordination. After entering the service of his government in 1974, Yasushi Akashi was Ambassador at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations. Between 1979 and 1987, he was United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Public Information and subsequently became Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs. In 1992, Yasushi Akashi was designated the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Cambodia and later went on to serve as the Special Representative for the Secretary-General for the Former Yugoslavia until 1995. From 1996 to 1997, he was Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations. Currently, Yasushi Akashi is Representative of the Government of Japan on Peace-Building in Sri Lanka and Chairman of the Japan Centre for Conflict Prevention.
Furthermore, Yasushi Akashi is a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University and Akita International University and represents Japan on numerous intergovernmental and expert bodies.
38th St. Gallen Symposium
Special Session
Peacemaking
– Peacekeeping: Global Concepts for Local Hot Spots
Thursday,
15 May 2008, 18:15–19:45
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