UN Seminar held on Campus

The ICU-UN Seminar (GS course: QPPI528 United Nations Seminar on Sustainable Development) was held on campus under the auspices of the Diplomatic and International Public Service (DIPS) Program starting with the guided virtual tour at the UN Headquarter in NY on the 8^th. This year’s Seminar benefitted from 24 lectures and interactive Q&A sessions from 11 to 15 March. It was an intensive course held in-person attended by 24 students, with speakers in a hybrid manner from 20 locations.

The speakers represented the Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan and Jamaica Ambassador to Japan as well as various UN entities including UNU Centre for Policy Research(CPR), Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Organization for Migration(IOM), International Telecommunication Union(ITU), Office for Special Advisor on Africa (OSAA), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD), UN Development Programme (UNDP)　and its Human Development Report Office, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNESCO, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNICEF UN Women, World Food Programme（WFP), World Bank