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The First Japan, China and Republic of Korea Youth Forum
Brochure
Dear Delegates, This brochure is for you to check out the general description and the schedule of the forum. It includes the following parts:
Table Contents
Message………………………………….…………………….2
About the 1st JCK Youth Forum……………………………3
About Japan Model United Nations……………………….4
MUN Conference Structure………………………………....5
Beyond the Conference………………………………...…...7
About the Symposium……………………………………….8
Brief Timeline of the Project………………………………..10
Sponsorship…………………………………………………...11
Contacts………………………………………………………..11
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Message It is my deepest honor to host the First Japan, China and Republic of Korea Youth Forum.
Students invited from China and Korea, together with Japanese students, can advance their knowledge of the work of the United Nations through a Model UN conference. The Youth Symposium open to the public will also give the students the opportunity to communicate with each other and exchange ideas on broader subjects.
Sixty-five summers after the end of the World War II, as the only country which suffered from atomic bombings, it is a big step for Japan to have UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ambassador Roos from the United States and Ambassadors from France and the United Kingdom attend the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony. Japan must speak up to all humanity at the United Nations, and at every possible opportunity, the fear and danger of holding nuclear armament.
I have set up a program on the first day of your visit to experience a tea ceremony demonstration so as to have a better understanding of Japanese culture. The root of the Japanese culture is from China and had extended to Japan via Korea. It is regrettable that although the culture taught good will and respect to people, things have changed gradually through the wars and long history. However, as a same human being, I believe that in our hearts we all share the deepest wish for peace throughout the world. For this reason, in order to achieve better understanding among us, it is important to have as many opportunities as possible for the students of our three countries to communicate and exchange ideas.
The plan for this Youth Forum was brought up by Chairmen of the UN Associations of China, Korea and myself at WFUNA’s Plenary Assembly last year. This Forum has been organized in order to deepen mutual understandings among the students who will bear responsibility for the next generation. With the future in mind, China, Korea and Japan must hold hands together and promote cooperation with other Asian nations, so that we can play an important role in the world.
Although the time is short, we have scheduled a stay at Shonan Village in Kanagawa, and an open lecture and youth symposium at Waseda University in Tokyo where the students can have opportunity to communicate and develop friendship. I hope through the discussions, this 1st Forum will be successful and will lead to the second forum next year.
Finally, I would like to thank all those who have worked hard to ensure the success of this Forum.
Genshitsu Sen President, United Nations Association of Japan Japan-UN Goodwill Ambassador
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st About the 1 JCK Youth Forum “Fostering Youth Partnership for the World”
At the Plenary Meeting of the World Federation of UN Associations (WFUNA), which was held in August 2009, the Presidents of UN Association of Japan, China and the Republic of Korea agreed on the desirability of holding a Youth Forum on the regular basis. The forum would include Model UN conference and to be attended by university students from the three countries. To follow up on this agreement, UN Association of Japan decided to host the first trilateral Youth Forum this year, in cooperation with the UN Associations of China and Korea.
The opening ceremony of the Youth Forum, entitled “Fostering Partnerships for the World,” will be held on 12 September 2010 in Tokyo. Presidents of the UN Associations of our three countries and the President of the WFUNA will attend the ceremony. All 60 students will experience tea ceremony demonstration arranged by UNA-Japan’s President Sen, who is the fifteenth Grand Master of Urasenke Tea School.
The Youth Forum will consist of two main events: Model United Nations conference (MUN) simulating “10-year Review of the Millennium Development Goals” from 12 to 15 September at Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture; and Youth Symposium, open to the public, on the theme of “Global Peace and Development – The Role of East Asia and the United Nations” on 16 September at Waseda University in Tokyo. (At the Symposium, three students will report on the proceedings and the outcome of MUN conference. There will be keynote addresses by 2 eminent experts and two panel discussions by 12 students from the 3 countries, moderated by ASAO Keiichiro, MP of Minna no to (“Your Party”) and KANG Sang-jung, Professor of Political Theory at Tokyo University)
There are 2 purposes of the Youth Forum: first, to promote mutual understanding and intellectual exchange among university students in our three countries through a model UN exercise focused on one of the most important global challenges of today, Millennium Development Goals. Second, it is hoped to bring our countries closer together in UN activities with a view to promoting peace and prosperity in East Asia and fostering global partnerships for the entire world.
UNA-Japan greatly appreciates all support and cooperation extended to it by many organizations and institutions for initiating this program, which certainly demonstrate high expectations about the outcome of this new program and its future development. UNA-Japan also acknowledges with thanks efforts being made by the Student Secretariat for the Youth Forum.
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About Japan Model United Nations
Japan Model United Nations（JMUN）is the first educational organization in Japan to simulate the United Nations conferences. The Model United Nations Executive, founded in 1983 at Sophia University under the direction of Sadako Ogata (the former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), was the precursor of JMUN.
The purpose of JMUN is to offer students opportunities to study international relations and related subjects and discuss solutions to global issues through the Model United Nations conference and to develop human resources who can contribute to the international society. We also have worked to spread the Model United Nations through Japan as an effective way to study international politics and global issues.
JMUN has produced a large number of people who can contribute to the international society since 1983. They have participated in the activities of JMUNS and now being active in various fields such as Japanese ministries and government offices, international organizations, private enterprises, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO).
Our activities are not just sending delegates to The National Model United Nations conference (NMUN) but also holding the All Japan Model United Nations conference (AJMUN) and the Kansai Model United Nations Conference (KMUNC) to have a conference with participants mainly from colleges and graduate schools.
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MUN Conference Structure
Simulation conference We will simulate UN summit on the MDGs, called a High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly which will be held from September 20 to 22 this year.
3 Round Tables and a Plenary Meeting 3 Round tables and 2 Plenary meetings are held. First, all delegations and non-state actors attend a plenary meeting. Then delegations are divided into 3 Round tables. 3 Round table discussions proceed concurrently. Delegates make draft resolution in each Round Table. Non-state actors join discussions and help making draft resolutions. 3 draft resolutions are combined into one draft resolution and adopted as a resolution in the Plenary Meeting.
Agenda Round table 1: Addressing the challenge of poverty, hunger and gender equality The number of hungry people worldwide rose from 842 million in 1990-1992 to 873 million in 2004-2006 and to 1.02 billion people during 2009, the highest level ever. Of the 117 countries for which data are available, most of the 20 countries that have made no visible progress are in sub-Saharan Africa. Redressing gender equality remains one of the most difficult goals. In fact, women are more likely than men to be in vulnerable jobs, with gap being evident in those regions where paid employment opportunities for women are the lowest –in Western Asia and Northern Africa. The risk of disaster is increasing globally and is highly concentrated in middle- and low-income countries. The very fact is that the challenges to poverty, food, energy, global recession and climate change are all interrelated. Efforts to accelerate progress towards the MDGs must take account of the rapidly changing development landscape transformed by ecosystem decline, including the challenges posed by climate change. How can we better support and facilitate employment-intensive, sustainable and equitable growth and structural change?
Round table 5: Addressing the special needs of the most vulnerable “The most vulnerable” are said to be some population suffered from increasing inequalities in various economic and social dimensions, including geography, sex, age, disability, ethnicity and other vulnerabilities. To identify the special needs of the most vulnerable, we must pay attention to complex and multiple identities of each individual. Each individual has complex and multiple identities and is not simple “a woman” or subject to any other single definition. They can be “a migrant woman with disability”, “a girl in religious minority” and so on. The single ground approach which confines people’s identity to one ground fails to respond to the needs of multiply marginalized individuals.
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It is said nearly 200 countries contain some 5000 ethnic groups. Some cultural identities (ethnic, religious, gender, linguistic, racial and others) have been suppressed as state policy and caused conflicts. Supporting minority groups human rights have been sometimes considered incompatible with national profits. Then, while respecting state sovereignty and ownership of each country, what can international society do for discriminated individuals within borders?
Round table 6: Widening and strengthening partnerships To achieve MDGs, governments must work actively, with all constituencies, particularly civil society organizations and private sectors. Today it is widely accepted that multi-stakeholder approach is not an option but it is an imperative. NGOs and young people can mobilize local communities and public at large to keep pressure on world leaders to follow through on political commitments. Through their work on the ground, they have an instrumental role in sharing effective practices and technical expertise. Long term poverty reduction will not happen without sustainable economic growth which requires vibrant private sectors. They can support MDGs by making investments, productivity increase, service delivery and provision of life-saving technologies through differential pricing and through public-private partnerships. As an important demonstration of corporate social responsibility, large international businesses should be encouraged to report annually their contributions through MDS scorecard. Regarding the lack of progress, particularly in least developed and conflict-prone or disaster-prone countries, what can UN agencies do in order to enhance and manage synergy of multi-stakeholder partnerships? What determines success or failure of such efforts by UN agencies?
Source MDGs Report 2010
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Beyond the Conference
In this Youth Forum, we are planning to give all the participants many opportunities to interact with each other and to understand each country and its culture. We are also planning to have some activities for mostly Chinese and Korean students to understand traditional and modern culture of Japan.
Tea Ceremony at TOKYO Dojyo Dr. Genshitsu Sen, President of United Nations Association of Japan and 15th Grand Master of Urasenke, has set up this program on the first day to have a better understanding of Japanese culture. Japanese tea culture has its root in China and has extended to Japan via Korea.
Social Event part 1 During the dinner party on the first day, we will have a quiz game. Your delegation [you and your pair delegate] will cooperate with another delegation [you will form a team of four] to answer the questions. These questions are about traditional and modern culture of East Asia-. The best team would be rewarded with awards.. Through this event, you will become close to your pair delegate and get better understanding of your neighboring countries.
Social Event part 2 (Tentative) In the social event part 2, we are planning to ask participants of each country to perform their cultural dance, play or a song which fits to the concept of the event. We are aiming to promote social and cultural interactions between participants and to understand each other’s culture in this event. Detail distraction about the preparation of the performance will be informed by the manager of this event later. We hope you all will actively be involved in this event.
Farewell party After we ended the MUN conference, there will be a farewell party for the participants to relax from the hard work and socialize. Food and Drinks will be provided and the director of the conference will give the award to the delegates.
Sightseeing Program (Tentative) We are planning a trip to the Edo-Tokyo Museum, which exhibits the historical heritages of Edo-Tokyo. After the tour of the museum, we are planning to have free time for about four hours for you to enjoy sightseeing of Tokyo. We would like you to get into a group of minimum 4 or 5 people, all of which include at least 1 Japanese student who knows the place and language well, A manager of this program is now planning for it. We will inform you the details later so please look forward to it.
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About the Symposium (Tentative)
On the last day, Japan, China and Republic of Korea Youth Symposium will be held in WASEDA University, International Conference Center, Masaru Ibuka Auditorium in Waseda campus. The main theme of the symposium is “Global Peace and Development― The Role of East Asia and the United Nations”.
We are going to have two keynote speeches and two panel discussions. One of the guest speakers for the keynote speech will be Mr. ASAO Keiichiro, a member of the House of Representatives in Japan and the other will be Prof. KANG Sang-jung a professor of the University of Tokyo. Two panel discussions will be moderated by experts with many years of UN experience. Two students each from three countries will be on each panel.
We will also have a time to report the outcome of the Model United Nations Conference on MDGs. We will bring some participants on the stage to report the outcome and to state their opinion from the perspective of East Asian youth. Other than the participants of the whole forum, we will invite anyone who would want to attend this symposium so that we can have discussions with many people on global peace and development. We will let you know more details about this symposium later.
Tentative Contents of the Symposium are as follows;
Time Contents 9:30 Symposium Opening Ceremony （Opening of Symposium (Explanation of the theme etc.)） Model United Nations Conference Briefing 10：00 Keynote speech by Mr. Keiichiro ASAO Peace and Sustainable Development 10:40 Interval 10:50 First Session Theme: The Role of East Asia in Promoting Human Development towards the Millennium Development Goals 12:20 Lunch 13：20 Keynote speech by Prof. KANG Sang-jung Transcending nationalism― Towards a regional integration of the North East Asia. 14:00 Interval 14:10 Second session Theme: Cooperation of East Asia in the United Nations for Global Peace and Sustainable Development
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15:40 Interval 16:00 Symposium Closure, Closing Ceremony Round up of the Symposium Closure of the Symposium by Mr. Yasushi AKASHI Closing Ceremony 16:55 Ceremonial Photo
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Brief Timeline of the Project
Preparation Phase of the MUN Conference(Tentative)
Date Description 10 Aug Release of Countries list 12 Aug Release of Country assignment, Background Guide book and Brochure 16 Aug Release of Procedure Guide 29 Aug Deadline of Position Paper submission 1 Sep Release of Position Paper Summary 12 Sep~ The 1st JCK Youth Forum 16 Sep
Schedule for the whole Forum 12~16 Sep 2010 (Tentative)
Date Description Place 12 Sep Afternoon Tea Ceremony at TOKYO Dojyo Tokyo (Sun) Evening Opening Ceremony Shonan Village Center Night Social Event part 1 13 Sep Morning MUN Conference first meeting (Mon) Afternoon MUN Conference second meeting Shonan Village Center Evening MUN Conference third meeting Night Social Event part 2 14 Sep Morning MUN Conference forth meeting (Tue) Afternoon MUN Conference fifth meeting Shonan Village Center Evening MUN Conference sixth meeting Night Farwell party 15 Sep Morning Off back to Tokyo for Sightseeing (Wed) Afternoon Tour to EDO-TOKYO museum Tokyo Group Sightseeing activity Night Dinner Party Hotel Le Port Kojimachi 16 Sep Morning International Conference (Thu) Center, Masaru Ibuka Youth Symposium Afternoon Auditorium at Waseda University
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Sponsorship
Sponsored by: United Nations Association of Japan (in cooperation with United Nations Association of China and United Nations Association of the Republic of Korea)
Supported by: Tokyo Club The Japan Foundation Rotary International District 2650 The Kamenori Foundation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology United Nations Information Center Asahi Newspaper (tbc) Japan Model United Nations JCK Model United Nations Secretariat WASEDA University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (for SYMPOSIUM only)
Contacts
Please feel free to contact us, the student secretariat in charge:
Yukina ITO (Secretary General) [email protected] The First Japan-China-Republic of Korea Youth Forum
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