For a Nuclear-Free and Peaceful Asia – online workshop
Start: 2021-02-28 06:00:00 UTC Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna (GMT+01:00)
End: 2021-02-28 08:00:00 UTC Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna (GMT+01:00)
This is a virtual event
The Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs cordially invites you to join this online workshop to commemorate the 2021 Bikini Day. English-Japanese translation will be available.
Panelists
Lee Jun Kyu (Institute for Unification and Peace Policy, Hanshin University)
Lee Jun Kyu worked as the Policy Office Head of the Civil Network for a
Peaceful Korea from 2003 to 2010. He has written many columns and
articles on nuclear issues, North-South Korean relations, and
international politics related to East Asia.
Joseph Gerson (President, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security)
Following his longtime service as Director of the Peace and Economic
Security Program of the American Friends Service Committee, Joseph
Gerson is now President of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and
Common Security, Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau, and
Co-convener of the Peace and Planet international network.
Roland Simbulan (Professor on Development Studies & Public Management, University of the Philippines)
Professor Roland Simbulan has taught at the University of the
Philippines (U.P.) for the past 38 years. He was the National
Chairperson of the Nuclear-Free Philippines Coalition (NFPC) from 1988
to 2000 and has authored eight books on Philippine foreign policy, the
CIA, Philippine-US security relations and US bases and nuclear weapons
in the Philippines.
Yayoi Tsuchida (Assistant General Secretary, Japan Gensuikyo)
Yayoi Tsuchida was born in Ehime Prefecture and graduated from the
Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University. She has worked at Japan Gensuikyo
since 1991 after working at embassies of Arab states, and is now the
assistant general secretary and the head of the international section.
She has participated and spoke in U.N. conferences on the NPT and the
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.