Moderator: Hisashi Owada  President of The Japan Institute of International Affairs
2:00 p.m.	Opening Remarks
		Ramesh Thakur,  Vice-Rector of the United Nations University
	Keynote Speech :
		"Transformation of UN's Peace Keeping Operations: The role of international community in Peace-building" [PDF 24.3K] Julian Harston  Director of the Asia and Middle-East Division of Department of Peacekeeping Operation of United Nations
	Comments
	"Overview of UNITAR-IPS-JIIA Conference"
		Marcel Boisard  Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva
	"From the experience of UNTAET"
		Dennis McNamara  Director of United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Former Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General in United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
	"From a field point of View"
		Emilia Pires  Coordinator of Ministry of Finance and Planning of Democratic Republic of East Timor
	"From the NGO's point of View"
		Stephano Tsukamoto  Executive Director of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), Japan
	"Role and challenges of the United Nations in the peace keeping efforts"
		Sukehiro Hasegawa  Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for East Timor, The United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)
	Discussion & Questions from the Audiences
	Concluding remarks
		Tommy Koh  Director, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Singapore, Ambassador-At-Large, Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
5:05 p.m.	Closing
*	Language: English & Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)

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