Youth Dialogue Event for Global Peace

Overview

Every year on August 6th, Hiroshima Prefecture/the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace(HOPe) and the Hiroshima Office of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR) hold the "Youth Dialogue Event for Global Peace." This event allows young people and current high school students in Hiroshima Prefecture to engage in dialogue with leaders active in the international community, in order to deepen their understanding of the perspectives and concrete actions that should be taken to realize a peaceful world free of nuclear weapons.

Organizer:

Hiroshima Prefecture/the Hiroshima Organizartion for Global Peace(HOPe) and the Hiroshima Office of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR)

Program(varies depending on the year): 

• Panel Discussion
• Group work
• Announcement of a roadmap to the abolition of nuclear weapons
• Q&A session

Past Participants:

• Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu : UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs(2024,2025)
• Mr. Toshiharu Goto :  atomic bombing survivor(2025)
• Ms. Luli van der Does : Director of the Center for Peace, University of Hiroshima(2025)
• Mr. Regis Savioz :  Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC)(2025)
• Mr. Hidehiko Yuzaki :  Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, President of HOPe(2024,2025)
• MIchelle Gyles-McDonnough: Assistant Secretary of the United Nations and UNITAR Executive Director(2025)
• Ms. Shorna-Kay M. Richards, Ambassador of Jamaica to Japan(2024)
• Ms. Miho Tanaka, Co-representative of Kakuwaka Hiroshima(2024)
• Mr. Franco Escobar, representing the participants of the "Youth Leader Fund for a World without Nuclear Weapons" program(2024)

Language:

Japanese and English

*Simultaneous interpretation in both Japanese and English will be provided in Session 2.

Distribution:

Live stream on the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace(HOPe) YouTube Channel

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The introduction page of last event is here:
Youth Dialogue Event for Global Peace 2025