“This is how ‘field-based’ and ‘human security’ were born!”
This month marks three years since Sadako Ogata, who served as UN High Commissioner for Refugees and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), passed away in October 2019.
In just three years, the world has changed dramatically.
What would you do?”
If Ogata-san were alive, he might say this.
On November 15, 2022, JICA held a symposium to discuss the future of the world and Japan by reflecting on Ogata’s life and achievements.
Approximately 4,200 people attended the event.
The following comments were received from viewers
The passion with which people talk about Ogata-san is amazing! Is there any Japanese who was loved so much?”
I will try to overcome the existing framework to solve problems in the field and bring smiles to people’s faces. Today, I felt as if Ogata-san from heaven had my back.
I was thrilled to see Sadako Ogata’s torch being passed on to the younger generation in so many different worlds.”
I have nothing to do with international cooperation, but next year I have decided to try my hand in a field I have no experience in.”
Unlike the institutes and seminars, this was an opportunity to go back to the drawing board.”
It is amazing to me that the work of researcher Sadako Ogata has not faded.”
At the end of the panel discussion, each panelist gave a one-word message to share with the audience.
No territory”; “No humanitarian solution to a humanitarian problem”; “Results come from the other side’s people”; “Everything will be ok in the end, and if it is not ok, it is not the end (Jhon Lennon)”; “Step forward when everyone else is pulling back.”
Which panelists spoke and with what meaning?
We hope you will listen to it with Caster Doden.
This symposium can be viewed on JICA’s YouTube account.
If you missed it that day or would like to watch it again, please click on the link below.
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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
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