From Tuesday, January 21 to Saturday, January 25 for five days, Yukio Takasu, current Under-Secretary-General, United Nations and also a Visiting Professor of International Relations on Kinugasa Campus, gave a series of lectures titled “Peace-Building and Preventive Diplomacy” to international and Japanese students.

In the lectures, students learned how the role international community should be played towards major threads of international security using keywords such as “Peace Building” and “Preventive Diplomacy” from the perspective of having worked at the United Nations. Rather than passive interest, students actively exchanged their opinions and held discussions. The final lecture ended with massive applause.            

 * Professor TAKASU serves as Under-Secretary-General, United Nations.　He has been teaching at the Graduate School of International Relations,Ritsumeikan University since 2011.