HSP Summer Symposium 2012 I Challenges of Political Settlement in Afghanistan: How to Support Afghan Reconciliation

The conference aims to facilitate discussion on political reconciliation in Afghanistan, as well as to promote understanding by the Japanese people about the need to support Afghan peace building.

• Date : July 7 (Sat.), 2012, 9:30-13:30
• Venue :The Conference Hall in Bldg.18 (Map), Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
• Panelists：
  Farouq Azam (Chair, Movement for Peaceful Transformation in the University of London)
  Talatbek Masadykov (Director, Political Affairs Division in UNAMA(UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan)
  Scott Smith (Deputy Director for Afghanistan Programs with the US Institute of Peace/Former Special Assistant to Special Representative of the Secretary)
  Daisaku Higashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Languages : English (simultaneous interpretation to the Japanese will be provided)
• Fee：free except for reception and some refreshment
• Organizers：
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) “Arab Spring and Reconciliation”