On May 27, the UN Special Envoy for Myanmar, Christine Bergner, met with Seishiro ETO, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for World Federation, Ichiro AISAWA, Chairman of the Parliamentary Japan-Myanmar Friendship Federation, and Masaharu NAKAGAWA, Chair of the Parliamentary Federation in Support of Democratization of Myanmar at the First Building for the House of Representatives in Nagata-cho, Tokyo.

Mr. Seishiro ETO speaking to UN Special Envoy Christine Bergner

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Mr. Ichiro AISAWA, Chairperson of the Federation of Parliamentarians for Friendship between Japan and Myanmar and Mr. Masaharu NAKAGAWA, Chair of the Parliamentarian Federation in support of the Democratization of Myanmar

 

Ichiro Aisawa　　　　　　　　Masaharu Nakagawa

 

 

On May 28, 2021, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Myanmar, Christine Bergner, paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Toshio MOTEGI. On the same day, at a press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Japan in Marunouchi, Tokyo, she explained the “dialogue by all parties” she had proposed to resolve the Myanmar problem.

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The Roundtable Discussions with H.E. Ms. Burgener,

United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar

 

Organized by

The Japanese Parliamentary Group for World Federation

10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 27, 2021

Venue: The special Room ,First Members Office Building of the House of Representatives

 

Program

Opening remarks

Chairperson Mr. Seishiro Eto, The Japanese Parliamentary Group for World Federation

57 th . Minister of State for Defense

Introduction of participants (Member of the National Diet)　＊Listed in random order

・Mr. Seishiro ETO

President of Japanese Parliamentary Group for World Federation

・Mr. Ichiro AISAWA

President of Parliamentary Group for Japan-Myanmar Friendship

・Mr. Masaharu NAKAGAWA

President of Parliamentary Group for Democratization in Myanmar

・Mr. Gen NAKATANI & H.E. Ms. Shiori Yamao

Co-President of Nonpartisan Parliamentary Association for Reconsidering Human Rights Diplomacy

(Observers)

・Dr. Sukehiro HASEGAWA

Former United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General

・Priest Tomokiyo Tanaka

Secretary General of the Religious Group for World Federation

・Rev. Yoshiharu Tomatsu

Chair of Japanese Association of Religious Organizations

Presentation (about 10 minutes)

H.E. Ms. Christine Schraner Burgener,

United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar

 

Exchange of Opinions

Concluding remarks