The second meeting of the Global Governance Commission Sub-Committee on UN Reform chaired by Professor Takahiro SHINYO was joined by three members of the Diet of Japan. They were Mr. Masaharu NAKAWAGA, former Minister of Education, Mr. Masahiko SHIBAYAMA, former Special Assistant to Prime Minister Shinzo ABE on UN peace operations and former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and Mr. Akira SATO, Member of the House of Representatives and former Senior Vice Minister of Defense. The meeting was also participated by scholars and experts including Professor Yasuhiro UEKI of Sophia University who was a United Nations Spokesman and an international expert on UN reform matters, Dr, Vesselin POPOVSKI, Professor and Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Haryana, India. (This summary report was filed by Fujiko Amano, Maja Liechti and Amishi Agrawal)
In his opening remarks of the Global Governance Promotion Committee’s opinion exchange meeting held on September 18, 2019 at the Office Building of the Members of the House of Representatives, Mr. Masaharu Nakagawa, the Secretary-General of the World Federation of Japan’s Diet Committee and member of the House of Representatives, said he was looking for a proposal that could be pursued towards the realization of federalist ideals. He suggested the desire to further develop this Federation of Legislators as one of the mainstream options in Japan. For that purpose, he wished to harness the wisdom of top Japanese leaders and found the significance of holding consultation meetings. Climate change which is inducing the emergence of typhoons, crops damages with adverse impact on food security, changes in ocean currents, etc. must be assessed on a global scale, as well as disarmament and monetary policy that are today’s challenges He stressed the need to examine the respective issues from global perspectives. And disarmament which is the subject of today discussion, and monetary policy has to be considered for global implications. He expressed the view that the basics such as the current economic balance has collapsed. There are many urgent issues for humankind that the countries of the world must deal with in any way, but there is a sense of crisis regarding the politics running in the nationalistic direction in the countries of the world. The political parties that have advocated the middle of the road approach have lost in recent elections. In such a situation, he hoped that this Japan Commission of Global Governance would be successful so that information can be sent out from Japan with a view to the state of humankind in 20-30 years ahead. He said he would like to hear the opinions of the attendees reflecting not only their academic but also political perspectives.
(日本語) 元衆議院議長の自由民主党の伊吹文明は現実を忘れては生きていけないが、理想を忘れては生きている値打ちがないと示唆し、立憲民主党の福山哲郎幹事長は国益が過度に強調されていることに不安を覚えつつ、国際政治への関心が薄れる中、世界連邦が理想を掲げてきた歴史は大切であると述べた。国民民主党の玉木雄一郎代表が貧富の格差の拡大を阻止するためには世界連邦の理念・考え方が重要性であると述べ、公明党の井上義久元幹事長がグローバルガバナンスの必要性を痛切に感じていると指摘、共産党の笠井亮政策委員長が国連の SDGs 達成のため、国際連帯税なども真剣に議論すべき、柴山昌彦文部科学大臣は世界連邦で、政府、議員、それ以外のものも含めて、持続可能なガバナンスにむけ機運の醸成を求めた。社会民主党の福島瑞穂議員が国連改革や、G20 と安保理の関係、富の不平等是正や、SDGs 達成など、よりよい社会を作るためのグローバルガバナンス推進委員会が設立されたことを歓迎する。世界連邦国会委員会の事務局長の猪口邦子議員がグローバルガバナンス推進委員会で専門家の先生がたが、ポピュリズムの台頭とどう向き合うか、マルチラテラリズムの秩序とどうバランスをとるかの課題を討論することを歓迎する。詳細はこちら。（谷本真邦）
With the establishment of the Japan Commission on Global Governance, it was decided to hold meetings to hold discussions by experts on respective fields. They agreed to exchange views with members of the Parliamentary Committee members. The areas covered six areas including UN reform, rule of law, international solidarity tax, environment, disarmament, and SDGs. Group-wide recommendations would be submitted to the Parliamentary Committee in March 2020. (Masakuni Tanimoto, Executive Director)
Argentine legislator Fernando Iglesias, co-chair of the World Federation Movement International Office (WFM), proposed the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly as a concrete action to make the United Nations a more democratic organization. President Seishiro Eto, indicated that to achieve world peace the Diet of Japan created the Parliamentary Committee for World Federation on as early as December 20, 1949. Chairman of the House of Representatives Komakichi Matsuoka was appointed as Chairman and Member of the House of Councilors Kotaro Tanaka as Vice-Chairman by a group of 104 bipartisan members of the Diet. He explained that about 100 members of bipartisan members have joined the Parliamentary Committee which aims at realizing the World Federation by building democratic governance.
超党派の国会議員により構成されている世界連邦日本国会委員会が2019年5月15日に開催された。衛藤征士郎世連国会委員会会長が開会の挨拶と総会議事説明をなされ、猪口邦子世連国会委員会常任理事が司会をされた。各党の代表として自由民主党の伊吹文明元衆議院議長、立憲民主党の福山哲郎幹事長、国民民主党の玉木雄一郎代表、公明党の井上義久副代表、日本共産党の笠井亮政策委員長、社会民主党の福島瑞穂元党首が挨拶された。柴山昌彦文部科学大臣がコメントされた。そして満場一致でグローバルガバナンス推進委員会を設立し、元国連事務総長特別代表の長谷川祐弘氏が座長に任命された。
