Sophia Institute of International Relations will be holding a lecture on

“United Nations Peacekeeping–Making it fit to face current challenges–“.

• ＊This event is being co-hosted by the United Nations Information Center in Tokyo.

• ■ Date&Time: November 22^nd (Thurs.), 18:30 ～20:00

• ■ Venue: Bldg.No.2, 3^rd Floor, Room 309, Sophia University Yotsuya Campus

• ■ Speaker: Jean-Pierre Francois Renaud Lacroix, 

  Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations

• 　　Mr. Lacroix was appointed as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations on 1 April 2017. A national of France, he brings to his post over 25 years of political and diplomatic experience, mostly handling multilateral organizations, United Nations activities and programmes. Mr. Lacroix served from 2014 to 2017 as Director for United Nations, International Organizations, Human Rights and Francophonie at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previous appointments include Ambassador of France to Sweden, Chief of Protocol of France, Deputy Permanent　Representative at the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations in New York, Deputy Chief of Mission at the French Embassy in Prague and First Secretary then Second Counsellor at the French Embassy in Washington. He also served as Advisor at the Cabinet of the French Prime Minister. Born on 2 May 1960, Mr. Lacroix holds BAs from the Institute of Economic and Commercial Sciences (ESSEC), the Institute for political studies – Sciences Po Paris and the National School of Administration (ENA) Class « Michel de Montaigne ».

• ■ Moderator: Yasuhiro Ueki

•       Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University

•       Member, Sophia Institute of International Relations

• ■ The session will be in English.

• ■ Open to students, faculty members & public.

• ■ Pre-registration required: https://jp.surveymonkey.com/r/siir20181122