Gender gap deeply ingrained in Japan, says top U.N. official Nakamitsu
Gender gaps remain significant in Japan as traditional roles for men and women are strongly reinforced in society and through mass media, leaving many women accustomed to restrictive norms and limited opportunities, a senior U.N. official has said. "There is nothing you can't do because ...
U.N. disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan makes Fortune's list of World's 50 Greatest Leaders
Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, has been named one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune. Ranked 37th, she is the only Japanese national to make the list compiled by the influential U.S. economic magazine. Nakamitsu "has a reputation for ...
U.N. disarmament head gives first briefing on Syria chemical weapons
Izumi Nakamitsu, the United Nations' new head of disarmament, gave her first briefing to the 15-member Security Council on Tuesday, focusing on the latest developments on chemical weapons in Syria. As the high representative for disarmament affairs, the Japanese is in charge of a wide-ranging ...
Hiroshima mayor wants U.N. chief to attend nuclear disarmament conference in August
Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui has called on U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres to take part in a peace conference to be held in Nagasaki in August. Matsui made the request in a Monday meeting with Izumi Nakamitsu, the new U.N. undersecretary general and high representative ...
New U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu backs proposal for global nuclear weapons ban
Izumi Nakamitsu, the new U.N. undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, has said that she will throw her full support behind negotiations to ban nuclear weapons. In an interview Thursday, Nakamitsu, 53, said she will pay official visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki this summer, ...
Nakamitsu named U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs
Tokyo native Izumi Nakamitsu joined the U.N. in 1989 and has been assistant secretary-general and assistant administrator at the U.N. Development Program’s Crisis Response Unit since 2014.
Nakamitsu named Ban's special U.N. adviser on mass refugee, migrant movements
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon announced Tuesday his appointment of Japan's Izumi Nakamitsu as special adviser on follow-up to a recent summit on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants. The Sept. 19 summit, held on the sidelines of the 71st General Assembly session, was ...
