24SOPHIA MAGAZINE Vol. 19Special TalkPART 2Video message: António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-GeneralYasuhiro Ueki, Director, Sophia University Human Resources Center for International Cooperationdevelopment, and ensure respect for human rights.Following the opening remarks, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted in a special video message that the UN, since its es-tablishment, has been a place for countries to unite to address and create solutions for a diversity of issues, including some unimagi-nable in 1945. He said, “In September, the General Assembly ad-opted the Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact, and the Declaration on Future Generations, mile-stone agreements that together will help ensure that the United Nations system adapts, reforms, and regenerates to respond to surrounding changes and challenges and to be able to de-liver solutions.” Stating that the work of the UN continues to be “rooted in the timeless values and principles of the UN Charter, international law, and the dig-nity and every person’s human rights,” he called for the unity of all nations in “determined action for multilateral solutions that result in peace, shared prosperity, and a thriving planet.” Kaoru Nemoto, Director of the UN Information Center in Tokyo, suggested that the outcome document adopted in September at the Summit of the Future, referenced in the message by The second part of the symposium began with an introductory address by Taro Komatsu, professor in the Sophia University Department of Education. Komatsu also facilitated the presen-tation and panel sessions with three esteemed speakers from UN agencies that followed. Komatsu touched on the fact that a relatively large number of people are facing humanitarian crises in different parts of the world, including 120 million individuals forcibly displaced as of mid 2024, and many more internally displaced who have been forced to leave their homes while remaining within the borders of their own country. Guterres, could potentially play an invaluable role in multilater-alism centered around the UN. “One of the chapters of the pact is dedicated to challenges future generations, including today’s youth, will face. There is even an annex directed entirely to generations yet to be born,” Nemoto said. She noted that three young people, in the presence of leaders from all the countries attending the summit, gave speeches in the opening ceremony, following the remarks by the UN General Assembly President and UN Secretary-General. She said, “The first day of the two-day action days prior to the summit was planned by young people and attended by 1,600 youths.” She emphasized that this signified global expectations for the power of young people to effect positive change and overcome conflict in order to connect people in our divided world. She concluded expressing hope that this event attended by many young people would contribute to a deeper understanding and greater interest in the work of the UN.“Humanitarian crises today are complex and prolonged. Many people are affected by a constellation of multiple crises such as violent conflicts, natural disasters, pandemics, and so forth. Furthermore, today’s crises, especially violent conflicts, tend to go on for extended periods, often exceeding several years,” he said. According to Komatsu, such trends in humanitarian crises affect the way humanitarian aid is planned and delivered. “Given the limited resources, we have to be creative and innovative in re-sponding to multiple challenges,” he said, while also pointing out that there is no clear consensus on the definition of innovation in humanitarian action. He said that the purpose of the symposium was to facilitate discussion on this topic. He welcomed both the Humanitarian Actions and Innovations of UN Agencies
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