Asako Okai
@asakookai
Currently Ambassador of Japan to Bahrain. Former UN Assistant Secretary-General, Director of UNDP's Crisis Bureau.
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20-12-2018 15:43:06
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We've had a busy 2023.
In the first 1/2 of the year, UN Development's Crisis Academy delivered gamified learning to around 500 #crisis professionals from #UNDP & partners in over 90 countries. #FutureSmartUNDP
Find outmore in our mid-year newsletter: rb.gy/1lhhp
A day of gratitude and relief as threat of Red Sea oil spill from #FSOSafer is averted. The United Nations-led, United NationsDP implemented plan to #StopRedSeaSpill has succeeded. 2 years of meticulous & painstaking negotiations and logistics by our dedicated teams delivered
Could purely data-driven models have anticipated the recent coup in #Niger ?
UN Development Crisis Bureau's José Luengo-Cabrera explains why balancing quantitative and qualitative inputs in crisis analytics is essential.
Read more: undp.org/blog/how-data-…
Only when there is early warning can there be early action.
The INFORM Warning project co-led by UN Development and UN Humanitarian is supported by Complex Risk Analytics Fund
It will use reliable data to monitor how conflict risk changes and anticipate new crises.
More👇:
drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/inform-index/I…
By strengthening #LocalGovernance , UN Development is helping to ensure that communities in fragile & conflict-affected settings like #Yemen can continue to access essential services.
Let’s work together to make sure that everyone’s needs are met! #LNOB
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#RuleofLaw forms the foundation for peaceful societies and plays a vital role in accomplishing the Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs .
We look forward to collaborating with all UN Development partners in implementing the New Vision for the Rule of Law. #RoL4Peace
Investing in development today prevents crises tomorrow.
Learn how UN Development addresses conflict and crisis drivers with Achim Steiner, Abdallah Dardari and Iryna in Episode 1 of Hello Future. A Must-see piece!
#FutureOfDevelopment
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Honoured to speak at ‘Sustainable Peace and Prosperity for All’, a #NPTPrepCom hybrid side event, highlighting the interconnectedness between peace, eliminating nuclear weapons and sustainable development. Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe)
More: ow.ly/i06m50PqnH8
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長崎県総合公式と広島県が#NPT #PrepCom で、8月1日サイドイベント「持続可能な平和と繁栄について」をハイブリッド開催
登壇者:Asako Okai Patricia Jaworek Sebastian Brixey-Williams, Marcina Langrine
オンライン申込→
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One in 78 people worldwide were forcibly displaced by the end of 2022, compared to one in 167 in 2012.
A change of course is key, with a greater role for development actors.
I was in Jordan with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency' Raouf Mazou to hear from Syrian refugees and host communities.
Decades of conflict and instability have devastated Afghan families, local communities and the national economy. Through the ABADEI programme, UN Development is working with the Afghan people to advance progress on the #SDGs .
Learn how: stories.undp.org/building-brick…
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The realization of the #SDGs is at the core of UN Development’s mandate. That’s why people on the move must not be excluded from the #2030Agenda .
My statement from UNDP-IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 #HLPF Human Mobility event yesterday 👇
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