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Election of Alumni
Representative
New ---> 1 September 2009: Ms. Sampan Panjarat
(Thailand) 2007-2008 Programme Alumni is appointed as new
United Nations - Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Alumni Representative by
the Alumni and current Fellows.
30 July 2008: Mr. Andi Arsana (Indonesia)
2007-2008 Fellow is elected as the first
United Nations - Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship Alumni Representative by
the Alumni and current Fellows
“I am pleased to inform you
that we, the Alumni of Asia-Pacific, have managed to organize a newsletter,
published quarterly.
The very first edition was published at the end of
last month, after a very long process and discussion.
We realize this publication is far form perfect
but we believe this can be a good start for something better in the future.
In addition, this small idea may hopefully
stimulate similar and even better ideas from alumni in the other regions.
Being the representative of the Alumni, I will be
happy to work with all of you to organize such publication for all alumni.
With good collaboration, I believe we can do it.
With regard to the Asia Pacific newsletter, please
feel free to comment and suggest.
Due to limited ability and experience, you might find
many things to improve in the newsletter. Please kindly let me know.
I personally thank everybody contributing their
ideas in this edition. I am looking forward to having more contributions from
you for the next editions.
I wish you all a best of luck with everything you
are doing.
Sincerely yours, Andi”
New ---> UNNFF
Asia-Pacific Alumni News Letter (May 2009 – July 2009) Volume 2, Number 2
UNNFF Asia-Pacific Alumni
News Letter (Feb 2009 – April 2009) Volume 1, Number 2
UNNFF Asia-Pacific Alumni
News Letter (Nov 2008 – Jan 2009) Volume
1, Number 1
Alumni Network
“Dear UN-Nippon Alumni and
Fellows,
I am very pleased to announce a new and extremely important element of
the United Nations – Nippon Foundation of Japan
Fellowship Programme:
The Alumni Programme.
With the continued generous support of the Nippon Foundation of Japan,
we will now be in a position to start developing activities for the Alumni.
The objective of these activities will
be to provide you with continuing knowledge development and networking events,
as well as opportunities to participate
as Alumni in various high-profile external events.
The Alumni Programme
will also allow for the participation of the Fellowship Academic Co-supervisors
in many of these activities.
The Alumni Programme will be developed in a
stepwise manner and in consultation with the Alumni. The Alumni Representative
will be the
primary point of contact for the Alumni, and we will also periodically
communicate directly with all Alumni. Of course, you should all feel
free to continue to communicate your ideas and experiences through the
Fellows’ News Group and/or directly to me.
It is also my pleasure to announce that the first activity of the Alumni
Programme will be an event for the “
However, although still in the planning stages, we can already confirm
the date and announce that the event will consist of presentations and
discussion sessions, as well as social and official functions and
visits. The Alumni of the region, certain Co-supervisors and many
external guests will be present, including high-level Japanese officials
and Dr. Sasakawa himself.
Building on what is expected to be a very successful event in
the Alumni Programme
will subsequently turn its attention to another region – stay tuned!
I am certain you will all agree that
the establishment of the Alumni Programme is an
important opportunity for each and every one of us, and
I count on your continued dedication in taking full advantage. I am also
sure that I speak for all in expressing our heartfelt gratitude to the
Nippon Foundation of Japan for its continued generous support, vision
and trust in us.”
First Meeting of the Alumni
United Nations –
The Division for Ocean Affairs and the
Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations and the
Nippon Foundation of Japan are pleased
to announce that the
United Nations – Nippon Foundation
Fellowship Programme Asia-Pacific Alumni meeting was
held in
The meeting brought together 16 Alumni
of the Asia-Pacific region with 3 Fellowship Programme
academic co‑supervisors,
several Japanese Government officials
and scholars from the
A special segment on the Japanese
Basic Ocean Law was co-organized by the Ocean Policy and Research Foundation.
The meeting was opened by Dr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the
Nippon Foundation at the Foundation Headquarters in
The meeting closed with a day-long
session on the future activities and organization of the Alumni Network.
UN-Nippon Fellowship
Asia-Pacific Alumni Meeting page
Congratulations to all those who
participated for a resounding success!
Launching of the Alumni Website
New ---> All Alumni and current Fellows must
obtain a user id/pw from the site administrator and proceed to create and
update their profiles.
Note that the detailed profiles on the
UN Fellowship website will no longer be maintained,
and it will be the responsibility of each of you to update your profile
as required on the www.unfalumni.org
website.
Alumni and current Fellows can also
sign-up for their personalized web-mail account with the domain yourname@unfalumni.org
All are also encouraged to post
personal updates, latest developments and etc on the website.