- Kenzo Oshima
is the
Permanent Representative of Japan to theUnited Nations . He is the former United NationsUndersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs . He is the recipient of a law degree fromTokyo University .Before his appointment to the UN office, he was the Ambassador of Japan to
Australia from September2003 to December2004 . In mid-January2001 , Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan appointed him head of theOffice for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs . Prior to this, he was Secretary-General of the Secretariat forInternational Peace Cooperation Headquarters in the Office of thePrime Minister of Japan , where he oversaw Japan's peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance program. During his early diplomatic career he was posted abroad toFrance ,India ,Australia , and the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations headquarters inNew York City .On a personal level, Mr. Oshima took the issue of Chernobyl to heart, being a Hiroshima survivor. In his capacity as United Nations Coordinator of International Cooperation on Chernobyl, he launched the report "The Human Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: A Strategy for Recovery."
He is married with two children.
External links
* [http://www.un.int/japan/mission/oshima.html Resume from the UN Mission of Japan]
* [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2000/20001206.sga755.doc.html UN press release on his appointment] ,6 December 2000
* http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/61/pdfs/japan-e.pdf
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