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Seminar on Refugees & Human Rights to Be Held in Tokyo
Agenda for Tokyo Seminar
| 13:00 | Registration “North Korean Children Beyond the Border” a documentary film (20minutes) to be played continuously as people enter… |
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| 13:30 | Welcoming Remarks Hiroshi Kato, Secretariat Director of Life Funds for North Korean Refugees (LFNKR) |
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| 14:00 | State of Human Rights in Asia Kanae Doi Tokyo Director of Human Rights Watch |
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| 14:20 | Human Trafficking Forum Stories from the victims Opening remarks – Introduction Testimony from victims Participants Q & A |
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| 15:20 | Presentation Trafficked North Korean women and their Children in China Kate Nielsen Director of International Relations, LFNKR |
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| 15:40 | Presentation The invisible trafficking to China from Kachin State in Myanmar Shirley Seng Director of Kachin Women’s Association in Thailand |
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| 16:00 | Presentation Trafficking of North Koreans in China Lin Fei Representative of Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition Japan |
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| 16:20 | Presentation Reception condition of women and children asylum seekers in Japan Eri Ishikawa Secretary general of Japan Association for Refugees |
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| 16:40 | Presentation Resettlement of North Korean Women and children in Japan Kotaro Miura Representative of Society to Help Returnees to North Korea |
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| 17:00 | Panel Discussion Refugees and Human Rights in Asia |
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| 17:40 | Closing Remarks |
Refugee Rescue Activities – 2005
Report Submitted by By Kato Hiroshi, Secretary-General, LFNKR
Here is the script of the speech I presented at the second International Conference on NK Human Rights “The Seoul Summit, Promoting Human Rights in North Korea,” held on Dec. 8-10, 2005 at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, Korea.