Report on the 3rd General Assembly of NPO Meguro UNESCO Association

Attendance: 53 members (with 151 letters of attorney) May 19, Sat. (14:00 ? ), 2007, at Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan

The general assembly, favored by unexpectedly good weather after a heavy rain in the morning, was held in Room 6 of Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan. In the room were displayed thirteen panels of “World Heritage Sites in Danger” made by the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan.
After activity reports and the statement of accounts for fiscal 2006 were approved, new directors were elected for a two-year term, and the president and vice presidents were chosen by the new board members. Then the activity plan and the budget plan for fiscal 2007 proposed by the new board were approved.
Mr. Aoki, Mayor of Meguro City, Mr. Ogasawara, Director General of Meguro Board of Education, and Mr. Suzuki, a metropolitan assembly member, gave heartwarming and inspiring speeches in support of UNESCO activities.
The meeting, which ended after 3 pm, was followed by a tea party. Then Mr. Pablo Rodriguez Brizuela, Second Secretary at the Argentine Embassy, gave a lecture entitled “Charm of Argentina” as a lead in to the Argentine Fair (Meguro UNESCO is a co-host) held in various places in Meguro from May 22. Lastly, four youth members, Mitsutoshi Masuda, Keiko Okamura, Mari Kawaguchi, and Shotaro Kinpara, reported on their study tour in Myanmar. The program ended after 6 pm..
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New officers: Reiko Kato, Junko Ashida, Takashi Saito, Yasuko Hamada, Mitsuko Kato, Yoshiko Ishibashi, Masayuki Imai, Mariko Omae, Keiko Okamura, Shizuko Otaka, Yukio Okusawa, Keiko Kajitani, Yukiko Katsuoka, Liko Kanno, Setsuko Kurotani, Masumi Saito, Moriaki Saito, Yoichi Shimosato, Kimiko Shibutani, Sumio Suzuki, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Tomotaka Segawa, Yoshiko Nakajima, Tadashi Nakamura, Takeko Hashimoto, Kenichi Harada, Sadako Harada, Fumiko Harada, Michiko Hisatomi, Mitsutoshi Masuda, Keiko Matsuura, Fumiko Miyazaki, Akiko Miyashita, Noboru Mochizuki (34 people), Toyoko Sakuma, Sachiko Okada
- reported by PR Committee