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Report on the 5th General Assembly of Meguro UNESCO Association

April 18 (Sat), 2009, from 14：00, at Meguro School Support Center Attended by 190 members (among them 137 were letters of attorney)

The conference started with an opening address by Ms. Reiko Kato, the president of Meguro UNESCO Association, extending her gratitude towards all the people who gave cooperation to Meguro UNESCO Association, and she referred to her resolution to proceed toward the 55th anniversary of the association to be celebrated this year. Then, the congratulatory addresses were made by Mr. Aoki, Mayor of Meguro City, Mr. Oshio, Superintendent of Education of Meguro City, and Mr. Tajima, an advisor to Meguro UNESCO Association. At this moment, Ms. Kato presented Mr. Oshio with a “guidance material concerning environmental problems” made by the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan.
The bills including activity reports, a statement of accounts, an audit report in FY 2008, reelection of board members, activity plan and a budget plan in FY 2009 were discussed and approved.
As this was a year to reelect board members, the nomination committee proposed names of candidates and all of them were approved by those in attendance. Then, new directors elected officers from among them. The association’s new system was prepared to start through the regular procedure and we have just marked a new step forward.
The conference closed at 15:30.
-written by Yoshio Shimizu and translated by Keiko Matsuura

FY2009-2010, 36 directors and 2 auditors
Reiko Kato, Noboru Mochizuki, Akiko Miyashita, Mitsutoshi Masuda, Masumi Saito