It is with great sadness that JCCP shares with its members and friends that Mr. Mitsuro Donowaki, JCCP Chairman died on the 7th of September 2015.

A private funeral will be held.

Mitsuro Donowaki
Chairman, Japan Center for Conflict Prevention

Career
1954 Graduated from Tokyo University, and recruited by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1973 First Secretary, Japan Embassy in the USA
1975 Counsellor, Japan Embassy in China
1979 Deputy Director-General, European and Asian Affairs Bureau
1982 Consul-General, Consulate General of Japan, in Honolulu
1984 Director-General, Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau
1986 Ambassador to Nigeria
1989 Ambassador, Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
1992 Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs
1993 Ambassador to Mexico
1996 Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (~2004)
1996 Board Member, Pacific International Center for High Technology Research
1999 Deputy Chairman, Japan Center for Conflict Prevention
2006 President, Japan Center for Conflict Prevention
2013 Chairman, Japan Center for Conflict Prevention

Other Positions held;
Advisor, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,Ltd. (1996~2002)
Member, Group of Government Experts, United Nations Register of Conventional Arms（1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003）
Member, the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (1993~1998) 　
Chairperson, the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (1996~1997)　　　　　　　　　　　
Chairperson, UN Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms　(1996~1997)
Guest Researcher, National Institute for Research Advancement　（1999~2000）
Chairperson, High Level Segment of the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (2001)