Akio Matsumura is a renowned diplomat who has dedicated his life to building bridges between government, business, and spiritual leaders in the cause of world peace. He is the founder and Secretary General of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival with conferences held in Oxford, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Kyoto, and Konya.
Accomplishments
From the World Business Academy.
In the last two decades of the 20th century, Akio created many of the events that spoke of a higher sense of connectedness between all nations and cultures across the earth:
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1999 |
European Parliamentary steering meeting at Parliament Building, in Berlin |
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1997 |
Secretary-General, Central Asian Parliamentary and Spiritual Conference, at Konya, Turkey |
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1995 |
Organizer, World Assembly on Reconciliation hosted by Prime Minister Rabin and Chairman Arafat, at Jericho |
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1992 |
First Secretary-General, International Green Cross |
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1992 |
Secretary-General, Parliamentary Earth Summit Conference, at Rio de Janeiro |
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1990 |
Secretary-General, Global Forum Conference hosted by President Gorbachev at the Kremlin |
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1982 – 1993 |
Advisor to United Nations Development Program |
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1988 |
Secretary-General, Oxford Global Conference of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival, hosted by Archbishop of Canterbury, at Oxford University |
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1985 |
Founder, Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival |
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1984 |
All-Arab Regional Parliamentary Conference on Population, at Tunis |
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1983-1989 |
An Initiating Member and Advisor of the InterAction Council of Former Heads of Government |
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1981 |
Conference Coordinator, Asian Parliamentary Conference on Population, hosted by the Chinese Government, sponsored by the UNFPA |
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1979 |
Chief Coordinator, World Parliamentary Conference, hosted the Sri Lankan Government, sponsored by the UNFPA |