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Inspector Tadanori INOMATA
Nationality: Japanese
Marital Status: Married

Education

1961-1965 

Keio University, Tokyo, Bachelor of Laws (Political Science, International
Relations)

1966-1967

Keio University, Graduate School and Master of Laws

and 1970-1971 (Government and International Relations)
1966-1968 Université de Rennes, France (Faculté de droit et des sciences économiques)
1971-1972 Institute for International Studies and Training, Fujinomiya, Japan Diploma (Area Studies-Europe and China, International Business Management and Languages-English and Chinese)

Professional Experiences

1966 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1966-1970 Attaché, Delegation of Japan to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
1970-1975 Economic Affairs Division, United Nations Bureau
1975-1978 Administrator, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
1978-1982 Economic Affairs Division, United Nations Bureau
1982-1984 Deputy Director, Energy Resources Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
1984-1987 Deputy Director, Manufactures Division, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
1988-1993 Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in New York

May 1993-Sept.  1995

Executive Director, Point of Contact for Nuclear Suppliers Group at Vienna
Sept.1995-Nov.1996 Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna
Nov.1996-Mar.1999 Consul General of Japan at Montreal
Apr.1999-Mar.2002 Professor of Transnational Relations at Graduate School for International Co-operation Studies, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Apr.2002 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan in Costa Rica
August 2004 Appointed Inspector of Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system 

Membership in Multilateral Bodies

1988-1994 Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
1989-1998 Member of United Nations Staff Pension Committee
1992-1996 Chairman of Standing Committee of United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board
1992 Vice-Chairman of United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board
1996-present Member of Finance Committee of International Sea Bed Authority
1994-1995

Chairman of Working Group on Maritime Cooperation of Commission on Narcotic Drugs

1996-1997 Chairman of United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
1999 and 2001

Chairman of Project Review Sub-Committee of Multilateral Fund for Implementation of Montreal Protocol

2003

Chairman of Executive Committee of Multilateral Fund for Implementation of Montreal Protocol

2004

Chairman of Steering Panel on Evaluation and Review of Financial Mechanism of Montreal Protocol

International Meetings and Conferences Attended

United Nations General Assembly (Second, Third and Fifth Committees)

Economic and Social Council

Committee for Programme and Coordination ACC/CPC Joint Meeting

United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders

World Ministerial Conference on Organized Transnational Crime

United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs

UNDP Governing Council

UNCTAD (fourth, fifth and seventh sessions) and Trade and Development Board

Working Party on Program Budget

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board and Standing Committee

OECD/Development Assistance Committee

GATT meetings, annual session of Contracting Parties and Council of Representatives (1984-1987)

IAEA General Conference, Board of Governors, Administrative and Budgetary Committee

UNIDO General Conference, IDB, Program and Budget Committee

Geneva Group Meetings at New York and Geneva

Major Publications and Academic Achievement

‘Quebec and Asia: Lessons of Japan-Quebec Relations in the Post-Referendum Period’, in The American Review of Canadian Studies, Association of Canadian Studies in the United States, Washington, summer 2002.

‘Toward Integrating the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements-Reflection on the Harmonization of Measures to Protect the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System’, in Gaimushou Chousa Geppou (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Research Journal), Tokyo, December 2001.

‘Toward International Governance of Peace Operations’, in Kokusaikyouryoku Ronshuu (Journal of Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies of Kobe University), Kobe, October 2001.

‘Internet and the United Nations Public Policy Networks’, in Ibid., Kobe, June 2001.

‘Reexamining the Certain Expenses of the United Nations toward a Coherent Financing of the United Nations as International Public Goods’, in Ibid., Kobe, February 2001.

‘Establishment of the United Nations Peace-keeping Reserve Fund: Toward an Effective System of Peace-keeping Financing’, in Ibid., Kobe, November 2000.

‘A Study on the Framework of International Cooperation for the Protection of the Ozon Layer under the Montreal’, in Ibid., June 2000.

‘Administration and Management for Peace-Tasks of the United Nations Secretariat’, in Kokusai Mondai (International Affairs, Monthly Review of Japan Institute of International Affairs), Tokyo, November 1993.

‘Meaning of Consensus in the North-South Negotiations’, in Hougakukenkyu (Keio University Law Faculty’s Journal), Tokyo, March 1983.

‘Evolution of Energy Issues in the United Nations System’, in Kokusaishigen (Specialized Journal of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Study Association in Natural Resources and Energy), Tokyo, February-April 1979.

‘Consensus Making and System of Representation in International Economic Organizations-Comparative Case Studies on ECOSOC and UNCTAD’, in Gaimushou Chousa Geppou, Tokyo, November 1971.

Awards

August 2004, decorated with La Orden Juan Mora Fernandez en el Grado de Gran Crux Placa de Plata by the Republic of Costa Rica

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