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| Opening ceremony (L-R) Mr. Yoshikazu Shirakawa, Alpine Photographer/Design of UN stamps for IYM2002; Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto, ex-Prime Minister of Japan; Mr. Takehide Kazami, Chairman of the Japan Alpine Photographers Association; Prof. Jack D. Ives, Senior Adviser to UNU; Prof. Hans van Ginkel, Rector UNU; Mr. Hatsuhisa Takashima, Director, UNIC Japan.
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Opening Ceremony - "cutting the tape" (L-R) Mr. Yoshikazu Shirakawa, Alpine Photographer/Design of UN stamps for IYM2002; Mr. Takehide Kazami, Chairman of the Japan Alpine Photographers Association; Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto, ex-Prime Minister of Japan; Prof. Jack D. Ives, Senior Adviser to UNU; Prof. Hans van Ginkel, Rector UNU; Mr. Hatsuhisa Takashima, Director, UNIC Japan.
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| Prof. Hans van Ginkel, Rector UNU delivers a speech |
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Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto, ex-Prime Minister of Japan.
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| Mr. Takehide Kazami, Chairman of the Japan Alpine Photographers Association delivers a speech |
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Mr. Yoshikazu Shirakawa, Alpine Photographer/Design of UN stamps for IYM2002 delivers a speech
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| Prof. Jack D. Ives, Senior Adviser to UNU delivers a speech |
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Foreground - Mr. Ryutaro Hashimoto, ex-Prime Minister of Japan
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