IOC/UNESCO 32nd Session of the Assembly, Paris

Prof. Saito attended the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) 32nd Session of the Assembly as a member of the Japanese delegation. At the Assembly, Prof. Yutaka Michida, AORI, was elected as IOC Chair. This is the first time a Japanese person has been elected as Chairperson since the inception of the IOC in 1960.

https://www.cicaori.com/post/prof-michida-elected-as-ioc-chair

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/articles/z0210_00260.html 

From AORI, Prof. Makino and Prof. Harada also attended.

Group photo of the Japanese Delegation

Dinner after the Assembly.