Hisashi Owada (Japan)小和田恆

　　小和田恆大使生於1932年，曾經是日本駐聯合國常任代表。從東京大學畢業後，小和田恆進入日本外務省，擔任各種職務，大部分時間處理法律和聯合國事務，以及對美國和蘇聯的事務。小和田恆先後擔任過外務部長的私人秘書、日本首相的私人秘書、條約局局長、副部長和日本外務省副部長，為日本外交政策的形成做出了不可磨滅的貢獻。

　　小和田恆大使作為日本代表參加過各種雙邊、多邊外交大會和談判。他曾經是經濟合作與發展組織的常任日本代表(1988-1989)，也是駐聯合國常任代表(1994-1998)。在聯合國任職期間，他是『冷戰後時代』的發展新策略的積極倡導者，也是1998年10月在日本召開的『第二屆非洲發展東京國際大會』(TICAD II)的主要設計師。

　　除了外交領域的職業活動，小和田恆大使還積極參加各種學術活動。他在東京大學執教超過25年，並於1979-1981，1987-1989年兩次任教於哈佛法學院。在他出任聯合國大使期間，他還是哥倫比亞法學院的國際法兼職教授，紐約大學法學院因格•雷納特傑出法學訪問教授，國際法學院准會員。

　　Ambassador Hisashi Owada, former permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations, was born in 1932. After graduating from Tokyo University, Ambassador Owada joined the Foreign Ministry of Japan and has served in various posts in the foreign service of Japan, spending a large part of his career on legal as well as United Nations affairs, on the United States, and on the Soviet Union. Having served as private secretary to the foreign minister and then to the prime minister of Japan, and in his capacity as director-general of the Treaties Bureau (principal legal advisor), deputy minister and further as vice-minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ambassador Owada has been instrumental in the formulation of the foreign policy of Japan.

　　Ambassador Owada has also participated in numerous diplomatic conferences and negotiations, both bilateral and multilateral, as Japan」s representative. As ambassador, he was permanent representative of Japan to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (1988-89) and to the United Nations (1994-98). During his tenure of office at the United Nations, he was actively engaged in the promotion of a new strategy for development in "In the Post-Cold War Era" and has been the chief architect of the "TICAD II", which Japan hosted in October 1998.

　　In addition to his career activities in the field of foreign affairs, Ambassador Owada has also been active in the academic world. He taught at Tokyo University for more than 25 years, and at Harvard Law School in 1979-81, 1987 and 1989. During his ambassadorship at the United Nations, he was concurrently adjunct professor of International Law at Columbia Law School and Inge Rennert Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at New York University Law School; he is also an associate member of the Institute of International Law (Associ? de l'Institut de Droit International).