5www.mod.go.jp/en/jdf/Japan and Viet Nam have co-chaired the fourth cycle of ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations (PKO-EWG) and led PKO coopera-tion among ADMM-Plus member states since 2021. The final meeting under the fourth cycle was held in Tokyo on December 5, 2023, where co-chairs summarized three-year activities and completed its term by handing over to next co-chairs Brunei and China.The 4th Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Seminar under PKO-EWG was held back-to-back with the meeting, inviting conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) experts and a former Military Gender Advisor from multi-dimensional PKO missions to share insights and experience on the latest CRSV situation and desirable civil-military coordination. The WPS Seminar deepened understanding on CRSV among participants, with insightful contributions from the former Mili-From December 17 to 20, the JMOD/JSDF provided advice to Lao People’s Army on its Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) training simulating response to flooding. This was the culmination of the Japan-Lao PDR HA/DR capacity building project which started in 2016.The Lao People’s Army participants applied what they had learned in previous years activ-ities to the simulating response. The JMOD/JSDF will continue strengthening the bilateral defense relationship between Japan and Lao PDR and contribute to regional peace and stability through this project.tary Gender Advisor and women protection advisers who served in PKO missions in South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic.The JMOD continues its efforts in advancing WPS.ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group on ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations and WPS SeminarPeacekeeping Operations and WPS SeminarCapacity Building Project in LaosCapacity Building Project in Laos
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