TOPICS
| NEW | Nov. 20, 2009 | Maritime Society in the Era of Global Warming - A Message from the Year 2050 - |
| NEW | Oct. 20, 2009 | Ocean Policy Studies No.7 |
| Sep. 25, 2009 | Provisional English Translation of the Law on Punishment of and Measures against Acts of Piracy | |
| Jun. 25, 2009 | A Proposal based on the results of the U.S. -Japan Seapower Dialogue |
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| Sep. 5, 2008 | OPRF Acquires Special Consultative Status at the United Nations | |
Newsletter
Summaries of Japanese newsletters
| NEW | The Ship & Ocean Newsletter, No.221 | October 20, 2009 |
| ● | Wanted: a new kind of hero David Pugh Formerly President, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO/Formerly President of the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data, Analysis Services of the International Council for Science. |
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| NEW | Ship & Ocean Newsletter Selected Papers No.11 | |
OPRF MARINT Monthly Report
We opine that extensive collection and adequate analysis and evaluation of maritime security information is supplied to help develop policies on national security and defense.
| NEW | Nov. 2009 | OPRF MARINT Monthly Report Aug. 2009 |
| Oct. 2009 | OPRF MARINT Monthly Report Jul. 2009 | |
| Aug. 2009 | OPRF MARINT Monthly Report Jun. 2009 | |

Masahiro Akiyama,
Chairman
Ocean Policy Research Foundation
The Ocean Policy Research Foundation was officially conferred NGO Special Consultative Status to the United Nations at the Economic and Social Council’s Substantive Session held 2008 July at UN headquarters in New York.
In accordance with this, OPRF is entitled to make and distribute statements at UN meetings. Conferment of Consultative Status is based on Article 71 of the UN Charter as well as ECOSOC Resolution 1996/31 and allows NGOs to assume the roles of technical experts, advisors, and consultants to individual states and the UN at large.
