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FB post shared by Yoshi Uramoto Friends and colleagues of Kunio. It is with deep sorrow that I inform you of Kunio's demise on February 3. He finally succumbed to pancreatic cancer which he had been battling for several years, enjoying life as best he can. 

Carl Tinstman at the Bali Reunion, photographed by Kunio Waki Kunio joined UNICEF in 1971. His first assignment was in India (5 years and a half) and then Bangladesh for three years. He later was Chief Asia Section at UNICEF in New York and Deputy Regional Director, UNICEF Bangkok.  Kunio headed UNICEF Country Offices in Pakistan, Nigeria and Japan. After working with UNICEF for 26 years, he was seconded to UNDP as Associate Director to provide leadership in UN reforms. His last UN assignment was Deputy Executive Director at UNFPA, UN Population Fund, as Assistant Secretary General for 7 years. There, he provided leadership in formulating program policies and strategies, and improving management.  He has published three books in Japanese based on his experiences with UN and most recently on global leadership published by Bungeisha, Tokyo just a month ago. Kunio loves fishing and has traveled to fantastic places around the world to follow his passion for fishing — of course be...

Editor's Note:  Comments added below from Kul Gautam, Sudarshan Narula, Shahida Azfar, Farid Rahman Steve Umemoto Planning officers meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand 1977. From left to right (including country of assignment)      Tony Reyes (Philippines); Kunio Waki (Bangaldesh); Samiarti (Indonesia); Akram Piracha (Laos -- Rep); Hans Narula (Indonesia); Steve Umemoto (EAPRO). Steve Umemoto The small Chiangmai meeting that I organized is merely a bit of the "planning" culture development in 1970s UNICEF in Asia.   Broadening UNICEF assistance beyond collections of "projects" at country level got a boost with a 1964 "Round-table Conference" organized by Dick Heyward, the newly recruited Assistant Director for Planning, Edward Iwaszkiewicz, and UNICEF Consultant Herman Stein, on "Planning for the Needs of Children in Developing Countries". The conference involved some of Europe, Asia and North America's leading economists including J...