Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

UP Asian Center Hosts Former SG Ban Ki-moon and the 2025 Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue

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The UP Asian Center recently co-hosted the visit of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025 at the University of the Philippines Diliman on 11 November 2025, the second day of the two-day Dialogue. Co-hosted and organized with the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) of Stanford University and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, the first day of the Dialogue was held at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel in Makati. 

This 2025 dialogue focused on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. The Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue convenes social science researchers and scientists from Stanford University and across the Asia-Pacific region, alongside policymakers, private and public sector experts, and emerging leaders to accelerate progress on achieving the United Nations-adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Dialogue aims to generate new research and policy partnerships to expedite the implementation of the Agenda's underlying framework of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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       ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

      The TPSD 2025 is hosted and organized by Stanford University's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) and the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future. The co-host is the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines, Diliman (UP). The co-sponsor is the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in the Philippines (CIFAL Philippines).