Global Platform Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 was hosted by the Government of Indonesia and was held in Bali on May 2022. As the nature of the United Nations event there were hundreds of nations that participated in this international forum. To get more details regarding GPDRR you click here : https://globalplatform.undrr.org/

I was hired to accompany the Japanese Cabinet Office State Minister’s delegation. The State Minister is fluent in English and could interact very well with other English speaking participants. So my role as an interpreter was quite minimum and I was more as a backup support.

*I’m the one in the red circle

My most important role was during the bilateral meeting with Indonesian counterpart. The Indonesian counterpart is the head of BNPB (Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency). And the meeting was conducted in Indonesian and Japanese language. So this is where I could use my interpreting skills at its best.

Up to date, this is my second United Nations related event that I was involved in. And probably this is also my second highest profile job that I have taken. The first one is of course when Japanese Ex-Prime Minister came to visit Indonesian President in 2017 where I was assigned to be one of the interpreters at that event.

As one of the few people in Indonesia that provide Trilingual interpretation (English – Japanese – Indonesian), I feel honored that I could get involved in such a high level interpretation jobs.