I thank Special Envoy Pedersen, Mr. Rajasingham, Director of Coordination of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Ms. Hayford for their valuable briefings.
The 13-year conflict in Syria, already one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, has recently seen a significant …
I would like to express my gratitude to Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Xia, Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Ms. Vaweka for their briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representatives of Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
It is regrettable to see the …
I too thank Ms. Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, for her valuable update.
The current situation in Gaza, which began 200 days ago with the brutal terror attacks by Hamas and other groups, has led to unprecedented destruction and a humanitarian catastrophe. A…
Japan is disappointed by the failure of the Council to adopt draft resolution S/2024/302. We deeply regret the decision of the Russian Federation to use the veto to block the adoption of this historic draft resolution on weapons of mass destruction in outer space.
Sixty-five countries co-sponsored …
I thank Ms. Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (IIIM), for her valuable …
Japan and the United States sought to develop a draft resolution that could be adopted unanimously. For that reason, we focused on a narrow topic, namely, preventing the placement of weapons of mass destruction in outer space. Over the past weeks, Japan and the United States have made considerable c…
This year marks the second anniversary of the adoption of resolution 76/262, the so-called veto initiative. As we have seen the repeated use of the veto over the past two years, we cannot stress enough the importance of that initiative as a mechanism for holding the Security Council accountable to t…
I sincerely thank Malta for convening today’s important meeting. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Patten, Ms. Ahmadi and Ambassador Gurira for their comprehensive briefings and their strenuous efforts to raise our awareness on this critically pressing and important issue.…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Salvador, for her briefing. I also thank Executive Director Russell and Executive Director Waly for their updates and welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of
the Dominican Republic, Mr. Álvarez Gil, and the representative of Haiti…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo, Director Wosornu and His Excellency Mr. Ibn Chambas for their briefings. I also welcome the representative of the Sudan.
I would like to mention three points today.
First, we deeply regret that the guns have not been silenced in the Sudan, even though a ye…
I would like to welcome to the Security Council the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta, as the Chairperson-in- Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and thank him for the insightful and comprehensive briefing today.
Japan pays tribute to…
Last month the Security Council was finally able to adopt resolution 2728 (2024), which demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in the hopes of bringing about a real change on the ground.
However, a ceasefire has not been realized and the humanitarian catastrophe is deepening. The people of Gaza are…
I thank His Excellency Mr. Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Malta, for his initiative. My appreciation also goes to the Secretary-General for his briefing.
The conflict that started with the attack by Hamas and others in October 2023 has continued for mor…
I express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Mr. Kamel and Ms. Messaoudi for their insightful briefings.
In the year 1862, 162 years ago, after Japan ended its two-centuries-long isolation, the first Japanese dele…
I would like to pay tribute to Jordan for its initiative in proposing this meeting. I also thank Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), for his briefing.
More than six months have passed since the t…
I would like to deliver the following remarks in my national capacity.
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Bathily for his insightful and sobering update on the situation in Libya. I also welcome Ambassador El-Sonni, the Permanent Representative of Libya, to today’s meeting. To…
We appreciate Special Envoy Grundberg and Director Wosornu for their informative briefings. Our appreciation also goes to Ms. Shakir for her briefing on the impacts of climate change in Yemen.
Today I wish to address three points.
First, with regard to the ongoing threats to maritime security by t…
Allow me to begin my statement by expressing our sincere appreciation to Director General Grossi for his briefing on the most recent developments on the ground.
Japan remains deeply concerned about the nuclear safety and security situation in Ukraine, in particular at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power…
I too thank the Secretary- General for his timely briefing on this urgent matter. We are now witnessing an extremely dangerous situation that could have catastrophic consequences for the region and the whole world.
Japan is deeply concerned about Iran’s attack on Israel with numerous drones and mis…
I thank Mr. Fung and the other briefer for their presentations.
Yesterday in this Chamber we discussed the humanitarian crisis caused by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in violation of the Charter of the United Nations (see S/PV.9600). Today Russia has once again criticized the international co…
