* On behalf of the Government and people of Japan, I should like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the thirty- seventh session of the General Assembly. I am confident that with your abundant experience and superior wisdom the current session wi…
I have the honour to present to the General Assem- bly the four reports of the Third Committee on agenda items 77. 78, 80 and 90.
12. Paragraph 10 of the report on item 77 IA/36/635I contains two draft resolutions which the Committee rec- ommends to the General Assembly for adoption.
13. Draft res…
My Government has firmly and consistently opposed all forms of racial discrimination, and it has time and again demanded that the Government of South Africa abolish its abhorrent policies of apartheid. Japan has supported numerous resolutions on this item and has extended maximum co-operation in the…
As a country which seeks its own security and prosperity in the context of world stability and peace, Japan is always attentive to develop- ments in the Middle East. In the year since the General Assembly last considered the situation in the Middle East various incidents have occurred in the ~gion, …
My delegation abstained in the voting on draft resolutions adopted at the 93rd meeting, mainly for the following reasons.
3. Japan has consistently supported efforts to achieve the early independence of Namibia through peaceful means. But, as my delegation has made clear on many occasions, we canno…
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly on the subject of the activities in which Japan i~ engaging in this the Interna- tional Year of Disabled Persons. We believe that the .United Nations is playing a pivotal role in effecting change in this important social and humanitarian is…
We note that international recognition of th,e need to settle the question of Palestine continues to grow. Japan has long realized the importance of this question, which is at the heart of the Middle East problem, and has consistently maintained the positio.n of recognizing and respecting the legiti…
The Territory of Namibia has been a matter of international concern for far too many years. In fact, ever since the United Nations was established 36 years ago it has been dealing with the question of Namibia. During this period many countries on the African continent have achieved independence. Nam…
Immediately after the Israeli air force attacked the Iraqi nuclear installations on 7 June this year the Security Council convened to consider the question. As the Japanese delegation made clear at that time, I the Government of Japan fi~ds it extremely regret- table that Israel took such an outrage…
On behalf of Czechoslovakia and Indonesia, which provide the Vice-Chairmen of the
~oard of Governors of IAEA, and on behalf of my own country, Japan, which is providing the current Chairman of the Board of Governors, I have the honour of submit-
t~:~ international community will have to face in th…
I should like briefly to touch upon the important issue of the launching of global negotiations.
51. First of all, my delegation would like to note that the Government of Japan participated actively in the re- cent North-South meeting at Cancun in a spirit of interde- pendence and mutuality of inte…
On behalfof my delegation, I wish to state first of all that from the long-term point of view it might be meaningful for the General Assembly to take up and consider fully the question of peace, stability and co~operation in South-East Asia. However, as all of us in this chamber are aware, there is …
As an Asian nation, my country is profoundly concerned over the situation in Kampuchea. which is adversely affecting the peace and stability of South-East Asia.
76. The core of the Kampuchean problem lies in the fact that Jhe Kampuchean people have been denied their right to self-determination owin…
At the meeting this morning, Mr. Dugersuren, the Foreign Minister of the Mongolian People's Republic, stated: "The increasingly obvious in- volvement of Japan in the military-political partnership of the United States of America and China ft-dversely affects the international situation." [l7th meeti…
Although the Chairman of my delegation will congratulate you in due course, Mr. President, I should like personally to express my warmest congratulations to you on your election as President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I am cOllfi- dent that y,>ur long experience in the work…
Ever since it was first established, the United Nations has had to deal with the question of Namibia, or South West Africa, as the Territory was then called. Although the Territory has not yet gained its independence, as a result of threee decades of continuous and tireless efforts in this world bod…
As I am sure representa- tives will recall, last year at its thirty-fourth session the General Assembly considered the item entitled
80. Here are the figures. In 1945, when the non- permanent membership was set at 6, it represented 1 for each 8 United Nations Members, naturally not counting the per…
The situation in Afghanistan, which was brought about in December 1979 by the Soviet military invasion and aroused indignation and apprehension throughout the world, continues una· bated. That situation, as has been repeatedly argued, vio- lates basic principles of international law, in particular t…
' Mr. President. on behalf of the Government and people ofJapan Ishould like to extend our congratulations to you on your being elected President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I earnestly hope that under your able leadership this session of the General Assembly will prove to b…
