Japan is pleased to co-sponsor and join consensus on the four draft resolutions under agenda item 72, reaffirming the United Nations vital role in meeting global humanitarian needs.
From Asia to the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, the Middle East and Latin America, the world continues to experience unpr…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing.
It has been more than two months since Hamas’s brutal terror attack on 7 October, in which more than 1,200 people were killed in Israel and around 250 taken hostage, more than half of whom are still held captive. We once again unequivocally conde…
More than two months have passed since Hamas’s terror attack on Israel on 7 October, followed by Israel’s massive military response. After several failed attempts, the Security Council finally spoke on 15 November through its adoption of resolution 2712 (2023). After that, a hopeful week-long humani…
I highly appreciate your initiative, Mr. President, to organize this meeting on this timely and important topic. I also thank the Secretary- General, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Waly, Professor Cammett and Ms. Nyanjura for their briefings.
The world ha…
I would like to start by thanking France for requesting this meeting, which gives us an opportunity to reaffirm our solidarity with the people of Ukraine. I would also like to thank Mr. Jenča and Mr. Rajasingham for their alarming briefings.
The second winter since Russia launched its unprovoked wa…
The Chinese delegation has yet again made a groundless statement and allegation concerning Japan. We have therefore been forced to exercise the right of reply.
I do not want to repeat Japan’s position, which is crystal clear. But I want to point out just one fact, which is that the water being disc…
At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Natalie Morris- Sharma of Singapore and Mr. Andreas Kravik of Norway for their excellent work as coordinators of draft resolution A/78/L.15 and draft resolution A/78/L.13, respectively. Japan also wishes to express our appreciation fo…
I thank Mr. Christian Ritscher, Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD), for the valuable information he furnished the Council with today.
As part of the international co…
Japan thanks the United Kingdom, as the penholder, for its effort to seek common ground among Council members, the Sudan and the Secretariat to craft a compromise text for resolution 2715 (2023).
Although the Council has decided to terminate the current mandate of the United Nations Integrated Tran…
I would like to join colleagues in expressing our gratitude and congratulations to Ambassador Zhang Jun and his team for the successful conclusion of their presidency in November. I also extend our heartfelt welcome to the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador, and wish him and his team all the be…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. My appreciation also goes to the Secretary-General and the Special Coordinator.
Today is the forty-sixth anniversary of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. I have been engaged in the Middle East for four …
I would like to thank Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Ms. Wosornu, for their valuable updates.
The world’s attention is now focused on the deepening crisis in Gaza. Not only do we need to prevent …
I too thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
I must begin by expressing my condemnation in the strongest terms of yet another launch by North Korea using ballistic-missile technology, in violation of multiple Security Council resolutions. It is particularly appalling that its re…
I thank the Executive Directors of UN-Women, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Population Fund for their briefings.
Japan is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, which is worsening to an unprecedented level. There are no words to explain this horror. Mo…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Miroslav Jenča and World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Ukraine Matthew Hollingworth for their briefings.
More than 600 days have passed since the aggression against Ukraine began. Today we once again pay our utmost respects to the U…
We are grateful for the introduction this draft resolution (A/78/L.9) by Mr. Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Since the resolution on the Olympic Truce was first introduced, on the occasion of the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lil…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres, Ms. Rousseff and Professor Sachs for their remarks.
Achieving and maintaining sustainable peace and security requires not just a short-term response to violence or a humanitarian situation, but also medium- to long-term efforts to prevent the outbreak or recurren…
I will not repeat Japan’s position against the groundless statement made by the representative of North Korea. On another point, I deeply regret that the representative of North Korea has chosen to refer to a matter that holds no relevance to the debate on Security Council reform.
Regarding the wat…
It is regrettable that a certain Member State made a groundless statement regarding Japan yet again today. As the record clearly shows, Japan has been consistently contributing to the United Nations and the international community in a positive way, and we will continue to do so.
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris and other briefer for their briefings.
Freedom of religion or belief is an indispensable and universal principle shared by the global community. In recent years, we have been witnessing countless serious human rights situations that undermine the fo…
