Allow me to start by expressing my gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on such a timely topic. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Alexandre Zouev and Commissioner Bankole Adeoye for their briefings. I also welcome the presence of the representatives of South Africa and Slova…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the United Arab Emirates and Japan, as co-penholders on the issue of Afghanistan.
We thank Mozambique for convening this meeting and all members of the Council for their constructive engagement.
We have before us two draft resolutions on Afghanistan today.
Th…
Mr. President, I would like to join other speakers in expressing our heartfelt sympathy to and solidarity with your country, Mozambique, as
well as Malawi, and the people of those two countries, for the recent damage caused by Cyclone Freddy.
Let me thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secr…
I thank the briefers for their briefings, in which we heard about various forms of discrimination, including harmful rhetoric and incitement related to the war in Ukraine.
We should not tolerate any form of discrimination against any people, because it harms their dignity as human beings and could …
I thank Special Representa tive Roza Otunbayeva and Ms. Zubaida Akbar for their briefings.
Japan is deeply concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation that the Afghan people, especially women and girls, are facing. We strongly condemn the Taliban’s measures to restrict the rights of w…
I would like to express my appreciation to you, Madam President, for convening
today’s important open debate on women and peace and security. I thank all the briefers for their comprehensive briefings.
Over the past 25 years, the Security Council has discussed this important agenda extensively. Ne…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Nakamitsu for her briefing.
First of all, Japan would like to express its full support for the impartial, independent and professional work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its Technical Secretariat. The use of chemical weapons …
We join other colleagues in commending the successful presidency of Malta and congratulate Mozambique on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March.
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Suda…
I thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen, Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and Ms. Rasha Muhrez for their briefings.
We are saddened to hear that Türkiye and northern Syria were hit by additional earthquakes on 20 February, and we extend our deepest condolences to those affected by these series …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily for his briefing.
Japan fully supports the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and Special Representative Bathily in their tireless efforts to engage with a diverse range of Libyan interlocutors from all regions and segmen…
On behalf of Japan, we welcome the adoption of resolution 77/275, entitled “Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” under agenda item 128, “Global health and foreign policy”. We would also like to express our
appreciati…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important meeting. My appreciation also goes to the Secretary-General.
One year ago today, right here in this very Chamber, right in the middle of the discussion on how to prevent aggression against Ukraine (see S/PV.8974), a permanent member of the S…
I would like to welcome His Excellency High Representative Borrell Fontelles in person to the Security Council and thank him for his detailed and insightful briefing. We also thank you, Mr. President, for hosting such an important meeting at an opportune moment and a time when we need cooperation an…
I thank Deputy Special Representative Gbeho, Special Representative Souef and Executive Director Bahous of UN-Women for their briefings and contributions.
Peace and stability in Somalia is essential for a stable and prosperous Horn of Africa and can contribute to a vibrant maritime economy, expandi…
I thank Under-Secretary- DiCarlo, Mr. Sachs and Mr. McGovern for their briefings.
Japan is deeply concerned about the incident in relation to critical infrastructure, namely, the Nord Stream pipelines, in international waters in the Baltic Sea. We are concerned about potentially long-term damage an…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Rugwabiza and the Chair of the Central African Republic country-specific configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Hilale, for their insightful briefings and contributions. I would also like to thank the Foreign Minister of the …
I would like to briefly react to the issue of abandoned chemical weapons raised by the Chinese delegation.
In accordance with the destruction plan agreed between Japan and China, Japan has been making, and will continue to make, the best possible efforts to complete the destruction. I would like to…
Japan welcomes the adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2023/1 as a united message of the Security Council.
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland and Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
in the Near East (UNRWA) Leni Stenseth fo…
I thank Mr. Khaled Khiari for his briefing.
I must begin by expressing my greatest regret that North Korea once again launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) followed by two ballistic missiles yesterday. The ICBM impacted in the Japanese exclusive economic zone, just 200 kilometres fr…
I listened very carefully to the arguments on the Minsk agreements, and, yes, we need to learn lessons from what happened and what is happening to realize sustainable peace in accordance with international law. However, no argument can justify aggression nor divert our attention from the reality of …
