I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting, and I am grateful to all the speakers for their insightful remarks.
I would like to begin by congratulating the African Union (AU) on the twentieth anniversary of
its establishment. The AU has made great progress in the past two dec…
The high-level week of the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly brought into the open a sense of crisis among the Member States that today the international order is being seriously challenged and the role of the United Nations tested. In the past quarter of a century, our leaders have di…
I also thank Mr. Khaled Khiari for his briefing.
When the Security Council met on this issue in May (see S/PV.9048), we all saw the vetoes cast that blocked the Council from taking action. And what happened after that? North Korea conducted launches the very next month, in June. And now let me ask …
We stand at a historic watershed moment. Seventy-seven years have passed since the establishment of the United Nations, yet we are still witnessing devastation in Ukraine and around the world. What would the founders of the United Nations, who were determined not to repeat the scourge of the world w…
We would like to thank the co-facilitators and all delegations for their engagement on this very important resolution regarding the establishment of the United Nations Youth Office (resolution 76/306). We commend the facilitators for holding a consultation with youth representatives and relevant sta…
Before I deliver our statement, I would like to express our deepest condolences for the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Japan welcomes the adoption of resolution 76/305 by consensus. I thank the Permanent Representatives of Kenya and Sweden for tirelessly co-facilitating the informal consul…
Let me begin by thanking the President, for convening this high-level plenary meeting today. My appreciation also goes to the excellent speakers at today’s meeting.
We are currently facing a substantial divergence of views among States on nuclear disarmament. Against that backdrop, there is an incr…
Japan voted against the four draft amendments presented by the delegation of Nigeria on resolution 76/304, since the relevant paragraphs to which those amendments were proposed are based on language that was adopted by consensus or by a vote in past resolutions. I thank all the delegations that supp…
I thank the President for convening this meeting. I would also like to express my appreciation to the Chair and Vice-Chairs of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and the Peacebuilding Support Office, for guiding and facilitating our discussion on the peacebuilding agenda.
At the outset, I would li…
At the outset, I wish to say that I will refrain from saying something about a matter with such little relevance to the important agenda that we have before us.
I would like to thank all those delegations that participated in today’s debate under agenda item 133, entitled “International cooperation…
I would like to thank the Chinese presidency for organizing today’s open debate on an important topic: capacity-building for peacekeeping in Africa, which is so dear to us. By “us” I mean the participants in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), and in particular its org…
Japan would like to express its gratitude to the members of the core group for their efforts in engaging in the consultations in a transparent and inclusive manner. As expressed by many delegations, including ours, throughout the consultations, my delegation engaged constructively in the consultatio…
At the outset, Japan reaffirms its commitment to supporting a two-State solution based on the relevant Security Council resolutions and internationally agreed parameters, in which both Israel and a sovereign, independent and viable Palestinian State can live side by side in peace and security.
Howe…
I wish to start by thanking the President for convening today’s important debate in the General Assembly.
The Syrian crisis has entered its twelfth year, and humanitarian needs in Syria are greater than ever. More than 14.6 million Syrians desperately depend on humanitarian aid to survive. That inc…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on this increasingly important topic. Strategic communications are important in many ways with regard to the effective implementation of peacekeeping mandates, but I would emphasize their extremely important role in ensuring the safety and security of…
I would first like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you, Mr. President, for your warm words of condolence, and to all who observed today’s moment of silence in tribute to the memory of our former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. I will convey all of that to my capital and to Mr. Abe’s family members.
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I would like to thank the President for convening this high-level meeting on improving global road safety. The world has been witnessing catastrophic road crashes, as previous speakers have described, and traffic accidents are the main cause of death among children and young people. That is not some…
I would like to express my deep appreciation to the Albanian presidency for organizing this open debate on the working methods of the Security Council, to which Japan has consistently been deeply committed.
I am pleased that, for the first time in three years, non-Council members are able to partic…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important meeting.
Last weekend, yet again, North Korea launched ballistic missiles — this time multiple launches in a single day, and the largest number in more than a decade. That took place less than 10 days after the Security Council, to our de…
Japan deeply regrets the result of the voting.
I carefully listened to the explanations of vote by the members of the Security Council who voted against draft resolution S/2022/431. Still, the reasons behind the objection to the draft resolution remain totally unclear and unconvincing
In December …
