It is my great pleasure to address the General Assembly at this high-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Japan welcomes the efforts of the President of the General Assembly to build momentum through our discussions here.
Japan supports the Secretary-General’s initiative to shift th…
Let me first extend my deepest appreciation to the briefers and all those who participated in compiling the progress study. I thank Mr. Simpson for his hard work. As the study emphasizes, it is important to recognize youth as key stakeholders in peace and security, while ensuring their protection fr…
I would like to begin by joining others in thanking the briefers for their important insights. I will abridge my remarks today in the light of the time constraints, and would therefore like to ask participants to refer to the website to see Japan’s full statement.
Japan is seriously concerned about…
Allow me first of all to thank the Netherlands presidency for its initiative in organizing this timely open debate today following the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (see S/2015/446), various high-level meetings of Member States and discussions in the Security Council…
I would like to also thank Mr. Ian Martin for his briefing today and for his tireless and ceaseless efforts to improve the working methods of the Security Council.
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency for February. I would also like to thank you and your colle…
The situation across the Middle East remains volatile. Through a long-term struggle for peace and stability in the region, we have learned that military solutions never provide a sustainable solution and that creating a political solution is the only way to bring about lasting peace and stability. S…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate immediately following the Security Council mission to Afghanistan, which was realized under Kazakhstan’s strong initiative. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
The Secretary-General’s visit to Kabul in June 2017 and th…
Science, technology and innovation are essential elements for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and we recognize the value of holding such discussions here at the United Nations. We believe, however, that the agenda items and frameworks on science, technology and innovation, including rap…
Let me first join other representatives in thanking the coordinators of the three draft resolutions under agenda item 77, “Oceans and the law of the sea”, for their tremendous work. Japan would also like to thank all the Member States that worked together in the spirit of cooperation during the info…
At the outset, I would like to thank the briefers for their passion and important insights.
Cultural heritage represents the history and identity of a nation or State. At the same time, it embodies the values of our common humanity. Yet, as demonstrated in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Mali and …
I thank the President for convening this important meeting, and I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the people of Palestine on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Today the Middle East and North Africa face a multitude of challenge…
I would like to begin by thanking the President for convening this meeting, jointly requested by the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan. I thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing, and I also thank Ambassador Cardi, as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution …
I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov; Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate Michéle Coninsx; and the Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq a…
I would like to thank the briefers for their very comprehensive and insightful briefings.
The media reports on migrants sold into slavery in Libya were shocking. Refugees and migrants are especially vulnerable to trafficking, as well as various forms of exploitation, including forced labour, slaver…
I thank the Assistant Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Bintou Keita, for updating us on the situation in South Sudan.
We are deeply concerned by certain information that we have seen in recent weeks. From October to December, 4.8 million people — around 45 per cent of the populat…
First of all, allow me to warmly thank Italy for convening this important meeting. My appreciation also goes to the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Special Rapporteur and the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security for their inform…
I would like to thank the President for convening this important debate. I would also like to extend my sincere appreciation to Ambassador Christoph Heusgen of Germany and his colleagues for guiding the consultations on draft resolution A/72/L.8, on Afghanistan.
Today we welcome to the Hall His Exc…
To begin, I would like to thank the President — His Excellency Mr. Angelino Alfano — for convening this meeting on such an important topic. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his insightful briefing.
The Mediterranean region, which is adjacent to three continents, has historica…
The use of chemical weapons is entirely unacceptable under any circumstances. There is full agreement within the Security Council on this point, and it is shared by the entire international community. We jointly condemn in the strongest possible terms the use of chemical weapons in Syria, which has …
Japan did not support the draft resolution initially submitted by Russian Federation (S/2017/968) because we do not support its assessment of the past work of the Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM).
While we take note of Russia’s…
