I thank the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Inzko, for his informative briefing. Japan appreciates the High
Representative’s ongoing contributions to peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Japan fully supports efforts by the …
First, I thank Mr. Zenenga and Ambassador Madeira for their informative updates on the situation in Somalia.
Japan highly commends the Governments of the United Kingdom and Somalia, as well as the United Nations, for hosting the London Conference on 11 May to chart a new course for peace and stabil…
Please allow me to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Zahir Tanin, for his informative briefing and continued service. I should also like to thank Minister Kuburović and Ambassador Çitaku for their extensive remarks.
It has been nearly 18 years since resolution 12…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President for convening this meeting. I would also like to join the others in thanking the briefers for their very extensive and excellent briefings.
I also wish to express my deepest gratitude to Ms. Zainab Bangura for her passionate service as Special Repr…
Japan welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2352 (2017). We thank the United States for its strong determination to lead the negotiations and for its engagement throughout the process. We would also like to highly commend the flexibility of Ethiopia in supporting the resolution.
Japan voted…
I would like to begin by thanking the Chairs of the three Committees — the Permanent Representatives of Egypt, Kazakhstan and Bolivia — for sharing the activities of their Committees with us, as well as for their excellent work as Chairs.
Today we are facing terrorist attacks all over the world. Nu…
I would like to welcome High Representative Federica Mogherini to the Security Council and thank her for her insightful briefing. Furthermore, we deeply appreciated her visit to Hiroshima, Japan, in April 2016 and her call for lasting peace throughout the world.
First, on behalf of the Government a…
I would like to begin by congratulating Uruguay on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the second time in its two- year mandate, which it shares with Japan. We look forward to working closely with you, Mr. President, as a member of the same class. I would also like to express my appr…
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the United States delegation for its effective guidance of the consultations on today’s important adoption of resolution 2351 (2017). Japan also appreciates the Secretary-General’s efforts to solve the Guergerat crisis and create an environment cond…
I would like to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convened this timely meeting on the denuclearization of North Korea. I wish also to thank Secretary-General Guterres for his informative briefing.
The threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic-mi…
I thank Mr. O’Brien for his briefing.
We have heard many times that the situation in Syria cannot get any worse, yet this tragic crisis continues. Thirteen and a half million people need humanitarian assistance. Even the so-called improved access in March allowed aid convoys to reach only 39 per ce…
I would like first to welcome Mr. David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, and thank him for providing a vivid picture of the situation on the ground. Japan appreciates and supports his efforts to bring peace to the people of South Sudan in a very difficult env…
It is my great pleasure to address the General Assembly at this joint debate. I would like to begin by congratulating Ambassador Cho Tae-yul on assuming the chairmanship of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for 2017. I would also like to thank Ambassador Macharia Kamau for Kenya’s leadership over t…
I thank the presidency for convening this debate and for preparing the concept note (S/2017/305, annex) before us. I would also like to thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing.
Today I will address the wider Middle East region, focusing on some of the challenges defining the pr…
I would like to thank Mr. Martin Kobler for his briefing. Japan supports the ongoing efforts of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to promote peace and stability in Libya. I would like to thank also Olof Skoog for his briefing on the activities of the Security Council
Committee es…
I appreciate and commend the leadership of the United States in convening today’s
meeting. I would also like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his impactful remarks.
The three pillars of the United Nations — peace and security, sustainable development and human rights — are not inde…
Japan deeply appreciates Kazakhstan’s active leadership as the Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea. Japan also commends the work of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea.
Japan extends its full support to President Farmajo a…
Japan welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2350 (2017). We thank the United States for taking a leading role in the negotiations. Japan voted in favour of the resolution based on the clear progress achieved in Haiti. The Council has a responsibility to adopt mission configurations that matc…
Japan voted in favour of the draft resolution (S/2017/315) proposed by France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The reported use of chemical weapons in Khan Shaykhoun was an affront to humanity and a blatant violation of the relevant Security Council resolutions. Given the gravity of the s…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura, for his extensive briefing, and commend his efforts to keep the political process moving forward. The first round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva demonstrated the willingness of all sides to talk seriously with both the Governme…
