Japan welcomes the adoption of resolution 70/294. We would like also to express our sincere appreciation to the Permanent Missions of Belgium, Benin and Turkey for leading the process of the discussion on the Declaration.
After lengthy deliberations on the part of Member States, including the meeti…
Allow me to express my sincere gratitude to President Lykketoft for convening today’s important debate on the review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. My appreciation also goes to the delegations of Argentina and Iceland for their tremendous efforts in facilitating the review …
I have the great honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Asia-Pacific States at this solemn gathering of the General Assembly.
We are deeply saddened by the demise of the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth
session, His Excellency Mr. John William Ashe. It is well known that Am…
Japan welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2295 (2016). I would like to thank France for taking the lead in preparing this resolution. Japan is pleased to have cosponsored the resolution. One year has passed since the signing of the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali. Japan comme…
Let me first express my gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening
this debate. My gratitude also goes to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his last but, as usual, comprehensive briefing today. Japan appreciates Mr. Haysom’s tireless e…
First of all, we would like to express our condemnation of the terrorist attacks that recently took place in the Middle East. We also condemn the terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida, on 12 June. We express our deepest sympathy and condolences to all the victims and their families and we wish a quic…
Japan highly appreciates the French initiative to afford us this opportunity to discuss this topic frankly at an open debate of the Security Council. My appreciation also goes out to Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, Mr. Peter Maurer and Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera for their insightful briefings.
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Let me begin by thanking Prosecutor Bensouda for her briefing and for introducing
her twenty-third report on Darfur. We are convinced of the importance of the fight against impunity and the rule of law. That is why Japan has consistently supported the activities of the International Criminal Court …
Thirty-five years have passed since AIDS was first recognized and reported in 1981. Our knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS at the time were woefully poor. People feared this new infectious disease was incurable and untreatable. Not only was the experience of HIV/AIDS itself painful and inexorab…
I would like to begin by thanking President Agius, President Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings and their respective reports (S/2016/453, annex and S/2016/454, annex).
Japan is committed to the establishment of the rule of law and attaches great importance to the activities of the I…
I would like to begin by welcoming Ms. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and thanking her for her very enriching and comprehensive presentation.
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Japan and the European Union (EU) are strategic partners based on…
To begin, I would like to express my gratitude to the President for convening this important meeting. I also directly extend my sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General; his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Bangura; the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, esp…
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on a very successful presidency during the month of May.
First, let me touch upon the Security Council mission to the Horn of Africa. At such an important juncture in Somalia’s Statebuilding, the mission was both timely and beneficial. I t…
I would like to join the previous speakers in thanking Prosecutor Bensouda for presenting of her eleventh report on Libya.
Japan is committed to the establishment of the rule of law in the international community and is convinced of the importance of accountability. That is why Japan has consistent…
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation for the initiative of Egypt and and Spain in convening this briefing. Allow me also to join others in thanking all of the four briefers.
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I should like in particular to thank Ms. Hindour Oumarou Ibrahim for having conveyed the vo…
Japan welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2288 (2016). We would like to express our appreciation to the Permanent Mission of the United States for leading the process towards its adoption. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Ukraine, Chair of the sanctions committee,…
I would like to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation for Egypt’s initiative in holding an open debate on this important topic. I also thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, the Permanent Observer of the African Union (AU), the Special Representative of the Secretary-Ge…
I would like to begin by welcoming Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, to the Security Council and thanking him for his insightful briefing. I also welcome Mr. Ivica Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Am…
I would first like to express my sincere appreciation to you, Sir, for taking up this timely and important topic. My appreciation also goes to Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson and other speakers for their insightful briefings at a time when the topic before us is the most important item on the comm…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in that country. It was very encouraging to hear from him that the martial art of karate serves as a mea…
