Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on an important subject. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the various briefers for their statements earlier today.
I also welcome and support the adoption of resolution 2143 (2014).
Today I would like to touch on four iss…
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the Lithuanian presidency for its leadership in convening today’s open debate on what is an important issue for all and for ciculating a draft presidential statement. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefin…
At the outset, let me express my sincere congratulations to Lithuania on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to thank Ms. Amos, Mr. Ladsous, Ms. Pillay and Mr. Daccord for their respective briefings.
Japan concurs and associates itself with the statement deli…
As I stated earlier, Japan doubts that the Security Council is the most appropriate forum for dealing with individual issues of the past. However, I am obliged to take the floor again in response
to the interventions that have just been made and to the statement made by the representative of anothe…
I am grateful, Mr. President, that you have chosen a topic that touches upon a fundamental aspect of international peace and security. It also prompts our intellectual and academic curiosity.
The current situations in Syria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic are a clear indication of the…
On the occasion of the adoption of the human resources management resolution (68/252), my delegation notes how unfortunate it was that we could not arrive at an agreement on the mobility proposal. We look forward to and intend to participate actively in the discussions in the first resumed session o…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his participation and for his comprehensive briefing today. I also thank Ambassador Tanin for his statement.
I would like to take this opportunity to emphasize the important role of the United Nations, especially that of the Unit…
At the outset, I would like to commend Under-Secretary-General Valerie Amos for her prominent leadership in the coordinating emergency humanitarian assistance of humanitarian agencies and for the dedication she has shown by visiting wherever the United Nations’s humanitarian assistance was required.…
I would like to begin by thanking the Oslo Group for drafting the current draft resolution (A/68/L.26) on global health and foreign policy, and Indonesia for facilitating it. Japan fully supported the proposal of the Oslo Group and appreciated its efforts, and subsequently decided to join in the spo…
Let me first join the other representatives in thanking the coordinators of draft resolutions A/68/L.18 and A/68/L.19 — Ambassador Eden Charles, Deputy Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago, and Ms. Alice Revell of New Zealand — for their tremendous work. I also wish to thank all Member S…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. John Ashe for his leadership in addressing the various items on the agenda of the General Assembly. I would also like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mr. Ahmadein Khalil, Permanent Representative of Egypt and Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revital…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the Chairs of the Council’s three counter-terrorism-related Committees for their respective briefings.
The Committees were established nearly a decade ago in response to the serious terrorism conditions at that time and have carried …
It gives me great pleasure to address agenda item 37 on the situation in Afghanistan, particularly because I served as the first Special Representative of Japan to Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2009 and 2010. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Ambassador Wittig of Germany and his colleagues,…
I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Remigiusz Henczel, President of the Human Rights Council, for introducing the Council’s report (A/68/53) today. Since its establishment, the Human Rights Council has played an important role in promoting universal respect for the protection of all human ri…
Before I make a statement on behalf of the group of four (G-4) countries, Mr. President, I wish to express my thanks for your very constructive statement earlier. I wish to assure the Assembly that Japan will participate in the negotiations on Security Council reform with openness and flexibility, t…
Japan highly appreciates the efforts made by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; his Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, Mr. Wilfried Lemke; and Mr. John Ashe and Mr. Vuk Jeremić, the current and the former Presidents
of the General Assembly, towards achieving human development and peace…
Let me begin by thanking the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Yukiya Amano, for introducing the IAEA’s annual report (see A/68/PV.43). Let me also congratulate Mr. Amano on his re-election as Director General. I would like to assure him that the full support of …
At the outset, I would like to thank President Sang-Hyun Song for presenting the comprehensive report on the work of the International Criminal Court (see A/68/314). As my delegation has said on many occasions, Japan attaches great importance to the central role of the International Criminal Court (…
At the outset, I would like to thank President Peter Tomka for introducing the comprehensive report on the work of the International Court of Justice (A/68/4). His report highlights the ever- increasing need for the peaceful settlement of disputes between States and the crucial role that the Court p…
At the outset, Japan would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive reports (A/68/220 and A/68/222).
Today Africa is achieving strong and steady growth. In 2012, the average annual economic growth rate on the African continent was 6.6 per cent. On the other hand, Africa still faces…
