As I take the floor in the Security Council for the first time as the new Permanent Representative of Japan, I would like to say how pleased I am to participate in the deliberations of the Council and express my readiness to work with you, Mr. President, and the members of the Council in the coming …
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General, the new Executive Director of UN Women and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for their informative briefings. I also thank and welcome the participation of the representative from civil society. I would also like to welco…
First of all, I should like to begin by congratulating His Excellency Mr. John Ashe on his assumption of his duties as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. Japan looks forward to his leadership during the current session in facing the global challenges that the General …
My delegation also welcomes the adoption of resolution 68/6 today. The special event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) held two weeks ago was a great success. In that regard, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to the co-facilitators, the Ambassadors …
This High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development is very timely, since through our two-day discussion the follow-up process to the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development can be properly fed into deliberations on the post-2015 development agenda, particularly t…
First, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session.
I would now like to make a new pledge about the situation in Syria. The use of chemical weapons has caused profound shock and anger on the part of the people of Japan, inclu…
At the outset, I should like to convey my profound gratitude to Ambassador Vuk Jeremić, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session; to you, Ambassador John Ashe, President of Assembly at the current session; and to those who have contributed to the convening of this meeting. I am…
At the outset, I thank Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his informative briefing today. I would further like to express my highest respect to all the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their deep commitment and dedication to their challenging assignment. I …
Japan is happy to have joined the adoption by consensus of resolution 67/302, under sub-item (a) of agenda item 121, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union”.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Eritrea for having introduced the draft resolution, and Swazi…
First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to you, Mr. President, for presiding over this important debate. I would also like to congratulate Ms. Sandra Honoré on assuming the post of Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MI…
At the outset, let me express my sincere congratulations to Argentina on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and thank Ambassador Susana Ruiz Cerutti for holding this debate on the very important occasion of World Humanitarian Day. I would also like to thank His Excellency Secr…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United States Mission for its leadership in convening this open debate. I also express my appreciation to Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing.
Japan has long understood the aspiration of Palestinians to b…
First of all, my delegation would like to thank the Ambassadors of Brazil and Italy as co-facilitators, as well as their team and the Secretariat, for their hard work and tremendous efforts, which led to the adoption of resolution 67/290 today. I would also like to express my gratitude to all delega…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his informative briefing. I also appreciate Ambassador Tanin’s comprehensive statement.
At the outset, I wish to express our deepest regret and condolences at the loss of many lives, both military and civilian, during the recent …
My delegation would like thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report entitled “Accelerating the AIDS response: achieving the targets of the 2011 Political Declaration” (A/67/822). We would also like to thank the President of the General Assembly for giving us an opportunity to have a di…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Right Honourable William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, for holding this very important debate. Japan appreciates the United Kingdom’s initiative on preventing sexual violence in conflict, including the G…
My delegation would like to welcome the convening of this high-level meeting, which provides us a good opportunity for Member States, United Nations system organizations and civil society to appraise the implementation of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, as well as the Pal…
I would like to express my appreciation for the dedicated efforts of each of the Chairs of the Council’s three counter-terrorism-related Committees in preparing their respective briefings.
Through many measures taken by the relevant agencies, the fight against terrorism has made steady progress at …
First of all, Japan welcomes the Secretary-General’s recent report (S/2013/149). We reiterate our full support for the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, and for her priorities of fostering political leadership and …
Japan welcomes the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) through resolution 67/234 B — an achievement for which Japan advocated for years.
We fully endorse the joint statement made by the representative of Costa Rica on behalf of the seven authors of the ATT.
I would like to take this opportunit…
