At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to express Japan’s gratitude to Ambassador Momen, former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for his stewardship over the past year. We also reiterate our desire to work together with Ambassador Vilović, Chair of the Commission for 2013. …
I would like to express my appreciation to you, Sir, for presiding over this debate. Let me also thank Mr. Mariano Fernández Amunátegui, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), for his significant contribution to the Mi…
At the outset, I would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the entire staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), under the leadership of Special Representative Ján Kubiš. Japan welcomes the adoption of resolution 2096 (2013), which renews UNAMA’s mandate a…
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to His Excellency Jalil Abbas Jilani, Foreign Secretary of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, for his leadership in convening today’s open debate. I would also like to express appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and informati…
At the outset, I would like to echo other representatives in expressing our appreciation to Ambassador Mohammed Loulichki, Permanent Representative of Morocco, for his leadership in convening today’s open debate.
While we agree with the findings contained in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2…
I would like to thank Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his comprehensive and informative briefing, and to acknowledge with appreciation the hard work and dedication of all the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) under his leadership. I would also like to thank A…
It gives me great pleasure to address the General Assembly today on the report of the Secretary-General on civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict (A/67/312). Japan supports the civilian capacity initiative, which aims to widen the pool of civilian expertise and facilitate the rapid and effic…
At the outset, I would like to commend Under-Secretary-General Valerie Amos for her prominent leadership in coordinating the delivery of emergency humanitarian assistance by humanitarian agencies, as well as for the dedication she has shown by visiting wherever the humanitarian assistance of the Uni…
It gives me great pleasure to briefly state my Government’s position on global health issues, including universal health coverage, on the occasion of the adoption of draft resolution A/67/L.26, entitled “Global health and foreign policy”. Health plays
a crucial role in economic and social developme…
Let me first join other representatives in thanking the coordinators of the two draft resolutions (A/67/L.21 and A/67/L.22), Ambassador Eden Charles, Deputy Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago, and Ms. Alice Revell, Legal Adviser of the Permanent Mission of New Zealand, for their tremend…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere congratulations on the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Japan, as a State party to UNCLOS, takes pleasure in today’s commemorative meeting, held on the 10 December, the very day when UNCLOS was op…
I thank the Deputy Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations for their informative briefings. We also thank the representative from civil society and welcome her participation here today.
Japan welcomes the report of the Secret…
Japan has long understood the Palestinians’ aspirations to build an independent State and has supported the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. Japan therefore endorses the two-State solution, under which Israel and a future independent Palestinian State would coexist side by side…
Japan is pleased to sponsor the draft resolution (A/67/L.16) before us. The unity of the international community in supporting Afghanistan is of particular importance for the long-term stability of the country. Adopting the draft resolution by consensus would send a strong message reaffirming that p…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation for the work of Mr. José Filipe Moraes Cabral, Permanent Representative of Portugal, for his contribution in his capacity as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions.
Under Article 25 of the Charter, w…
My delegation would like to exercise its right to reply in response to the statement made by the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Japan has been making serious efforts to contribute actively and constructively to the maintenance of international peace and security and th…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened the present plenary meeting to discuss Security Council reform, combined with the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/67/2). Japan highly appreciates the fact that the President of th…
I will abridge my statement almost by half in the hope that members of the Council will read my full statement very carefully, if not now then at a later time.
I would first like to express my appreciation to the Chairs of the Council’s three counter-terrorism Committees for their respective briefi…
I thank the President of the Human Rights Council for her report today and for her continued dedication to the Council.
The Human Rights Council is responsible for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons. We would like to stress tha…
I would like to begin by extending a warm welcome to Mr. José Luis Guterres, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and by thanking him for his participation in this debate and for his statement. I would also like to express my appreciation to Mr. Fin…
