Allow me to start by expressing my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for his note transmitting the report entitled “Global health and foreign policies” (A/65/399) under agenda item 124.
First and foremost, Japan fully aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the Asian Gro…
I would like to express my appreciation to the Presidents and Prosecutors of the respective Tribunals for briefing us on the latest developments concerning their completion strategies. The contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Crim…
At the outset, allow me to express my gratitude to His Excellency Ambassador Joseph Deiss, President of the General Assembly, for convening today’s meeting to discuss one of the most crucial tasks on the Assembly’s agenda, namely, the revitalization of its work. I also wish to thank the co-Chairs of…
Thank you very much, Mr. President, for giving us the opportunity to address the situation in the Middle East in the General Assembly.
The United Nations has been addressing the situation in the Middle East since the Organization was founded. It is not easy, but we believe achieving peace between I…
I thank the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Amos, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Le Roy, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Pillay, and the International Committee of the Red Cross Director- General, Mr. Daccord, for their …
At the outset, I would like to pay tribute to His Excellency The Right Honourable William Hague for convening this ministerial meeting in his capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of November. It is indeed timely for the Security Council to discuss the issue of the Sudan at thi…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to the Chairs of the Council’s three counter-terrorism-related Committees for their respective briefings on developments during the past six months.
The recently uncovered cargo plane bomb plot and last year’s attempted bombing of a United Stat…
Since we have explained our position on the issues that the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has just raised here and also in the Third Committee, we will not repeat it now.
However, we cannot accept the baseless statement that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has ma…
I am compelled to state that Japan cannot accept the allegations made by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
First, Japan firmly believes that the qualifications of any country for permanent membership in the Security Council should be based on that country’s real contribution to the mainten…
I thank Special Representative Lamberto Zannier for his comprehensive briefing. Of course, I would like to join previous speakers in extending a warm welcome to Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić of Serbia and Acting Foreign Minister Vlora Çitaku of Kosovo. Japan highly values the contributions of the Uni…
At the outset, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, His Excellency Mr. Nebojša Radmanović. I would also like to thank High Representative Valentin Inzko for his comprehensive briefing. I commend the devoted efforts that he and his staff h…
At the outset, I should like to thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Yukiya Amano, for presenting the annual report of the IAEA (see A/65/140).
This year, the international community has embarked on a new stage of critical importance to the realization of…
Japan welcomes this opportunity to address the General Assembly on the situation in Afghanistan. We are pleased to sponsor the draft resolution before us (A/65/L.9). Given the challenging situation Afghanistan faces today, it is of particular importance to demonstrate the unity of the international …
Japan would like to associate itself with the statements made at the 113th meeting by the representatives of Australia, on behalf of the non-proliferation and disarmament initiative, and of the Netherlands, on behalf of more than 40 countries.
In realizing a world without nuclear weapons, multilate…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important meeting to consider the outcome of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) review. I would also like to extend my gratitude to the co-facilitators, the Ambassadors of Ireland, Mexico and South Africa, for
presenting…
I would like to express my gratitude to President Hisashi Owada for his in-depth report summarizing the current situation of the International Court of Justice (A/65/4). As a State resolutely devoted to peace and firmly dedicated to the promotion of the rule of law and respect for the principle of t…
I would like to thank Mr. Sang- Hyun Song for his in depth report on the most recent work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (see
A/65/313), as well as to congratulate the Court on its increasingly important role in the fight against impunity in the international community.
The ICC was esta…
I am very pleased that today’s open debate has been organized under the leadership of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda, Mr. Eriya Kategaya, with high-level participants from Member States.
I would also like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; the Executive Director of the United Nation…
I would like to first thank you, the Right Honourable Mr. Eriya Kategaya, Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda, for organizing today’s debate and to express appreciation to the leadership of the Government of Uganda in supporting African Union (AU) peacekeeping. I would also like to express appreciation …
I would like first of all to thank Special Representative Haq for her very comprehensive and encouraging briefing today. I would also like to thank the representative of the Government of Timor-Leste, Ambassador Borges, for her statement.
Over the past year, we have seen positive developments in Ti…
