At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate. I would also like to thank the Chairs of the Council’s three counter-terrorism- related Committees for their respective briefings on developments during the past six months. Terrorism continue…
On behalf of the Government of Japan, I extend our deepest appreciation to the Government of the Russian Federation for organizing this important meeting. I would also like to express our gratitude for the work of the Secretary-General and the Quartet to date.
The Middle East peace process is at a …
I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for the month of May. Our appreciation goes also to Ambassador Heller and his team for their excellent leadership during the month of April.
At the outset, I wish to thank Ms. Karin Landgren, Representative of the Secretar…
Japan welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 1870 (2009). We
strongly hope for the continuous, effective implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and urge redoubled support for the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS), which is playing a cruc…
I would like to express my deep appreciation for Mexico’s leadership in organizing this important debate. Our appreciation
goes also to the former and current Chairs of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, Ambassador Ripert of France and you yourself, Mr. President, for bringing this i…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing an open debate on this important subject. I would also like to express gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/189) and my appreciation to Under-Secretary- General Pascoe for his assessment on what has been learned from p…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. I also take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Shalgham and the Libyan delegation on their excellent work during the month of March.
I should like to begin by warmly thankin…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate on the situation in the Middle East. I would also like to thank Mr. Pascoe for his briefing. We appreciate the
statements made by the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel.
More than tw…
I should like to start by thanking Special Representative Lamberto Zannier for his comprehensive briefing this morning. I also welcome the presence of the very high-level Serbian delegation, led by His Excellency President Tadić. We are also grateful to Foreign Minister Hyseni of Kosovo for his stat…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his statement. We acknowledge, as stated in his briefing that significant progress has been made recently in the political process in Somalia. We have also witnessed very proactive efforts by the new President, Prime Minis…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this afternoon’s meeting. We are also grateful to the representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for the update on humanitarian situation in the Sudan, and in Darfur in particular.
We note with deep concern the grave h…
I wish first to thank Special Representative Kai Eide for his very interesting briefing this afternoon. A year ago in this Chamber, the Council discussed the need for strong leadership for the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan and welcomed Mr. Eide’s appointment. The Council then identified the …
First of all, I would like to welcome the appointment of the Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, who is a friend of ours. I thank His Excellency Mr. Prodi for the introduction of a very important report (S/2008/813). I would also like to welcome the presence of African Union Comm…
This is the ninth 90-day report to the Security Council in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of resolution 1737 (2006) and the first in my capacity as Chairman of the Committee. The report covers the period from 11 December 2008 to 10 March 2009, during which time the Committee held no meetings but c…
I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretaries-General Le Roy and Malcorra and Special Representative Hédi Annabi for their extremely useful introductory statements.
United Nations peacekeeping operations, which were invented out of necessity, have now played a central role over 60 years now i…
Before speaking in explanation of vote, I would like to join others in paying a warm tribute to our departing friend, Ambassador Khalilzad, an extremely capable
representative of the United States. We are very pleased and fortunate to have worked with him, albeit briefly. I wish him every success i…
We thank Under-Secretary- General Holmes for his briefing and commend the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for its advocacy for the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Japan places emphasis on the protection and empowerment of civilians in armed conflict from the hum…
Japan was pleased to join in the adoption of resolution 1860 (2009), which we believe will contribute to the cessation of violence in and around the Gaza Strip. We consider it important that the Security Council was able to discharge its heavy responsibility by taking, with the broadest political su…
I thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. António Guterres, for his briefing. It is timely and useful, as the
plight of over 40 million people displaced from their homes remains precarious and serious in many parts of the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Darfur, t…
I would like to thank the French presidency for organizing today’s extremely important meeting on the serious situation in and around Gaza. Since this is my first formal statement to the Council during the new term, I pledge on this occasion Japan’s commitment to promoting global peace and security …
