Madam President, the delegation of Japan is grateful to you for convening this meeting so promptly following the report of the Secretary-General on system-wide coherence (A/61/836). We thank the Secretary-General for the report and welcome it. My delegation agrees in general with the views expressed…
I would like, first of all, to express to you, Mr. President, and to the members of the Council, Japan’s appreciation for the opportunity to present its views on the situation in Afghanistan — a subject to which Japan attaches great importance.
Let me also at the outset express our congratulations …
The delegation of Japan welcomes the adoption of the two framework resolutions. Japan also welcomes the Secretary- General’s strong commitment to Secretariat reform, including improvement in management.
We support the broad thrust of the Secretary- General’s proposals on strengthening the capacity …
I would like to thank you, Sir, for your initiative to have this debate with the participation of Prime Minister Ramos-Horta. I take this opportunity to express our high respect to Prime Minister Ramos-Horta for his untiring efforts to address many difficult issues facing his country, including part…
It is a matter of great regret that the Council has been compelled to act in this Chamber on another resolution regarding Iran’s nuclear issue only five months after adopting resolution 1696 (2006). Over the course of this year, we have had intensive discussions on the Iranian nuclear issue in the C…
Japan welcomes the decision to continue the mandate review process during the sixty-first session of the General Assembly. We would therefore like to thank Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, President of the General Assembly, as well as her Office, the Secretariat and the Co-Chairs — Ambassador Munir Akram…
The Government of Japan welcomes the adoption by consensus of the resolution entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to the Government…
My delegation reiterates first that the Government of Japan has never, ever been involved in any abduction of any nationals. Secondly, as for the issue of the past, we have repeatedly made our position clear, so I will not repeat it this morning. However, we should like to say once again that the De…
My delegation should like to exercise its right of reply to the statement made by the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
My delegation regrets very, very much that the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has again made a false allegation on the issue of…
It is my pleasure to brief members of the Council, as outgoing Chairman, on the work of two of the Security Council’s subsidiary bodies of which I have had the honour to serve as Chair during Japan’s current term on the Security Council.
First, I should like to deal with the Working Group on Peacek…
My delegation would like to congratulate the Assembly on its adoption by consensus of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The Government of Japan strongly supports the idea that no one shall be subjected to enforced disappearance, as stipulated…
Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to extend my appreciation to you for
convening today’s debate. It is very timely, because the Second Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region was successfully concluded just last Friday in Nairobi. I would also like to thank Mr. Ibr…
I wish first to thank the Presidents of the two Tribunals, Judge Pocar and Judge Møse, as well as the Prosecutors, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow, for their reports on the activities of their respective tribunals, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Internation…
At the outset, allow me to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Rücker for his briefing. I would also like to thank Ms. Raskovic-Ivic, President of the Coordination Centre of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija, and welcome the presence of the Prime Minister of the Provisional Instituti…
I do not want to take any more time, but I must reiterate and add to what I have said in reply to the allegation that has been made by the delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is totally not true and which we oppose.
Japan would like to draw the attention of all members he…
My comments pertain to the statement made this morning by the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
First, we firmly believe that the qualifications of a given country for permanent membership in the Security Council should be judged on the basis of that country’s contributio…
I would like to thank you, Sir, and the mission of Qatar for the initiative of holding this important meeting on the Middle East situation. The region is going through another difficult and dangerous crisis period and requires the Council’s close attention, given its serious, broad ramifications.
W…
I would like to join my colleagues in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Qazi, and Ambassador Wolcott Sanders for their informative briefings on, respectively, the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Multinational Force.
Iraq is at an …
I would like to thank you, Madam, for having convened this plenary meeting to discuss matters to which many delegations attach great importance: the annual report on the work of the Security Council, and Council reform.
Earlier, following the general debate in September, the President identified Se…
This morning, it is my great pleasure to report to the Security Council on the findings of the mission that visited Afghanistan from 11 to 16 November 2006, in which I had the privilege of serving as team leader.
The Security Council mission to Afghanistan was the second carried out since 2002 in s…
