We thank Under-Secretary- General Egeland for his briefing on the progress made and the challenges that remain in the effort to protect civilians in armed conflict. We commend the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), headed by Mr. Egeland, for playing an active lead role in mo…
During the past year, we have witnessed the playing out of a large-scale crisis in the situation concerning Israel and Palestine. This crisis has been brought about by the political impasse that followed the Palestinian Legislative Council elections and by the cycle of violence between Israel and Pa…
The deliberations on this agenda item are very timely, especially since Afghanistan is at crossroads as regards its democratic future, security and governance.
As I stated in my briefing on the Security Council mission to Afghanistan that took place recently, the Afghan partnership that began in Bo…
I would like to thank you, Mr. Minister, and the delegation of Peru for holding today's debate. We appreciate your presiding over this meeting personally to address this important issue. I also thank Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Con…
We thank Under-Secretary- General Egeland for his briefing. We also thank him for his unstinting efforts to keep the Council informed of the humanitarian situation in Africa and in other parts of the world and to address the practical problems in a very aggressive and constructive manner.
First, wi…
I am very pleased this morning to present an oral report to the Council on the mission of Council members to Afghanistan last week. The Security Council mission, comprising 10 members, visited Afghanistan from 11 to 16 November. Based in Kabul, the mission travelled to provincial cities — Qalat, nea…
Let me state at the outset that we are shocked and appalled by the fact that yet another high-ranking Lebanese official — Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel — has been killed. Japan strongly condemns that brutal act of violence, which can only destabilize the already volatile situation in Lebanon. …
First of all, Japan welcomes the ongoing efforts to achieve reform in the humanitarian sector, which will make for more effective provision of humanitarian assistance and protection of those in need. We commend Under- Secretary-General Egeland and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affa…
The Government of Japan deeply deplores the situation in Gaza, in which many Palestinian civilians have become victims during the recent Israeli military operations. We especially deplore the fact that more civilian lives were claimed on 8 November, in the shelling by the Israel Defense Forces of pr…
I join other colleagues in thanking you for organizing this meeting and also thank Assistant Secretary-General Angela Kane for her comprehensive briefing on the latest events in the situation in the Middle East.
The situation in the Middle East concerning Palestine and Israel continues to present c…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Schwarz-Schilling for his comprehensive and valuable briefing concerning the latest developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
I also thank Mr. Adnan Terzić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his valuable statement.
Japan, as …
Last year, at the sixtieth session of the General Assembly, world leaders reaffirmed the need to promote the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, as well as the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations and its Programme of Action. My Government greatly appreciates the fac…
It is my great pleasure and honour, on behalf of the Government of Japan, to address the Assembly under your presidency, Madam.
My delegation would like to express its gratitude to President Rosalyn Higgins for her in-depth report describing the current situation of the International Court of Justi…
Allow me to take this opportunity to comment on the state of cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO). My delegation would like to commend the President of the organization’s forty-fifth session, Ambassador Narinder Singh, and the Governmen…
I join other members in thanking Mr. De Soto for his comprehensive briefing and express to him our appreciation for the excellent work being done on the Middle East. First, regarding the Palestinian issue, which is at the core of the problems in the Middle East, we must express our deep concern over…
First, my delegation would like to touch on agenda item 62(b), on the causes of conflict in Africa, and then on agenda item 48, on the Decade to Roll Back Malaria. We thank the Secretary- General for his two comprehensive reports on agenda item 62 and for the report of his Advisory Panel on Internat…
I would like to thank Judge Philippe Kirsch for his in-depth report on the most recent work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to welcome the considerable progress that the Court has made in its investigative and judicial proceedings over the past year.
The ICC represents the culmination…
It is indeed a great honour for me today to address this body for a second time, only through a coincidence. Nevertheless, it is a great joy for me to do so as the representative of a country that is one of the immediate neighbours of the Republic of Korea, the country from which our next Secretary-…
It is an honour and privilege for me, in my capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of October, to address the General Assembly in order to convey to it the recommendation of the Security Council for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
At its 5547th m…
First, Mr. President, I wish to thank you for holding today’s debate. I would also like to thank the respective Chairs of the Council’s three counter-terrorism-related Committees for their briefings this morning, and especially to thank them for their important efforts in leading the work of their r…
