Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to you for having convened this very important meeting; to Minister Maúrtua de Romana of Peru for his presence and participation; and to Ms. Hannelore Hoppe for her introduction of the Secretary-General’s report. The report, which…
I join in warmly welcoming President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to this Chamber. On behalf of the Government of Japan, I wish to extend once again our sincere congratulations to the President of the Republic of Liberia on her inauguration.
We trust that, in meeting the many daunting challenges Liberia f…
Japan welcomes the establishment of the Human Rights Council. We congratulate you, Mr. President, and your Co-Chairmen on that landmark achievement, and we thank you for your tireless efforts to bring it to fruition.
In order to create a truly effective human rights body, Japan proposed that the ne…
First, I would like to thank Mr. Tom Koenigs for his very informative briefing. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has been making an indispensable contribution to consolidating peace and promoting reconstruction and development in that country. We also commend the UNAMA st…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this morning’s plenary meeting and for your introductory remarks. I would also like to express our special appreciation to the Secretary-General for presenting to us a report on Secretariat and management reform (A/60/692), which was requested …
First, I thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno and Ambassador Zeid for their detailed briefings.
My delegation acknowledges with appreciation the fact that, since the serious problem of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers came to light, considerable efforts have been made over the past …
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Mark Malloch Brown for his briefing. I also thank you, Mr. President, for convening this public meeting this morning on an issue of great concern, not only to members of the Council but also to the entire membership of the Organization. The nature of the probl…
I would like to thank the Chairpersons of the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the 1540 Committee for their briefings today, as well as to express our appreciation for their hard work and achievements in their respective Committees. I also wish to c…
Mr. President, I thank you for convening today’s public meeting. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jessen-Petersen, for his comprehensive briefing. I welcome the presence in this Chamber of Mr. Boris Tadic, President of Serbia, and thank him for his statement. I a…
My delegation wishes to thank you, Madam, and the delegation of Tanzania for your timely initiative of convening this debate and especially appreciates the fact that you are presiding over it. We recall the significant achievements to date, including the Dar es-Salaam Declaration adopted at the firs…
First, we welcome High Commissioner António Guterres to the Security Council. We would like to express our great appreciation for his insightful presentation on the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and on its link to the work of the Security Council.
T…
Let me first express our thanks to you, Sir, for convening this public meeting on Timor-Leste at an important juncture, as the end of the mandate of the United Nations Office in Timor- Leste (UNOTIL) draws near in a few months time. We thank Special Representative Hasegawa for his comprehensive brie…
Mr. President, the delegation of Japan welcomes the adoption of the 2006-2007 biennium budget by consensus. We thank you for your strong leadership, under which negotiations leading to its adoption by consensus were conducted. Many delegations participated actively in the budget negotiations and mad…
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Let me take this opportunity to assure you that you have the Government of Japan’s full support as you lead the General Assembly in addressing the challenges facing t…
The delegation of Japan appreciated your introduction, Sir, of the resolution on the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission to the Assembly for adoption today.
Since January, my delegation has presented some specific proposals to contribute to the discussion of that important issue. We have …
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mwakawago for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL).
The Japanese delegation is particularly pleased to note that UNAMSIL is expected to successfully complete …
My delegation wishes to thank you, Madam President, for your timely initiative in convening this important meeting. The Peacebuilding Commission is a major achievement of the ongoing reform of the United Nations, and as such, expectations of it are high. We Member States collectively shoulder the re…
I wish to express my gratitude for the convening of this timely meeting on the humanitarian situation in Africa. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland for his comprehensive briefing, which follows his briefing to the Council two weeks ago on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (…
First I would like to thank the Presidents of both Tribunals, Judge Fausto Pocar and Judge Erik Møse, as well as the Prosecutors of the Tribunals, Ms. Carla Del Ponte and Mr. Hassan Bubacar Jallow, for their reports to the Security Council.
Japan notes with satisfaction that both Tribunals have bee…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate on this important
subject, and I thank Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, as well as Mr. Jacques Forster, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (I…
