Thank you, Madam President, for convening this very timely public meeting as Timor-Leste makes the transition from the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), a peacekeeping operation, to the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL), a special political mission focusing on pe…
Mr. President, we appreciate your convening this special meeting to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Japan joins other Member States in paying tribute to all the victims of the Second World War. This is a solemn occasion to reflect upon the lessons learned fro…
As reflected in the Pretoria Agreement, the African Union and its mediator for Côte d’Ivoire, President Mbeki, have been playing increasingly important roles, which makes close coordination between the Security Council and the African Union more important than ever. My delegation, Mr. President, the…
First allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for the kind words of sympathy and condolences that you expressed at the start of the meeting, and on behalf of Council members, in connection with the tragic train accident that occurred yesterday in western Japan. Your words and the words of Council memb…
On behalf of the Government and people of Japan, allow me first to express our heartfelt condolences upon the passing away of His Holiness Pope John Paul II and His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of the Principality of Monaco. During the 26 years of his papacy, the late Pope strived consistently…
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution proposed by the United
Kingdom because impunity for serious violations of human rights and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur must not be allowed, and because, in order to bring the perpetrators to justice, Japan supports, in principle,…
Mr. President, my delegation thanks you for the initiative you have taken to convene this important and timely meeting to wrap up your presidency, and I wish at the same time to congratulate you on your effective handling of the business of the Council during the current month.
Issues related to Af…
We would like to express appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convened this public meeting today. We would also like to thank the Deputy Foreign Minister of South Africa, Mr. Aziz Pahad, for his statement, in which he gave us an insightful assessment of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire from …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this public meeting concerning the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I also wish to offer my thanks to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Paddy Ashdown, for his comprehensive briefing.
Almost 10 years have passed since the signing o…
Japan voted against the resolution that has just been adopted. The Declaration annexed to the resolution is difficult to interpret as permitting therapeutic cloning and does not respect the differing views of Member States on therapeutic cloning.
We wish to make it clear once again that the adopted…
Allow me first to register my Government’s condolences to the Government and the people of Bangladesh over the tragic killings of Bangladeshi peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mr. President, my delegation appreciates your convening of this public meeting concerning the situation…
Permit me at the outset to thank you, Mr. Minister, for having taken the initiative of organizing this debate on subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa. I am pleased to note the important role being played by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in an effort to help c…
Mr. President, I would like to thank you for convening today's public meeting. I wish also to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Søren Jessen-Petersen, for his briefing, which I found very illuminating and insightful. We are fully aware of the fact that today's meeting ha…
It is my honour, Mr. Minister, to participate in today’s open debate in the Security Council under your presidency. The fact that you are presiding over the debate demonstrates the importance that your country attaches to this issue. Unfortunately, my Foreign Minister could not come to New York at t…
At the outset, Sir, I wish to say how pleased I am to participate in this Council meeting today held under your presidency. I am privileged and truly grateful for the opportunity afforded me to express my Government’s position on the issue of small arms and light weapons. I would also like to expres…
Japan attaches great importance to the role of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and welcomes the
adoption of the resolution to renew its mandate for another six months.
The Japanese delegation has paid particular attention to two points, namely, the ninth preambular paragraph a…
I would like to thank Ambassador Denisov for his presentation today on the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and for the commendable work that has been done by the CTC under his leadership. Japan has been participating in the work of the CTC as an interested State. Now, as a member of th…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to express our pleasure at seeing you preside over this meeting, which is obviously of great importance to the entire international community.
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First of all, I would like to extend my deepest sympathies and condolences to the victims of the 26 Decembe…
I should like first of all to say that, as one of the new elected members of the Security Council, which include Argentina, Japan looks forward to working closely with the delegation of Argentina, as well as with other members of the Council, in the coming months. I should also like to say that my d…
I should like first to thank Ambassador Muñoz for his presentation today. Acts of terrorism by Al Qaeda and Taliban-associated terrorists continue unabated, and in late October, the Japanese people were shocked and saddened by the killing in Iraq of a young Japanese man by a group considered to be a…
