Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to the President of the Security Council, Ambassador John D. Negroponte, for his introduction of the annual report of the Security Council on its work. I would also like to thank the United Kingdom and Spain for drafting the introduction to the report.
In …
I will be very brief. I will touch on three points.
First, the North Korean representative referred to an imaginary state of affairs, as if we, in Japan, have publicly endorsed a pre-emptive strike, have started revising our Constitution or are reviving the military. I categorically deny these thin…
I should like to speak in the exercise of the right of reply with respect to the intervention made by the North Korean representative.
The North Korean representative misunderstands if he thinks that Japan’s strong interest in North Korea’s nuclear development programme is solely for the sake of si…
The members of the international community are becoming increasingly interdependent as a result of the advance of globalization. We are no longer able to achieve our security or prosperity alone. We need to behave in accordance with international agreements and rules so
as to avoid unnecessary fric…
Article 1 of the United Nations Charter stipulates that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to bring about the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law. After 58 years, this purpose is still a very importan…
In response to the statement just made by the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I should like to take this opportunity on behalf of the Japanese Government to exercise the right of reply.
The Japanese Government does not think that the abduction issue has been resolved at…
We are at war. There is no cracking sound of bombs and bullets. Nonetheless, millions of people are suffering every day. Millions of people are dying every year. That is the war between humankind and HIV/AIDS. It is a real war.
Mankind has fought against many diseases. We are winning on some of the…
First of all, I would like to thank both Ambassador Sinclair and Ambassador Aisi for having given us a comprehensive briefing on the current situation in Bougainville.
I would like to welcome the report submitted by the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB) to the Government of Pa…
The Committee established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1267 (1999) is an extremely effective tool in the fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda and groups associated with them, and we are very grateful for its activities. I regret to note, however, that there seems to be no end to the ter…
It has been observed repeatedly that, as technology advances and globalization continues, international terrorism becomes even more immense a threat to international peace and security, for the following reasons.
First, terrorism is an attempt to materialize terrorists’ aims by creating terror and …
The present state of affairs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the most critical situations that the international community has to address. Japan therefore welcomes this opportunity for non-members of the Security
Council to express their opinions on this very important subject.
T…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting concerning the situation in Kosovo. I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Michael Steiner for his presentation. Allow me to take this opportunity to commend him for the achievements made du…
As one of the co- sponsors of the resolution just adopted, I should like to express our gratitude to all Member States for their understanding and support for its adoption without a
vote. I also wish to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Hans Corell and his team for their efforts to achieve the agr…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to convene this wrap-up meeting focusing on the role of the United Nations in post-conflict situations. The theme you have chosen is both timely and appropriate — timely because of the increasing number of post-conflict situations which the i…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open
meeting. I also thank Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing.
The report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNM…
Thank you very much, Sir, for convening today’s meeting in an open format. I would also like to express my appreciation to Mr. Danilo Türk for the information he has just provided, based on the report in front of us.
Since the Bougainville Peace Agreement was signed in August 2001, the United Natio…
Thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting.
Japan has consistently sought a peaceful solution to the problem of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction through international coordination and has exerted its own diplomatic efforts, including the dispatch of the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Iraq.
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Mr. President, I would like to thank you for convening this meeting on the situation in Timor-Leste. I would like also to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his introduction of the special report of the Secretary- General.
Let me join previous speakers in expressing my sincere co…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to follow up the ministerial-level meeting held on 20 January on combating international terrorism.
In a democracy, people express their views freely, and differences of views are resolved peacefully through the ballot. Terrorists, on t…
