It is my honour as Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the General Assembly for the Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s to present to the General Assembly the report of the Committee as contained in document A…
At the outset, I wish to offer my congratulations to the President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Razali, on his recent assumption of the chairmanship of the Open-ended Working Group. I should like also to pay high tribute to its two co-Vice- Chairmen, Ambassador Breitenstein of Finland and Amb…
My delegation would like to thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Hans Blix, for his comprehensive and clear introduction of the Agency’s report, on which I would like to make some remarks.
First of all, I note with satisfaction that the Comprehensive Nucl…
The dire situation that has prevailed in Afghanistan for some years now, and the consequent plight of the Afghan people, cannot but cause concern and a sense of alarm in the international community. We have been closely following recent events in the wake of the Taliban’s seizure of Kabul and the co…
It is now almost one and a half years since the World Summit for Social Development was held in Copenhagen. The Copenhagen Summit was the culmination of a series of international conferences on social issues that the international community has to tackle in the contemporary world on a priority basis…
I should like, first of all, to extend my warmest compliments to His Excellency Mr. Razali Ismail, Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations, on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly last week. I also pay tribute to the efforts of His Excellency Mr. Diego Freitas …
Mr. President, on behalf of the Government of Japan, I should like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to you for calling for this resumed session of the United Nations General Assembly. My delegation will spare no effort to cooperate with you as you discharge your important duties at this meeting of h…
Like previous speakers, we have followed the situation in Burundi with apprehension, and we welcome this opportunity to discuss this matter in the Council. We have particularly been appalled by the vicious cycle of attacks and reprisals, which have often resulted in the deaths of numerous innocent c…
The indiscriminate use of land-mines is among the most pressing and dangerous problems confronting us today. The numbers are staggering: there remain more than 100 million uncleared land-mines in 68 countries around the world, primarily in areas of conflict; and between 2 million and 5 million addit…
My delegation would like to make a brief statement on paragraph 47 of annex I of the resolution we have just adopted. Before doing so, I should like to associate myself with previous speakers and to
I would like to express our appreciation and respect to Ambassador Oscar de Rojas for his extraordin…
I should like to preface my statement by welcoming His Excellency Mr. Elias Hraoui, President of the Lebanese Republic, whose very presence here underscores the gravity of the situation in his country. On behalf of the people and Government of Japan, I should like to ask him to convey my sincere con…
In its previous intervention, at the formal meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the occupied Arab territories, held on 15 April, the delegation of Japan expressed its grave concern over the recent developments in Lebanon. These developments are detrimental not only to the interests o…
Permit me at the outset to offer my congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for the month of April. Please be assured that Japan stands ready to extend its full support as you continue to lead the work of the Council. I also wish to take this opportunity to pay tribute to y…
Let me begin this brief statement of the delegation of Japan by associating myself with the statement made earlier by the representative of Argentina. In addition, I should like to offer some further observations of my delegation on several points which are of particular importance to Japan.
First …
Today Afghanistan finds itself in a tragic situation. The internal conflict in that country has been going on for more than 15 years. It has had disastrous consequences for the civilian population and has nearly destroyed the country’s social infrastructure.
The situation in Afghanistan, if it cont…
The problem of uncleared land- mines is the one problem the international community has long been aware of that can no longer be left aside. I believe we have reached the point where the international community has to take concrete and swift actions, as the number of mines left unattended around the…
At our meeting here last year to consider the situation in Haiti my delegation was pleased to have the opportunity to express the profound satisfaction of the Government of Japan at the return of the legally and democratically elected President of Haiti, Mr. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and to salute the…
At the outset, I should like to express my appreciation to the Government and people of the People’s Republic of China for having hosted in
The World Conference on Women provided the international community with an excellent opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to gender equality, a basic princip…
This year, which marks the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, has been an epoch-making one in the field of social development, as the recent Summit meeting succeeded in securing the commitments of Heads of State and Government to work towards the well-being of all people as a matter of the …
My delegation is pleased that the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks has successfully discharged its mandates by adopting the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 198…
