The current Middle East peace process, which was launched with the Madrid Conference in October 1991, has continued to make significant progress throughout the year. Indeed, there are encouraging signs that the Middle East, a region fraught for so long with disputes and confrontations, is entering a…
In the annals of the Middle East peace process, the year 1995 will be recorded as one of significant achievement and profound loss. After long and difficult negotiations, this past September Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization reached an agreement on expanding Palestinian interim self- …
Two weeks ago, the Security Council presented its fiftieth annual report to the General Assembly. If one were to compare this most recent report to the first one, submitted half a century ago, I am sure one would be struck by the dramatic expansion of the Council’s role and activities in the mainten…
Both in number and in scale, the humanitarian crises that have beset the world in the past few years have been unprecedented. In Iraq, Somalia, the Great Lakes region, and the former Yugoslavia, the international community has laboured to provide assistance under the most difficult conditions, and i…
I should like to begin my statement on the issue of restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic, social and related fields by saluting the Secretary-General for the extensive
The Government of Japan attaches the utmost importance to this matter, as was made clear in the p…
The fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the United Nations, coming as it did in the midst of the structural changes that are taking place in the world in the wake of the end of the cold war, has offered us a golden opportunity for sober reflection upon the role of the United Nations in the conte…
It is recalled that the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) was established in 1991 to help guide El Salvador towards the creation of a society in which democratic order, the rule of law and respect for human rights would prevail. It successfully completed its tasks this past Apr…
The Government and people of Japan are profoundly saddened by the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. It is Japan’s earnest hope that the people of Israel will not allow this tragedy to discourage them and that they will remain committed to the peace process and ensure that Prime Minister…
I have asked to speak in order to explain, for the record, Japan’s position in abstaining in the voting on the draft resolution contained in document A/50/L.10.
Japan continues to have the doubts it has indicated in the past three years, as to whether a discussion at the General Assembly may actual…
The draft resolution before us is of great interest and great importance to my delegation as well as to many others. My delegation supports the preservation and promotion of cultural diversity in this Organization. It believes that multilingualism is one important factor in doing this.
However, we …
I should like to thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy
This has been a special year in view of the decision that was taken at the Review and Extension Conference of Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), here in New York last may to extend t…
Just two days ago, Heads of State and Government assembled in this General Assembly Hall to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations and to express their commitment to the creation of a better world for tomorrow. They addressed the question of how to shape that future the better to s…
It gives me great pleasure to join this gathering on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations.
At the outset, I should like to convey two messages.
First, I wish to express the gratitude of the people of Japan to the international community. At the time the United Nations was…
Before making this statement, I would like to note that the delegations of the Republic of Korea and Thailand wish to associate themselves with the views it contains.
The delegation of Japan would like to draw the attention of the Assembly to paragraph 3 of the draft resolution, in which the Genera…
The year 1995 is truly historic, marking not only the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, the sole universal Organization dedicated to international peace and cooperation, but also the end of the Second World War, the most destructive war in the history of humankind. In observing these landm…
I should like, on behalf of the Government of Japan, to begin my statement at the General Assembly by extending my felicitations on the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. I also wish to offer my sincere congratulations to Your Excellency, Professor Freitas do Amaral, on your assumption of t…
Mr. President, permit me at the outset to offer my congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency for April. Japan stands ready to extend its full support as you go on leading the work of the Council. I also wish to take this opportunity to pay tribute to your predecessor, the represent…
It was with great pleasure that I listened to the statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique, His Excellency Mr. Leonardo Simão, in which he described the optimism of the people of Mozambique as they embark upon the task of national reconstruction and…
On behalf of my Government, I would like to express deepest appreciation for the sympathy and condolences expressed by His Excellency the President, the General Assembly and its Member States to the people and the Government of Japan in connection with the recent earthquake. I shall certainly convey…
We appreciate the initiative taken by Central American countries, including El Salvador, to present draft resolution A/66/L.7 for the purpose of addressing the serious humanitarian situation in that region. We wish to convey the solidarity of the people of Japan to the people in the region. Today we…
