I would like to thank the Presidents of the two Tribunals, Judge Erik Møse and Judge Fausto Pocar, for presenting their annual reports to the General Assembly.
Japan understands that both Tribunals have been continuing their efforts to ensure the completion of all trials by the end of 2010. We reit…
My delegation welcomes the adoption of draft resolution A/49/L.29/Rev.l, entitled “Early warning capacities of the United Nations system with regard to natural disasters”, which it co-sponsored. We wish to pay special tribute to Ambassador Sucharipa of Austria, the Coordinator designated by the Pres…
My delegation welcomes the adoption of the report which contains the draft resolution entitled “United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks”. The success of this Conference is essential for the achievement of sustainable utilization of living marine resources…
Now that we have adopted the report containing the draft resolution entitled “Fisheries bycatch and discards and their impact on the sustainable use of the world’s living marine resources”, my delegation would like to emphasize the importance of taking full and proper account of the best scientific …
Japan attaches great importance to the issue of African development, as indicated by our having hosted the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in October of last year. It is our intention to continue to support the self- help efforts of the African countries, particularly through a…
First of all, I should like to express my delegation’s appreciation to the President for providing Member States with an opportunity to express their views on the serious financial situation that the Organization is currently facing and to discuss effective ways and means for ensuring a viable finan…
The Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel which we have just adopted is an important step towards ensuring the safety of personnel engaged in United Nations and other operations. Japan welcomes the General Assembly’s adoption of this Convention.
My delegation has expla…
The year 1995 will be a historic occasion for reflection and celebration, marking as it does at the same time the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, which brought untold sorrow to mankind, and the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of this universal organization for peace and co…
During this past year, we have witnessed historic progress in efforts to achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East. It is clear that the collapse of the cold war world order has had a significant impact on this region as well, to the extent that the region had come to be aff…
It would be no exaggeration to declare that 1994 has been a historic landmark in the long years of efforts to establish lasting peace and stability throughout the Middle East. The progress we have witnessed this past year is both genuine and dramatic. As a result, the entire political structure of t…
In recent years remarkable progress has been made in the Central American peace process. Most noteworthy, perhaps, is the consolidation of peace and stability in El Salvador through the general election held last March, the first since the termination of the conflict.
The experience in El Salvador …
When we gathered here last year to consider the situation in Haiti, the mood was one of discouragement, if not despair. Thus it is with great pleasure and relief that in coming together today we can celebrate the restoration of the legitimate and democratically elected Government in Haiti.
Japan sa…
The international community is now facing an enormous challenge as it attempts to respond to the dramatic increase in humanitarian emergencies that have been taking place since the end of the cold war. It is discouraging in the extreme that the end of the East-West confrontation has not led to a mor…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on an Agenda for Development, which offers recommendations for revitalizing the activities of the United Nations in the area of development. My delegation finds this report containing his recommendations quite useful as a basis f…
My delegation considers the Programme of Action adopted at the International Conference on Population and Development to be a truly significant achievement. Following the comprehensive approach taken at the United Nations Conference on
Therefore, important as the successful adoption of the Programm…
My delegation appreciates the efforts the Government of Nicaragua, led by President Chamorro, has been making to lay a durable foundation for democracy, market-oriented economic reform and reconstruction of the economy since the April 1990 peaceful transfer of power and the demobilization of the arm…
At the outset, my delegation would like to join previous speakers in expressing its deepest sympathy to the Government and the people of Egypt on the tragic loss incurred as a result of the recent flood.
My delegation would like to congratulate the Government of Barbados for having successfully con…
As this is the first time that I have spoken at a formal meeting of the Security Council, let me extend my heartfelt congratulations to you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency.
At the outset, I should like to commend the delegations of Argentina and New Zealand for their very wel…
Sadly, we are obliged once again to convene here to consider the tragic situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. That its people are facing a fourth winter with little hope of seeing peace restored throughout their country is a profoundly distressing thought. Even with the deployment of …
At the outset I wish to express the gratitude of the delegation of Japan to the Secretariat for preparing this report of the Security Council to the General Assembly for the period from 16 June 1993 to 15 June 1994. Japan was a member of the Council during the first half of that period. The report i…
