I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Ruiz Massieu and Mr. Botero García for their briefings. I welcome Foreign Minister Leyva Durán who joined this meeting. I also thank Mr. Ćurić Hrvatinić for the advice of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). We appreciate it very much.
Japa…
I thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis- Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), and Ms. Dhefaf Al-Jarahi of the Iraqi Foundation for their briefings.
Today I would like to highlight the following three areas concerning the…
I would like to start by conveying our best wishes to you, Sir, for your presidency, and thanking Albania for its successful presidency last month.
I would first like to thank the co-penholders, Ecuador and the United States, for their leadership during today’s negotiations on resolution 2699 (2023…
I would like to express my gratitude to Special Representative of the Secretary- General Keita and Ms. Modi, Executive Director and co-founder of AFIA MAMA, for their briefings. I welcome the report from the Chair of Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) and the participation of t…
I thank Director Menikdiwela and Director Liljert for their briefings.
With regard to the draft resolution that will renew the authorization set forth in resolution 2240 (2015), Japan supports the co-penholders’ efforts to seek a constructive compromise among Security Council members.
It is shocki…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen, Ms. Wosornu and Ms. Jarbawi for their valuable inputs.
Syria continues to be in a severe multifaceted crisis. Its people have endured over 12 years of war, perpetual displacement, terrorism, devastating earthquakes and a deteriorating economic and humanitarian situat…
I thank the President for giving me the floor for the second time. In response to the statement made in exercise of the right of reply by the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, I will not repeat all my remarks and will not address every point that was raised. What I would l…
In the statement by the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, there was a reference to the discharge of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS)-treated water into the sea. The Government of Japan decided to initiate the discharge of ALPS-treated water on 22 August and the dis…
In the previous statement delivered by the representative of the Solomon Islands, there were some references not based on fact about the discharge of the water treated through an advanced liquid processing system (ALPS) into the sea.
The Government of Japan has always been transparent in providing …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom, Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Ms. Wosornu, and civil society representative Ms. Juan for their insightful briefings.
Japan takes note of the recent report of the S…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu and the other briefer for their presentation.
It is noteworthy that Russia has called for this meeting on the same topic, yet again, in such a short timespan. Throughout this period, member States that are committed to upholding the principles of the Charte…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for his briefing.
Peacekeeping operations are facing an increasingly challenging environment, politically and operationally. To uphold peacekeeping as one of the most effective tools available to the United Nations in the promotion and maintenance of interna…
We thank the penholder, France, for its tireless efforts to strike a sensitive balance in the text of resolution 2695 (2023), taking into consideration feedback from the ground, voices from the host State and the region and various views in the Security Council.
The activities of the United Nations…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Wane and Ms. Abouya for their insightful briefings. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Mali at this meeting.
We are at a critical juncture for the peace and stability of Mali and the Sahel region. We are already seeing t…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Voronkov and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) Natalia Gherman for their briefings. Also, I join others in thanking Ms. Farida Khalaf for her brave testimony to the Council about unimaginable hardships, including her p…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
As we just heard from Mr. Wennesland, we have seen a significant surge of violence in the West Bank in the absence of a tangible peace process. Japan is deeply troubled by the operations of the Israeli forces, including the recent raid in…
I thank the briefers for their briefings.
This is the sixth time that the Security Council is discussing the Ukraine-related issue this month. It is regrettable that Russia has been consuming Security Council resources by simply requesting the same number of Council meetings as those requested by t…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix and the Force Commanders for their briefings. Through them, I thank their troops for their valuable work to implement the mandates crafted by the Council.
Japan attaches high importance to the protection of civilians. Although the primary responsibility to e…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for his briefing.
After Russia’s termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative last week, its aggression against Ukraine has continued and in some cases intensified. Russia has used heavy weaponry to target civilian infrastructure, including grain stores …
I welcome Mr. Leonardo Simão in his capacity as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel and thank him and Mr. Touray, President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), for their insightful briefings. I also thank the Peacebuilding Commission f…
