Mr. President, my delegation welcomes your decision to convene today, at the request of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), an emergency public meeting concerning the situation in Haiti. We believe that this action testifies to the international community’s concern over the deterioration of the situa…
Mr. President, I would like to thank you for having convened this open meeting of the Security Council, which provides us with a very good opportunity for an exchange of views on the future of Timor-Leste and the role of the United Nations. I would like also to thank Mr. Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-Ge…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation for the coordinators of the draft resolutions before us today, namely, Ms. Elana Geddis of New Zealand and Mr. Colin McIff of the United States. My thanks go as well to the countries that contributed to the consultations in a spirit of cooperati…
My delegation would like to take this opportunity to exercise its right of reply to the points raised by the delegate from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. First, quite a number of points have been raised by the North Korean delegate concerning their objections to this draft resolution tha…
On behalf of the Government of Japan, I should like to express my gratitude to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his statement as well as for preparing the report of the Agency, contained in document A/58/312.
The regime of the Treaty on t…
It is my great pleasure and honour, on behalf of the Government of Japan, to address this Assembly under your presidency. My delegation would like to thank President Shi Jiuyong for his in-depth report on the current situation of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The report gave us confidenc…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open Security Council meeting concerning the situation in Kosovo. I thank Mr. Harri Holkeri, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing.
First, Japan welcomes the direct dialogue that began among the representatives o…
The changes that we see today in the international community are frequent and increasingly more dynamic. Every day we face new and diverse challenges. As the advancement of globalization has led us to an increasingly more interdependent world, we cannot fail to recognise the effectiveness of a viabl…
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…
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…
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to the countries that coordinated the three draft resolutions before us today, namely Brazil, Malta, and the United States of America. My thanks go as well to the countries that contributed to the consultations in a spirit of cooperation.
On th…
On behalf of the Government of Japan, I should like to thank you, Sir, and the other members of the Bureau for assuming your important offices, and the representatives of the United Nations Volunteers for so successfully completing the preparations for this important meeting. My delegation pledges i…
I would like to thank you for convening this open meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Kosovo. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his timely report.
Today, I shall focus my comments on the recent municipal elections and various related issu…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this public meeting of the Security Council on this very important subject. The situation in Central Africa, where many States are suffering the consequences of long years of conflict, is an issue that continues to demand the Council’s urgent attention.
In ad…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East. The Government of Japan deplores the Israeli air strike in Gaza City on 23 July, which resulted in many civilian casualties, including children. We express our deep condolences to t…
Thank you, Madam President, for convening this public meeting of the Security Council.
I would like to touch upon three points relating to post-conflict situations, which are especially salient with regard to Sierra Leone and to the Mano River Union. First, in order to ensure the stability of West …
I would like to express, on behalf of the Government of Japan, my appreciation to you, Sir, for convening this debate and for giving non-members of the Security Council, particularly countries from Africa, an opportunity to speak on the working methods of the ad hoc Working Group. I would also like …
At the outset, my delegation would like to welcome Mr. Jan Petersen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, and to congratulate Norway on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. Allow me as well to extend my congratulations to Ambassador Aguilar Zinser of Mexico and his team for t…
In addressing the issues of conflict prevention and economic development in Africa, the importance of the activities carried out by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) cannot be overstated.
Today I would like to touch upon two issues, namely, the OAU and the New Partnership for Africa’s Develop…
