More than a year has passed since the Security Council held extensive discussions and issued a presidential statement on the agenda item we are discussing today. We were very much aware then, as we are now, that it is necessary for humanitarian organizations — those within the United Nations system …
At the outset, my delegation wishes to offer to Mr. Irakli Menagarishvili, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, a cordial welcome to this meeting of the Security Council.
My delegation wishes to express, in the name of the Government of Japan, its appreciation to the Special Representative of t…
The United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) has so far achieved impressive success in preventing the spillover of conflicts elsewhere in the region into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. However, the current situation in Kosovo raises serious concern in terms of peace and secu…
Japan is deeply concerned about the present situation in the Middle East. In the face of a total lack of substantive progress in the peace process since the beginning of 1997, the sense of frustration which has come to prevail in the entire region is now mounting to a dangerous level.
On 3 December…
This meeting of the Security Council has been convened expressly to address the issue
With the shift in recent years in the nature of armed conflicts from inter-State to intra-State fighting, the number of children involved in and falling victim to armed conflicts has increased dramatically. With t…
Quite recently, the Security Council issued two presidential statements in which it strongly deplored the nuclear tests carried out by India on 11 and 13 May, and then by Pakistan on 28 and 30 May. By those forceful and direct statements, the Security Council has addressed the specific acts perpetra…
The Security Council, at one of its information consultations on 6 March 1998, concluded the eighteenth review of the sanctions imposed on Libya in accordance with paragraph 13 of resolution 748 (1992). While it was concluded as a result of this review that there was no agreement for modifying the s…
At the outset, Sir, I wish to offer the sincere congratulations of my delegation on the assumption by Gambia of the presidency for the month of March, as well as my hearty welcome to you, Mr. Foreign Minister, to this Council.
I wish also to offer the gratitude of my delegation to Ambassador Dangue…
Today, the Security Council is adopting a draft resolution which will increase the resources for the oil-for-food humanitarian programme envisaged under its resolution 986 (1995) of 14 April 1995. Resolution 986 (1995) was conceived as a temporary measure to provide for the humanitarian needs of the…
In his report of 12 January on the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA), the Secretary-General states that although some progress has been made toward concluding the peace process in Angola, the persistent delays in implementing the Lusaka Protocol continue to give us cause for deep con…
The delegation of Japan welcomes the adoption by consensus of resolution A/52/L.72/Rev.1, on renewing the United Nations, which reflects the consideration by the General Assembly of the Secretary-General's report and the recommendations contained therein. This resolution is an important milestone in…
Before I address the item before the Security Council this afternoon, permit me to offer my heartfelt welcome and deep respect to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, Mr. Fernando Naranjo Villalobos. In the name of the delegation of Japan, and also as a personal friend of yours, Sir, I wi…
The problem of anti-personnel landmines indiscriminately used and left behind in conflicts is one of the most urgent problems that the international community needs to address today. Most landmines have been laid in the more than 60 countries that have suffered or are currently suffering from the ra…
As I take the floor today, I am fully conscious of the fact that we Members of the United Nations are charged with one of the gravest responsibilities we have faced since the establishment of the Organization. The issue which brings us here today, the reform of the Security Council, is an issue whic…
Japan is deeply concerned about the present situation in the Middle East, where virtually no progress has been made towards peace this year. The urgent need for all the parties directly concerned to make their best efforts to set the peace process back on track cannot be over-emphasized at this junc…
With the assistance and support provided by the United Nations civilian police element, including the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH), certain improvements have been made in the professionalization of the Haitian National Police. I wish to take this opportunity to express the app…
It is my great honour to introduce draft resolution A/52/L.22 entitled “International Year of Volunteers, 2001”.
The idea of an International Year of Volunteers originated in a policy forum, held jointly by the United Nations Volunteer Programme and the United Nations University in Japan in 1996, w…
Let me begin by stating the fundamental position of Japan that it is Japan’s sincere wish to see Iraq immediately and unconditionally comply with all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council so that Iraq can resume normal relations with the international community. It is for this reason that…
My delegation would like to thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Hans Blix, for his comprehensive introduction of the Agency’s report to the Assembly.
As Mr. Blix will be retiring shortly, I should like to take this opportunity at the outset to express, o…
In its resolution 1127 (1997) of 28 August, the Security Council made it clear that the serious difficulties in the peace process are mainly the result of delays by UNITA in the implementation of its obligations under the Lusaka Protocol. Despite repeated calls by the Security Council, UNITA had bee…
