I should like to begin by offering my heartfelt congratulations to Secretary- General Annan and to the United Nations itself on being jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2001. This gives great pleasure to Japan, as it is the International Year of Volunteers that we have been promoting. The Nob…
Just for the record, my delegation would like to state the following concerning draft resolution II. The Government of Japan cannot accept the figure of $2.545 billion outlined for the biennium 2000-2001 because of the reasons stated in the Fifth Committee this afternoon. However, my delegation will…
My delegation reluctantly joined the consensus on the draft resolution, for the following reason.
Two years ago, on 2 November 1995, when resolution 50/11 was adopted, my delegation voted against it, since operative paragraph 3 penalizes staff members whose mother tongue is not one of the official …
