I should like to speak in the exercise of the right of reply with respect to the intervention made by the North Korean representative.
The North Korean representative misunderstands if he thinks that Japan’s strong interest in North Korea’s nuclear development programme is solely for the sake of si…
The members of the international community are becoming increasingly interdependent as a result of the advance of globalization. We are no longer able to achieve our security or prosperity alone. We need to behave in accordance with international agreements and rules so
as to avoid unnecessary fric…
Article 1 of the United Nations Charter stipulates that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to bring about the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law. After 58 years, this purpose is still a very importan…
The Committee established pursuant to Security Council resolution 1267 (1999) is an extremely effective tool in the fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda and groups associated with them, and we are very grateful for its activities. I regret to note, however, that there seems to be no end to the ter…
It has been observed repeatedly that, as technology advances and globalization continues, international terrorism becomes even more immense a threat to international peace and security, for the following reasons.
First, terrorism is an attempt to materialize terrorists’ aims by creating terror and …
The present state of affairs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the most critical situations that the international community has to address. Japan therefore welcomes this opportunity for non-members of the Security
Council to express their opinions on this very important subject.
T…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting concerning the situation in Kosovo. I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Michael Steiner for his presentation. Allow me to take this opportunity to commend him for the achievements made du…
As one of the co- sponsors of the resolution just adopted, I should like to express our gratitude to all Member States for their understanding and support for its adoption without a
vote. I also wish to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Hans Corell and his team for their efforts to achieve the agr…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to convene this wrap-up meeting focusing on the role of the United Nations in post-conflict situations. The theme you have chosen is both timely and appropriate — timely because of the increasing number of post-conflict situations which the i…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open
meeting. I also thank Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing.
The report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNM…
Thank you very much, Sir, for convening today’s meeting in an open format. I would also like to express my appreciation to Mr. Danilo Türk for the information he has just provided, based on the report in front of us.
Since the Bougainville Peace Agreement was signed in August 2001, the United Natio…
Thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting.
Japan has consistently sought a peaceful solution to the problem of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction through international coordination and has exerted its own diplomatic efforts, including the dispatch of the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to Iraq.
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Mr. President, I would like to thank you for convening this meeting on the situation in Timor-Leste. I would like also to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his introduction of the special report of the Secretary- General.
Let me join previous speakers in expressing my sincere co…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to follow up the ministerial-level meeting held on 20 January on combating international terrorism.
In a democracy, people express their views freely, and differences of views are resolved peacefully through the ballot. Terrorists, on t…
I wish to thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting. I would also like to express my appreciation to Mr. Hans Blix and to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei for their reports to the Council this past Friday.
The issue of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction represents a threat to internati…
I am pleased to have this opportunity to make some very brief remarks with respect to the resolution just adopted, to which Japan attaches great importance.
The Government of Japan expresses its appreciation to you, Mr. President, to Ambassador Hussein of Ethiopia, a Vice-President of the Assembly,…
At the outset I should like to express my appreciation to the High-Level Committee of Ambassadors, which has overseen the preparations for this event. My thanks go as well to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations for its contributi…
I would like to thank the President for his initiative to convene this meeting, just one year after the signing of the Bonn Agreement. I believe it will provide us with a very useful opportunity to reinvigorate the peace process in Afghanistan.
The recent history of Afghanistan has shown us how an …
As we witness the renewed surge of violence in the region, today’s deliberation in the Assembly on the situation in the Middle East is, regrettably, I must say, all the more timely.
I would like to begin by extending my sincere condolences to the bereaved families who have lost loved ones and to th…
United Nations humanitarian assistance activities are implemented by a number of agencies, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme and so forth. If those activities are to produce effective and…
