I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Coordination Division at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and Ms. Ahmadi for their sobering briefings. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan in t…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris, Director Paulsen and Acting Under-Secretary-General Msuya for their sobering briefings.
Japan is deeply disturbed by findings in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee alert and the six-month update report b…
I congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I thank you for convening today’s critical meeting, requested by seven Council members, including Japan. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
I must beg…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ziadeh for her briefing. I would like to extend a welcome to Foreign Minister Đurić and Deputy Prime Minister Gërvalla- Schwarz to the Security Council.
First and foremost, Japan commends the commitment of the United Nations Interim Administra…
I would like to thank the United Kingdom, as the penholder, for its efforts to incorporate recent developments into the comprehensive text. Japan welcomes the Security Council’s unanimous adoption of the resolution (resolution 2754 (2024)) to extend the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mis…
We thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for the briefing.
We are grateful for and support the initiative taken by Ukraine to discuss the issue of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea in the war of aggression against Ukraine. Today we have the opportunity to let the international c…
I welcome your convening of this important meeting of the Security Council, Mr. President. I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his sobering briefing.
One destructive year has passed. Japan renews its unequivocal and strong condemnation of the heinous terror attacks and hostage-taking by Hama…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for his briefing.
Today’s urgent meeting has been convened following Israel’s attack on Iranian military facilities last Saturday. That event is the latest in a series of acts that constitute a dangerous spiral of violence between the two countries. Japan…
I thank the Secretary- General for his sobering briefing on the situation in the Sudan and especially for his most recent report on the protection of civilians in the country (S/2024/759). Now that it has been submitted to the Security Council, it is our responsibility to take action on the basis of…
I thank Switzerland for convening this open debate and Her Excellency President Amherd for presiding over it. I also thank the Deputy Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women, Justice Owuor and Ms. Nu for their comprehensive briefings.
Since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) in 20…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Director Wosornu for their informative briefings. I also thank Ms. Abir Haj Ibrahim and Ms. Su’ad Jarbawi for their briefings.
The rapid escalation of hostilities in Lebanon between Israel and Hizbullah over the …
I would like to thank Slovenia and the United States for requesting this meeting. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Jenča for his comprehensive briefing.
Last month, the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly started. During high-level week, leaders reaffirmed our firm commitment to a…
I also thank Acting Under- Secretary-General Msuya for her update on the grim reality on the ground.
The situation in Gaza remains desperate, with no end in sight. We are now entering a second year of devastation since the horrific attack by Hamas and others on 7 October 2023. Japan once again firm…
As nuclear energy once again attracts significant attention owing to the rapidly changing international landscape and advances in science and technology, the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is becoming even more critical.
Peaceful uses of nuclear energy hold great expectations…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for their briefings.
During the past year, exchanges of fire across the Blue Line have become a daily event. That is not consistent with the contents of resolution 1701 (2006), which, in paragraph 1, calls
“for a full ces…
I also thank United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Lazzarini and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Director Doughten for their valuable and sobering briefings.
We express our deepest condolences to the families …
I thank the Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Koury, for her update and her able work leading the Mission. I also thank Ms. Bugaighis for her important briefing. I welcome the Permanent Representa…
I thank Acting Special Representative James Swan, Special Representative Mohamed El-Amine Souef and Ms. Ilwad Elman for their informative briefings. I welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia.
Despite c…
First of all, allow me to express our gratitude to Slovenia for its successful presidency in September and to congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency for October. We express our full support for your presidency. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for hi…
Allow me to deliver this statement on behalf of the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Kishida Fumio.
“The world stands at an historical inflection point. Those extreme shifts in history have become distinctive features of the past three years
and will continue to define the years to come. I have stress…
