Since this is the first Security Council meeting of this month, I would like to join others in congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency, Sir. I would like to welcome the new non-permanent members of the Council: Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia. I look…
First of all, I too thank Mr. Khiari, Mr. Muasher and Mr. Epshtain for their respective briefings.
Just one week ago, we adopted resolution 2720 (2023) in the hope that it would bring about substantial improvements in the humanitarian situation by expanding the delivery of humanitarian relief to th…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
We are appalled by the reports of a massive and widespread missile attack across Ukraine. According to the United Nations, the attack resulted in at least 30 civilians being kil…
I deliver this statement on behalf of the United Arab Emirates and Japan, in our capacity as co-penholders on the situation in Afghanistan.
I would like to start by thanking the Ecuadorian presidency for scheduling this adoption today.
The report on the independent assessment on Afghanistan (see S…
The catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza needs urgent attention and meaningful action by the Council. Therefore, we are deeply grateful for the United Arab Emirates and our friends in the Group of Arab States for their constructive engagement with all Council members to that end.
Japan voted…
First, I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Director Doughten for their valuable briefings.
We remain deeply concerned about the risk that the conflict in Gaza could escalate and expand across the region. The security situation in Syria is al…
I would like to start by thanking Special Representative Otunbayeva and Director Rajasingham of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for providing an update on the situation. I also thank Ms. Shaharzad Akbar for her remarks on the dire status of Afghan women. My appreciation also …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your very warm introductory remarks.
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
I must begin by expressing once again our condemnation in the strongest possible terms of the utterly unacceptable provocations by North Korea, in violati…
I am pleased to be able to address the General Assembly on the occasion of the discussion of the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its seventh session (A/68/729) and of the report on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/68/722).
I would first like to express our gratitude to Ambassador Drobnjak, outgo…
It is my great honour to make a statement on behalf of the Government of Japan at today’s meeting in commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Every year, 25 March provides us with an opportunity to remember the victims of sla…
On the occasion of the adoption of the human resources management resolution (68/252), my delegation notes how unfortunate it was that we could not arrive at an agreement on the mobility proposal. We look forward to and intend to participate actively in the discussions in the first resumed session o…
At the outset, Japan would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive reports (A/68/220 and A/68/222).
Today Africa is achieving strong and steady growth. In 2012, the average annual economic growth rate on the African continent was 6.6 per cent. On the other hand, Africa still faces…
This High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development is very timely, since through our two-day discussion the follow-up process to the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development can be properly fed into deliberations on the post-2015 development agenda, particularly t…
My delegation would like thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report entitled “Accelerating the AIDS response: achieving the targets of the 2011 Political Declaration” (A/67/822). We would also like to thank the President of the General Assembly for giving us an opportunity to have a di…
My delegation would like to welcome the convening of this high-level meeting, which provides us a good opportunity for Member States, United Nations system organizations and civil society to appraise the implementation of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, as well as the Pal…
At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to express Japan’s gratitude to Ambassador Momen, former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for his stewardship over the past year. We also reiterate our desire to work together with Ambassador Vilović, Chair of the Commission for 2013. …
I would like to express my appreciation to you, Sir, for presiding over this debate. Let me also thank Mr. Mariano Fernández Amunátegui, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), for his significant contribution to the Mi…
It gives me great pleasure to address the General Assembly today on the report of the Secretary-General on civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict (A/67/312). Japan supports the civilian capacity initiative, which aims to widen the pool of civilian expertise and facilitate the rapid and effic…
It gives me great pleasure to briefly state my Government’s position on global health issues, including universal health coverage, on the occasion of the adoption of draft resolution A/67/L.26, entitled “Global health and foreign policy”. Health plays
a crucial role in economic and social developme…
Let me first join other representatives in thanking the coordinators of the two draft resolutions (A/67/L.21 and A/67/L.22), Ambassador Eden Charles, Deputy Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago, and Ms. Alice Revell, Legal Adviser of the Permanent Mission of New Zealand, for their tremend…
