I apologize for taking the floor again, but my delegation is obliged to exercise its right of reply to the statement just made by the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
I shall refrain from entering into a detailed rebuttal of the statement made by the delegation of the De…
My delegation would like to exercise its right of reply in response to the statement made by the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea this morning (see A/69/PV.87).
First of all, it is regrettable that a statement criticizing Japan was made given the fact that the purpose of …
I would like to thank the President for the month of April, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for convening this important meeting and take this opportunity to pay tribute to the essential role played by Jordan towards the peace and stability of the region. I would also like to thank His Excellency Se…
I would first like to congratulate Ambassador Olof Skoog, the new Permanent Representative of Sweden, on assuming the chairmanship of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for 2015. I pledge my delegation’s full support to the new Chair. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Ambassador A…
I would like to express my gratitude to you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. I very much appreciate that you
yourself are presiding during lunch-time. I would also like to thank Ms. Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Ms. Alla…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for your initiative in convening today’s meeting.
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Extremists such as those of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been deliberately persecuting ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East. The convening of today’s meeting i…
Seventy years ago, the United Nations was created for the purposes and principles enumerated in the Charter: the maintenance of peace and security, the rule of law, respect for human rights and the self-determination of peoples. Upholding these purposes and principles of the Charter, the world body …
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the situation in the Middle East. As this is the first time that I address the Security Council this year, I would like to congratulate the five newly elected members on their membership in the Counc…
I am very pleased to see you, Madam, presiding over today’s meeting on some very important agenda items. I wish to address both agenda item 35, “The situation in the Middle East”, and agenda item 36, “Question of Palestine”. I would also like to pay tribute to Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Obs…
I should like to express my sincere appreciation to Ambassador Harald Braun of Germany and his colleagues for guiding consultations on draft resolution A/69/L.20 on Afghanistan. I should also like to thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin of
Afghanistan for his comprehensive statement at the beginning of thi…
I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for your leadership since you assumed the post of President in September, in steering the important agenda items before us, which include the reform of the Security Council.
Allow me to associate myself fully with the statement delivered earlier…
At the outset, I would like to thank Peter Tomka, President of the International Court of Justice, for his leadership and for his comprehensive report on the work of the Court.
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan emphasized from this rostrum two years in a row, the rule of law is one of the most …
I have the great honour to speak on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Group at this solemn gathering of the General Assembly to pay tribute to the memory of His Excellency Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, the late President of the Republic of Zambia.
History will no doubt remember the late President Sata as a m…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Argentine Republic and you, Madam President, on having taken up the important task of presiding over the Security Council in this month of October.
To save time, I will read out only a part of my statement. My full text will be distributed in the Cham…
I would like to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation for the initiative of the United States in convening today’s open debate on one of the most important crises of today: the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. Given the significance of Council resolution 2177 (2014), adopted today, Japan was …
I would like to express my gratitude to you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. At the outset, allow me to thank Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his unwavering leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I understand that this is his last appearance in the S…
I have no comment on decision 68/557, which has just been adopted, but as the representative of Japan I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to you, Mr. President, for your leadership. Your genuine efforts to achieve progress on the issue of Security Council reform hav…
I would like to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation for the United Kingdom’s leadership in convening today’s open debate. In order to save time, I will circulate my full text and make only the salient points.
On the issue of conflict prevention, I would like to underscore the necessity for …
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to you, Sir, for convening today’s open debate on this important subject. I will circulate my statement but, to save time, I will speak only to the most salient points.
I believe that there is a consensus within the Organization that peacekeeping …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting. Due to time limitations, I will make only the salient points of my statement. Copies of my full text will be circulated in the Chamber.
Japan welcomes the adoption today of the presidential statement on the Afghan presidential elections (S/…
