I would first like to express our profound respect and appreciation for Mr. Cornel Feruta, Acting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), whose distinguished leadership and outstanding capabilities
have kept the Agency operating smoothly in the difficult time following th…
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to President Chile Eboe-Osuji for his dedication and leadership, as well as for his briefing on the comprehensive report on the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (see A/74/324).
Japan is committed to the fight against impunity and att…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s open debate. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her valuable briefing. I am also grateful to all delegations for expressing their thoughtful condolences on the passing of Mr. Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. Let me also express my gratitude to the briefers for their insightful remarks today.
International terrorism and organized crime are two significant threats facing the international community. As stated in resolution 2195 (2014), it …
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this debate. I also commend the engagement of eight Member States — Afghanistan, Denmark, Guatemala, the Netherlands, Romania, Rwanda, Ukraine and Uruguay — for bringing this agenda to a formal debate at the Gen…
I would like to start by thanking the Indonesian presidency for convening this meeting.
The year 2019 marks the seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions on international humanitarian law. It also marks the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1265 (1999).…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this important meeting. We commend France’s leadership on this issue and welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2462 (2019) this morning, of which we were a sponsor. I also want to express my gratitude to the briefers for their insightful remarks.
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I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s important meeting. We commend your leadership on the issue. We welcome the adoption earlier today of resolution 2457 (2019), which we co-sponsored. Let me also express my gratitude to the briefers for their insightful remarks.
The goal of silencing the guns i…
The world is dealing with a trend in which humanitarian needs are increasing, in terms of both the funding required to remedy them and the people affected. The recently published Global Humanitarian Overview 2019 details, for instance, the increasing numbers of people being displaced by conflict, th…
Japan supports the Secretary-General’s mediation initiatives, which are deeply interlinked with conflict prevention, peacebuilding and the sustaining peace agenda. We welcomed the establishment of the Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Board on Mediation last year, and we are encouraged by his …
I thank the presidency for convening this debate. I would also like to thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing.
Continued instability in the Middle East region is of great concern. Violence in Gaza remains intense, and, as the Secretary-General has pointed out, we are at the br…
Allow me to express my sincere gratitude to the President for convening today’s important plenary meeting on the review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. My appreciation also goes to Finland and Jordan for their tremendous efforts in facilitating the review discussion.
The th…
It is my great pleasure to address today’s joint meeting, which follows the successful high-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace held in April (A/72/PV.83-A/72/ PV.87). On this occasion, I would like to express my gratitude to Ambassador Cho Tae-yul for his splendid leadership as Chai…
I thank the President for convening this important meeting, and I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the people of Palestine on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Today the Middle East and North Africa face a multitude of challenge…
I would like to thank Mr. Tanin, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his informative briefing and continued service. I also appreciate the statements made by First Deputy Prime Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku.
As an Ambassador to the United Nations residing in New York, I…
At the outset, I want to say that our delegation is deeply grieved by the news of the earthquake that struck the region bordering the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq. We would like to offer our deepest condolences to the bereaved and to express our heartfelt sympathies to all of th…
I thank High Representative Inzko for his informative briefing. Japan continues to appreciate Mr. Inzko’s important role in supporting peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also welcome the unanimous adoption of an extended mandate for the European Union-led peacekeeping force, which pla…
I would like to thank Ms. Sandra Honoré, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her comprehensive wrap-up briefing on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), whose mandate will successfully conclude next Sunday. Japan welcomes the outline of MINUSTAH’s achievement…
I would like to begin by thanking Ms. Fang Liu, Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), and Ambassador Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta, Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, for their comprehensive and informative briefings.
Japan co-sponsored resolution 2309 (2016) …
Japan welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2379 (2017) and is pleased to have co-sponsored it. I would like to express my gratitude to the United Kingdom for having taken the lead on drafting this important resolution.
We support the resolution’s setting up of an investigative team to assi…
