Under your presidency, Mr. President, the United Nations will commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of its founding. On this occasion, I ask everyone to recall, Sir, that my country, Japan, in upholding the principles of the United Nations, has walked a steadfast path, always intending to realiz…
I have been accorded the privilege of continuing to serve as Japan’s leader for the next three years. As I address the General Assembly
today for the sixth consecutive year, I do so with a feeling of renewed resolve.
In the next three years, I will do everything in my power to strengthen the free …
I had intended to begin today by speaking of the sincerity with which Japan is implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, and I hoped to introduce the innovative ways by which we have been fostering public awareness of those Goals within Japan. I wanted to explain why the Women Entrepreneurs Fi…
North Korea has now openly shown itself to be a threat to peace. How must we respond? The raison d’être of the United Nations is now being seriously challenged. North Korea has tested submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Immediately after that, it fired three ballistic missiles simultaneously, eac…
Our agenda today, the situation in Syria, is an urgent one. This ongoing international crisis requires a show of solidarity from the Security Council. We discussed Syria at the Group of Seven (G-7) Ise-Shima Summit this year and confirmed the importance of cooperation among G-7 members. Today, I wou…
The United Nations, which this year commemorates the seventieth anniversary of its founding, brings together people who do not easily despair even in the face of desperate circumstances. What else can explain the Organization’s ability to withstand such adversity and to arrive at this moment? The Eb…
Our joint international efforts over the years to realize sustainable development have culminated in this historic adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The new Agenda contains five key elements known as the five Ps: people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnership, at its core. …
Humankind faces serious, unprecedented crises. Now is the time for us to stand united beneath the flag of the United Nations to confront those crises together. Japan is resolved to continue to
take on great responsibility, working hand in hand with the international community.
The Government of Ja…
First, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session.
I would now like to make a new pledge about the situation in Syria. The use of chemical weapons has caused profound shock and anger on the part of the people of Japan, inclu…
At the outset, I should like to convey my profound gratitude to Ambassador Vuk Jeremić, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session; to you, Ambassador John Ashe, President of Assembly at the current session; and to those who have contributed to the convening of this meeting. I am…
I deeply appreciate your generosity in giving me the floor, Mr. President. With all due respect, I understand your intention to limit the current proceeding of the General Assembly to statements made in explanation of vote, but I wish to seek your indulgence to give the floor to the Chairman of the …
I am pleased to take the floor in the Assembly to express my Government’s warmest appreciation for the excellent work done in Vienna by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of a Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. The Committee’s tireless efforts brought about the third of the Proto…
