My delegation supports the reinforcement of cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) in the area of the maintenance of international peace and security. Furthermore, Japan has been extending assistance for the capacity-building of the AU.
With regard to the draft resolution…
Japan shares the concern expressed by many delegations today regarding the extra-territorial application of jurisdiction such as that arising from the Helms-Burton Act of the United States.
My Government has been closely following the implementation of the legislation as well as the circumstances s…
Unlike last year’s resolution, which my Government had difficulty accepting because it contained an element of eliminating multilateral economic measures, the resolution adopted today concerns solely the application of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures, which are contrary to rec…
