At the outset, I would like to convey my gratitude to you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate.
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I would like first to express Japan’s appreciation for the efforts that have been made to reform the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) since the inau…
In this commemorative year celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Japan would like to renew its commitment, as a major maritime State, to continue to contribute to the stability of the legal framework on ocean affairs and to i…
At the outset, I would like to convey to the Secretary-General my delegation’s sincere appreciation for his report (A/61/816) on the progress made over the past 12 months in the international response to HIV/AIDS.
The Political Declaration adopted at last June’s High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS set a…
Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to extend my appreciation to you for
convening today’s debate. It is very timely, because the Second Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region was successfully concluded just last Friday in Nairobi. I would also like to thank Mr. Ibr…
Allow me to take this opportunity to comment on the state of cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO). My delegation would like to commend the President of the organization’s forty-fifth session, Ambassador Narinder Singh, and the Governmen…
First, my delegation would like to touch on agenda item 62(b), on the causes of conflict in Africa, and then on agenda item 48, on the Decade to Roll Back Malaria. We thank the Secretary- General for his two comprehensive reports on agenda item 62 and for the report of his Advisory Panel on Internat…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to thank the coordinators of the two draft resolutions before us today, Mr. Duarte, representative of Brazil, and Ms. Koehler, representative of the United States.
Our thanks also go to all the States that contributed to the consultations in a spirit of cooperati…
