It is my great pleasure and honour to address the Assembly today to discuss the important agenda items relating to African development. Before I begin, I wish to thank the Secretary-General and his staff for their diligent work in consolidating the reports we have received. Also, let me congratulate…
I, too, wish to thank President Renate Winter and Prosecutor Stephen Rapp of the Special Court for Sierra Leone for their informative briefings. Their briefings to the Security Council are very timely in view of the commencement on 13 July of the defence case in the trial of Charles Taylor and of th…
Japan welcomes the Secretary-General’s progress report on the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (A/63/812). My delegation also appreciates the international efforts led by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to combat HIV…
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s meeting to discuss one of the most important items on the General Assembly agenda, namely, the revitalization of its work. Since the General Assembly is represented by all the Member States of…
At the outset, Sir, I would like to express my deep appreciation to you for convening today’s debate. I also wish to thank the Chairs of the Council’s three counter-terrorism committees for their informative briefings.
Japan welcomes the consensual adoption of General Assembly resolution 62/272 fol…
I am sorry to take the floor again. I thank the representative of the Secretariat for the clarification. In the understanding that there will be no further budgetary implications, we can join the consensus on holding the general debate on Saturday, 27 September.
Japan has no problem with having a general debate on a Saturday. However, we have difficulty accepting the financial implications just mentioned by the representative of the Secretariat. It is our understanding that, if the debate were to take place on Saturday, the cost would be absorbed by current…
It is a great pleasure and honour to address the Assembly today to discuss the very important agenda items relating to African development. Before I begin, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General and his staff for their diligent work in consolidating the reports that we …
