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2010-09-23
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2010-09-23
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  1. “Finally, it has been 65 years since the birth of the United Nations. The world situation has changed drastically since then. If the Security Council is to continue to play an effective role in maintaining international peace and security in the twenty-first century, the Council itself needs to demonstrate its legitimacy by reflecting the reality of the international community. To that end, Japan will cooperate with other Member States and work actively for the early realization of reform of the Security Council.”

    2010-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6389 (2010) · source

  2. “Japan will implement the action plan agreed at the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. During a meeting of foreign ministers yesterday, Japan and Australia, together with other like-minded countries, launched a new group on this issue. We will also continue to work on nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation efforts in cooperation with the international community. The concept of human security, the fourth pillar, is useful in helping the Security Council to cope with these matters. True peace can be sustained only when each individual human being achieves freedom, secures dignity and leads a fulfilled life. Relying on this philosophy, we will continue to contribute to international efforts to protect and empower vulnerable States and people.”

    2010-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6389 (2010) · source

  3. “We also recently disbursed $50 million in assistance for the reintegration of insurgents. It is our intention to provide assistance, in cooperation with the international community, in such a way that the people of Afghanistan will be able to perceive a tangible improvement in their lives. In the area of conflict prevention, the third pillar, creating a safe and secure environment for people to live their lives and implementing continued confidence- building measures are essential in vulnerable or post- conflict States. The Security Council also must continue exerting its utmost efforts to halt the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in order to prevent terrorist groups or other organizations from acquiring those weapons.”

    2010-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6389 (2010) · source

  4. “Of all of these, it is Afghanistan that presents the greatest challenge to the international community in terms of peacebuilding, and it is that country to which Japan is providing the most intensive assistance. In cooperation with various partners, Japan has extended comprehensive and integrated support for the Afghan Government's efforts, focusing on three pillars: the improvement of security, including police training; reintegration through vocational training and job creation for former Taliban rank-and-file soldiers; and sustainable and self-reliant development by means of agricultural assistance, among other programmes. Japan will cooperate with the Republic of Turkey in assisting Afghan police training by providing funding as well as police personnel, with a View to improving security in Afghanistan.”

    2010-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6389 (2010) · source

  5. “Japan has learned the importance of a comprehensive and integrated approach to peacebuilding through its experience with long-term assistance in peacebuilding in Cambodia, where we were fully engaged from the outset, hosting a peace conference and donors' conferences, and where we continued to provide support through the final stage of the peace process, the Khmer Rouge trials. In the nation-building efforts in Timor-Leste, our contributions based on such prior experience are about to bear fruit. We attach great importance to peacebuilding efforts employing similar approaches in other areas, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East and Africa.”

    2010-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6389 (2010) · source

  6. “This year, we expeditiously dispatched Japanese self-defence forces to the disaster-affected countries of Haiti and Pakistan. We also decided to dispatch military liaison officers to the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste. Let us next consider peacebuilding. The common assumption is that peacebuilding is to begin after peacekeeping ends. However, in order to realize true peace, it is imperative to engage in peacebuilding in tandem with peacekeeping activities from the early stages of the latter.”

    2010-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6389 (2010) · source

  7. “I also introduced this idea as a fundamental philosophy during my speech yesterday at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly. Japan will take proactive and concrete action towards the realization of true peace. Based on these thoughts, Japan will promote its assistance through focusing on four pillars, namely, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, conflict prevention and human security. First is peacekeeping. As Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, Japan will lead discussions on enhancing cooperation among countries contributing to peacekeeping activities and on securing the necessary resources for peacekeeping operations. Japan itself is actively contributing to peacekeeping and other related operations.”

    2010-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6389 (2010) · source

  8. “It is testimony to the fact that peacebuilding is an urgent issue and a common goal of the international community. I appreciate the initiative of President Abdullah Giil of Turkey in this regard. What does true peace mean? Can we call the mere absence of the state of war or conflict "peace"? No, that is not the case. Restoring peace and the lives of people destroyed by war, conflicts and natural disaster leads to true peace. Japan fully supports the people who strive for the reconstruction of societies and the economies in this process of restoration. That is why I firmly believe that the most important role of State leaders is to reduce, to the extent possible, sources of human suffering such as diseases, poverty and conflict. I call this concept the realization of a society where human suffering is reduced to a minimum.”

    2010-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6389 (2010) · source

  9. “Mr. Kan (Japan) (spoke in Japanese; English text provided by the delegation): Today, threats to the security of human beings are diversifying, as exemplified by issues such as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and acts of piracy. Furthermore, the context in which such threats originate is becoming more complex. To cut off those threats at the root, we need to fully understand their causes and carefully choose the most appropriate policy options. In April this year, Japan hosted a ministerial meeting in this Chamber, and we came to the conclusion that a peacebuilding strategy is necessary to enable us to work in a comprehensive and integrated manner on political, security and development issues. It is worthwhile for world leaders to engage in discussions on peacebuilding on this occasion.”

    2010-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6389 (2010) · source