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2022-05-19

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2022-05-19

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1. “We would like to call on the countries concerned, including Russia, to restore the international distribution of Ukrainian food. Lastly, it is important to ensure that measures that disrupt the global food trade and affect global food insecurity, such as export restrictions and excessive hoarding, not be taken. In that connection, it should be agreed at next month’s Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization that food procurement for humanitarian aid by international organizations should not be subject to export restrictions. Japan is determined to continue to make every effort, in cooperation with the international community, to address the negative impact of conflict on global food security.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source

2. “As a consistent partner of the World Food Programme, on 10 May Japan decided to extend $10 million in emergency grant aid in response to the food crisis in Yemen, where the humanitarian situation could further deteriorate due to the impact of rising food prices caused by the situation in Ukraine. The provision of food aid to Sri Lanka will also be decided shortly. Japan will continue to work with the international community to closely consider the necessary measures. Secondly, it is important to treat Ukrainian grain exports as a humanitarian issue and create political momentum to enable the smooth export of food to those in need. Japan advocates for that approach and for the establishment of a humanitarian food passage, which would facilitate such exports.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source

3. “Russia has targeted critical civilian infrastructure, including that for agricultural production, transportation and storage, in clear denial of commitments made by the Security Council, such as in resolutions 2417 (2018) and 2573 (2021). Japan is gravely concerned by such attacks and condemns them in the strongest terms. Japan stresses the importance of the following three points as rapid responses to the deteriorating global food security. First, the international community must work together to expand emergency food assistance, especially in the severely affected Middle East and Africa.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source

4. “I would like to thank the United States for convening this important meeting, as well as the Secretary-General and others for their briefings. Japan attaches great importance to the achievement of global food security in realizing a “society where no one is left behind”, reflecting the philosophy of human security, which Japan regards as an important pillar of its foreign policy. This meeting is timely given the dramatic deterioration of global food security caused by Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable aggression against Ukraine. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, which has exacerbated food security globally, infringes upon Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and shakes the very foundations of the international order, which do not tolerate any unilateral change of the status quo by force.”

   2022-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9036Resumption1 (2022) · source