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Yamada

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2022-12-14
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2023-08-03
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  1. “In violation of multiple Security Council resolutions, North Korea has continued to repeatedly launch ballistic missiles and threaten peace and stability in East Asia to this day. It is extremely regrettable that the Security Council has been unable to take tangible action on the matter. The Council must overcome its prolonged silence, speak with one voice and take meaningful steps. We ask sincerely for everyone’s understanding and support.”

    2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

  2. “Japan is proud to have issued the Hiroshima Action Statement for Resilient Global Food Security in May, together with countries representing various regions around the world. It can serve as a comprehensive guideline for responding to the current food security crisis and for establishing resilient agriculture and food systems in the medium- and long-term. Before I conclude, allow me to touch on the issue of famine and food insecurity in East Asia and beyond. It is reported that many people in North Korea are suffering from severe hunger. On the other hand, North Korea is spending vast resources on unlawful nuclear and missile development, diverting critically needed resources away from its people at tremendous cost.”

    2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

  3. “In conflict, it is crucial to protect vulnerable people, such as women and children. In order to ensure the provision of life-saving assistance for those vulnerable people, the parties to conflict must comply with international humanitarian law. Food security and humanitarian assistance have been top priorities for Japan. We have a long history of providing various forms of assistance and international cooperation, including humanitarian aid, necessary for those suffering from famine and conflict-induced food insecurity. Japan has also spoken out about the necessity of humanitarian passage on the Black Sea to ship grain from Ukraine immediately following Russia’s aggression.”

    2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

  4. “Japan also continues to support the European Union-led solidarity lanes, which work to ensure that Ukraine can export grain. The United Nations and the Council should play their role in addressing food security issues, while exerting their influence and solidarity. Addressing famine and conflict-induced food insecurity requires not only short-term efforts, such as emergency food assistance, but also medium- and long-term actions based on the concept of human security, such as strengthening the resilience of food systems. Efforts to prevent conflicts, which are root causes of food insecurity, are also important. In this context, Japan believes that it would be beneficial to reduce future humanitarian needs by addressing them in a comprehensive way through a humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach.”

    2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

  5. “Japan deeply regrets Russia’s decision to unilaterally terminate its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which had allowed grain exports from Ukraine and contributed to global food security. Russia has wasted tremendous amounts of grain by attacking grain storage facilities and loading terminals in Odesa and along the Danube. Meanwhile, Russia has announced that it will replace Ukraine in supplying grains to African countries. We should not accept Russia’s attempt to weaponize food and destroy grain in Ukraine, while it increases its own exports. Japan strongly urges Russia to return to the international framework associated with the United Nations to resume grain exports from Ukraine in order to relieve food insecurity in the world.”

    2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

  6. “First of all, Japan welcomes the issuance of the presidential statement (S/PRST/2023/4) and commends all the tireless work of you, Mr. President, and your United States team, as well as all the constructive efforts made by each fellow Member State. It is critical that the Security Council speak as one voice on its commitment to address conflict-induced food insecurity. Japan is seriously concerned that a huge number of people are facing famine and other forms of food insecurity caused by conflict and climate change. Food is a basic human need. Therefore, it should never be weaponized at any time. Every day, we hear the voices of those affected by food insecurity caused by man- made conflict.”

    2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392 (2023) · source

  7. “Japan is willing to explore further measures with Member States. I would like to conclude by expressing Japan’s determination to further contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security as a member of the Security Council, starting next month.”

    2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220 (2022) · source

  8. “The Summit of the Future will be held in 2024, and in 2025 we will see the eightieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Those milestones remind us that the windows of opportunity are wide open. While the General Assembly is working to reform the Security Council, the Council can do more than just wait. Council members can and should improve its transparency and efficiency by improving its working methods. Japan supports all the initiatives aimed at limiting the use of the veto, including those of France and Mexico, the United States and the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group. Japan also welcomed the adoption of General Assembly resolution 76/262, initiated by Liechtenstein, which requires permanent members to face more accountability for their exercise of the veto.”

    2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220 (2022) · source

  9. “We need to correct the historical injustice that has meant that there are no permanent seats for African countries, even as African issues account for about half of the Council’s regional agenda. We should not hesitate to update the Charter to reflect the reality of today, not of 77 years ago. The calls for reform have grown stronger this year. Some 70 Member States, far more than in previous years, brought up Security Council reform in their addresses in the general debate in September. A majority of the permanent members now support reform. I am aware that an increasing number of African leaders are now calling for Security Council reform in an ever more passionate tone. Next year will mark the sixtieth anniversary of the previous reform.”

    2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220 (2022) · source

  10. “We cannot have compromise or convergence among the various positions without negotiations. We can do it, so let us begin. Secondly, the Member States have already reformed the Security Council once and I believe we can do it again. In 1963, the General Assembly adopted resolution 1991 (XVIII), proposing an expansion of the non-permanent membership of the Council. Even though two permanent members voted against it and two abstained, all five ultimately agreed to it in order to respect the will of the General Assembly. What matters in the Assembly is each individual Member State, who collectively represent the will of the General Assembly. The world has changed dramatically since the founding of the United Nations. The membership has quadrupled since 1945 and the issues facing the Security Council have become more complex and diverse.”

    2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220 (2022) · source

  11. “And reform of the Security Council is an integral part of the whole picture. Let me focus on Security Council reform. My message is simple. Reform is possible and achievable. First, we need to take action. I am sure that most Member States believe that reform of the Council is necessary and important, but when it comes to actually starting negotiations, some say it is too early. Considering that we have been debating this issue for almost 30 years, I cannot help asking myself when we will be ready. I believe the time is now ripe. What is truly needed is not discussion for the sake of discussion, but action aimed at reform. We can immediately launch talks, with a text on the table, in the intergovernmental negotiations, so that Member States can narrow the differences in their positions. There can be no reform without negotiations.”

    2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220 (2022) · source

  12. “Mr. President, I would like to begin by commending your initiative in leading our discussion today on this timely and forward-looking topic. I would also like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres and President of the General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi for their insightful contributions. The credibility of the United Nations is in jeopardy owing to the aggression of Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council, against one of its neighbours. The drafters of the Charter of the United Nations could never have envisaged such a situation. But that is the harsh reality, and the Council has not yet been able to stop it. It is that sense of urgency that has brought me here from Tokyo. We have to restore confidence in the United Nations. We have to strengthen the entire Organization.”

    2022-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9220 (2022) · source