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2024Session 79
Yamazaki Kazuyuki

Mr. President, Allow me to deliver this statement on behalf of the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. KISHIDA Fumio. 1. Introduction: Mr. President, Excelle...

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2023Session 78
Kishida Fumio

We have gathered in New York once again. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at their midpoint, facing mounting obstacles. To our dismay, the aggressio...

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2022Session 77
Kishida Fumio

We stand at a historic watershed moment. Seventy-seven years have passed since the establishment of the United Nations, yet we are still witnessing devastation ...

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2021Session 76
Yoshihide Suga

Mr. President, Let me start by expressing my deepest sympathies to those who have passed away due to COVID-19.1 would also like to convey my deepest respect for...

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2020Session 75
Mr. Suga Yoshihide

Mr. President, Excellencies, It is an honor for me to deliver my first statement after assuming office on 16 September as Prime Minister of Japan, at the United...

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2019Session 74
Mr. Shinzo Abe

Under your presidency, Mr. President, the United Nations will commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of its founding. On this occasion, I ask everyone to rec...

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2018Session 73
Mr. Shinzo Abe

I have been accorded the privilege of continuing to serve as Japan’s leader for the next three years. As I address the General Assembly today for the sixth co...

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2017Session 72
Mr. Shinzo Abe

I had intended to begin today by speaking of the sincerity with which Japan is implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, and I hoped to introduce the inno...

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2016Session 71
Mr. Shinzo Abe

North Korea has now openly shown itself to be a threat to peace. How must we respond? The raison d’être of the United Nations is now being seriously challenged....

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2015Session 70
Mr. Shinzo Abe

The United Nations, which this year commemorates the seventieth anniversary of its founding, brings together people who do not easily despair even in the face o...

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2014Session 69
Shinzo Abe

Humankind faces serious, unprecedented crises. Now is the time for us to stand united beneath the flag of the United Nations to confront those crises togethe...

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2013Session 68
Shinzo Abe

First, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. I would now like to make a new ...

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2012Session 67
Yoshihiko Noda

First, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Al-Nasser for his dedication during his one-year tenure as President of the Genera...

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2011Session 66
Yoshihiko Noda

I would like to begin by congratulating Mr. Al-Nasser on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- sixth session. I express my gr...

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2010Session 65
Naoto Kan

I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Joseph Deiss on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. I also expr...

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2009Session 64
Yukio Hatoyama

I should like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its...

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2008Session 63
Taro Aso

It is my great honour to stand here as the new Japanese Prime Minister — brand new, really, as I was designated by the National Diet yesterday. First, I w...

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2007Session 62
Masahiko Koumura

First, let me join other speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. I sho...

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2006Session 61
Mr. Kenzo OSHIMA

I wish to congratulate Her Excellency Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her assumption of the presidency of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly, ...

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2005Session 60
Nobutaka Machimura

I should like, first and foremost, to convey, once again, my sincere sympathy in connection with the victims of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. All...

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