United Nations Reform

Japan's Efforts for Reform of the UN (Pamphlet) [PDF]

• Japan in the UN (Video Clips)
• Major Statements
  • Major Statements on the United Nations Reform
  • Major Statements on the Secretariat and Management Reform
• Joint Statements on the United Nations Reform
  • Joint Statement concerning cooperation among Federative Republic of Brazil, Federal Republic of Germany, India and Japan on United Nations Reform (June 22, 2005)
  • Meeting of the Leaders of Brazil, Germany, India and Japan on UN Reform (Joint Press Statement) (September 21, 2004)
• Priority Issues for Japan on the United Nations Reform (January 2006)

• Submission of Japan's Second Proposal on the Methodology for the UN Scale of Assessments for the Next Three Year Term (November 8, 2006)
• Japan's Efforts for Reform of the UN (Pamphlet) [PDF]
• Japan's Permanent Representative Chairs Meeting of U.N. Security Council Working Group and Japan Contributes to Security Council Trust Fund (March 14, 2006)
• Submission of Japan's Proposal on the Methodology for the UN Scale of Assessments for the Next Three Year Term (March 10, 2006)
• Consultations between Japan and China concerning UN Reform (December 22, 2005)
• Address by H.E. Mr. Nobutaka Machimura Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Sixtieth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations "A New United Nations and Japan" (September 17, 2005)
• Address by H.E. Mr. Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan, at the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the Sixtieth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (September 15, 2005)
• H.E. Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, at the Summit Meeting of the Security Council (September 14, 2005)
• Talks by Telephone between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria (July 2005)
• Mr. Machimura Nobutaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the U.K. (July 2005)
• G4 London Declaration (July 8, 2005)
• Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the U.S. (New York) and the Republic of Singapore (July 2005)
• The Fifth Meeting of the Headquarters for Strengthening the United Nations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) (July 2005)
• Statement by H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan, at the Meeting of the General Assembly on ITEM 53: Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Related Matters (July 2005)
• Mr. Machimura Nobutaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit the United Kingdom (July 2005)
• Japan-U.S. Foreign Ministerial Meeting (Summary) (June 2005)
• Foreign Ministerial Meeting of the G4 (Japan, Germany, India and Brazil) on the United Nations Security Council Reform (June 2005)
• Mr. Machimura Nobutaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Visit Brunei, Vietnam and Cambodia (June 2005)
• Opening Statement by H.E. Mr. Nobutaka Machimura at the Meeting on UN Reform (April 2005)
• Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobutaka Machimura holds Telephone Talks with Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan (March 2005)
• Reform of the UN Security Council "Why Japan should become a permanent member?" (Pamphlet)
  • English [PDF]
  • French [PDF]
  • Spanish [PDF]
• Statement by Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) concerning the Africa's position on Security Council reform (March 2005)
• The UN in the 21st Century: Time to Address New Challenges
• Address by Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi at the Luncheon for Foreign Ministers of African Countries (September 2004) [English] [French (PDF)] [Japanese]
• Meetings of the Eminent Persons' Group on UN Reform
• Security Council Reform
  • The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century
  • Why Must the Security Council Be Reformed?
  • Japan's Position on the Elements of Reform
• An Argument for Japan's Becoming Permanent Member

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