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19Japan’s Contributions to the UN1. Marcela Temple Seminario, the wife of UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, dressed in a kimono, together with the Japanese Kimono Cultural Mission members visiting the UN to introduce Japanese kimono culture (April 4, 1982). ©UN Photo/Milton Grant 2. Nagasaki City Council member Yoshiaki Fukahori (gesturing) explains an exhibit to UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar at the disarmament exhibition (far left: UN Under-Secretary-General for Public Information Yasushi Akashi and Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe) (September 28, 1983). ©UN Photo/Yutaka Nagata 3. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida presides over the open debate of the UN Security Council on “Peacebuilding in Africa” (July 28, 2016). ©UN Photo/JC McIlwaineFieldExamples of Japan’s ContributionsUnited Nations Security CouncilElected for its 11th term as a non-permanent member of the UNSC.　Plays a leading role in adopting resolutions in response to global and regional security issues including nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches by North Korea.Conflict resolution and peacebuildingParticipation in peacekeeping operations in Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Haiti, South Sudan, and elsewhere.Disarmament and non-proliferationAs the only country to have ever suffered atomic bombings, Japan submits to the UN General Assembly a draft resolution on the elimination of nuclear weapons, which has been adopted every year since 1994, aimed at calling for a united action toward a world free of nuclear weapons. Also, Japan has taken a leading role in global discussions on disarmament and non-proliferation, including in the field of conventional weapons.Security Council reformFormed the G4 with Brazil, Germany, and India to work toward realization of a more legitimate, representative, and effective Security Council. Responding to issues of global scaleDevelopmentPlacing emphasis on the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by the target year of 2015, including the elimination of extreme poverty and hunger, contributed actively to achievement of the MDGs, such as through effective use of official development assistance (ODA), both bilaterally and through international organizations.　Contributes to implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) domestically and internationally.Human securitySupports the establishment and operation of the UN Trust Fund for Human Security, and cooperates with grant assistance for grass-roots human security projects.Humanitarian assistanceImplements humanitarian assistance for refugees, internally displaced persons, and people affected by disasters.Disaster reliefDispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Teams, including Self-Defense Force units.Disaster risk reductionPromotes mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) that reflects the perspective of DRR in all stages of development.Climate changeAnnounced contribution policies; devoted all-out efforts toward the adoption of the Paris Agreement.Protection and promotion of human rightsTakes initiatives toward international human rights law including submission of the draft of the Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the draft of the Resolution on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members, and the draft of the Resolution on Human Rights in Cambodia.Administrative and budgetary reformsFacilitated improving efficiency of the budget as a major financial contributor through consultations in the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly.123

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