青年・平和・安全保障に関する安保理アリア・フォーミュラ会合における孫崎公使ステートメント
令和4年12月12日
(As delivered)
Thank you very much Mr. Chair and thank you very much indeed for holding this valuable meeting with Ghana and Ecuador.
Sustained peace can take root where the youth has confidence that they own a better future, free from fear and able to unleash their potential in society. That is what we are trying to achieve in implementing the YPS.
The youth has every right to be ambitious, but ambition does not always have to be lofty. It can start at the doorsteps. This is why local community matters. In this regard, Japan contributed to a very unique project at refugee camps in Palestine. There, we facilitated a program that conducted a series of workshops to give opportunities for people to come up with their initiatives to improve their living conditions. This program allowed young people to go through leadership training, which generated lively intergenerational communication and collaboration.
The youth also needs to build their lives on their own. Access to quality education and job training opportunities is an essential element for young people to kindle a light of hope in crisis. Therefore, Japan is committed to providing quality education, job training opportunities, even in times of conflicts. For instance, Japan has been providing technical assistance to improve the quality of vocational training facilities in conflict ridden places such as in Somalia and the DRC. The international community must also embrace the ambitions of a global scale. On this part, Japan's run a unique program that couples master degrees education with internship opportunities for African students.
We look forward to more initiatives aimed at youth realizing and upholding peace and believe that this meeting would serve to that end.
Thank you very much Mr. Chair.
Sustained peace can take root where the youth has confidence that they own a better future, free from fear and able to unleash their potential in society. That is what we are trying to achieve in implementing the YPS.
The youth has every right to be ambitious, but ambition does not always have to be lofty. It can start at the doorsteps. This is why local community matters. In this regard, Japan contributed to a very unique project at refugee camps in Palestine. There, we facilitated a program that conducted a series of workshops to give opportunities for people to come up with their initiatives to improve their living conditions. This program allowed young people to go through leadership training, which generated lively intergenerational communication and collaboration.
The youth also needs to build their lives on their own. Access to quality education and job training opportunities is an essential element for young people to kindle a light of hope in crisis. Therefore, Japan is committed to providing quality education, job training opportunities, even in times of conflicts. For instance, Japan has been providing technical assistance to improve the quality of vocational training facilities in conflict ridden places such as in Somalia and the DRC. The international community must also embrace the ambitions of a global scale. On this part, Japan's run a unique program that couples master degrees education with internship opportunities for African students.
We look forward to more initiatives aimed at youth realizing and upholding peace and believe that this meeting would serve to that end.
Thank you very much Mr. Chair.