第6回人間の安全保障フレンズグループ会合の開催について

The 6th Meeting of the Group of Friends of Human Security was held in New York on 06 December (local time). H.E. Mr. ISHIKANE Kimihiro, Permanent Representative of Japan, H.E. Mr. Diamane Diome, Deputy Permanent Representative of Senegal and Mr. Carlos Manuel Videche Guevara, Minister Counsellor of Costa Rica, acted as co-chairs of the Group. The following is a summary of the meeting.
 
The meeting opened with a guest speech by H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the 78th UN General Assembly, who emphasized the unprecedented importance of the human security approach, including in accelerating efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as the world today faces multiple crises that directly and indirectly threaten human dignity, in particular that of vulnerable populations.
 
In the first part of the meeting, Ms. Mehrnaz Mostafavi, Chief, Human Security Unit, United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security, gave a briefing on the status of preparations towards the release of the “Fourth Report of the Secretary-General on Human Security”.
 
In the second part of the meeting, a panel of speakers explained how human security is being put into practice in various fields around the world today, and how successful it has been in improving people's lives, especially those of the most vulnerable people. More precisely, Ms. Elena Panova, UN Resident Coordinator in Egypt; Mr. Pedro Conceição, Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP; Mr. Samuel Rizk, UNDP Resident Representative in Pakistan; Ms. Daniels Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director General for Operations, International Organization for Migration (IOM); and Mr. Pär Liljert, Director, IOM Office to the UN, gave respective briefings on specific projects in which the human security approach has been applied and shared their outcomes. This was followed by an interactive discussion between the panelists and the Member States.
 
Through this meeting, which was attended by 41 UN Member States, and thanks to a lively exchange of views among them, participants deepened their understanding of how human security can create added values in various fields, and how it can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs before 2030.
 
The effectiveness of utilizing human security principles as a catalyst to accelerate the achievement of the SDGs by 2030 was also reaffirmed.
 
In addition, participants heard Member States’ views on the importance of human security and their expectations for the Summit of the Future, and recognized that the next Secretary-General's Report on Human Security will help to further promote and disperse the human security approach.