国連安保理制裁フォーカル・ポイントメカニズムに関する安保理決議案の採択会合における志野大使採択後ステートメント

Japan welcomes the Security Council’s unanimous adoption of the resolution reforming the Focal Point mechanism set out in resolution 1730 (seventeen-thirty). This contributes to the improvement of due process in Security Council sanctions.
 
Japan hopes the Informal Working Group of the Security Council on General United Nations Security Council Sanctions Issues, which is re-established by today’s resolution, will be a platform for meaningful and inclusive discussions regarding the effective implementation of Security Council sanctions.
 
Let us recall again that Security Council sanctions are an important tool under the Charter of the United Nations in the maintenance and restoration of international peace and security. In order to achieve the objectives of these sanctions, it is vital that sanctions measures are fully and faithfully implemented by all Member States.
 
Therefore, in discussions on general Security Council sanctions issues, it is essential to reflect the opinions of the countries implementing the sanctions, inter alia neighboring countries, as clearly written in the just-adopted resolution. Japan underscores the importance of discussing effective implementation of Council sanctions as well as improvements of monitoring arrangements generally. Japan also stresses the importance of discussions on responses to violations of Council sanctions.
 
Japan is fully committed to effectively implementing Security Council sanctions, and will contribute to future discussions of the IWG on General UNSC Sanctions Issues.
 
I thank you.