FfD（開発資金）フォーラムにおける鈴木外務副大臣ステートメント
令和4年4月26日
Your Excellency, Mr. Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the Economic and Social Council,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am SUZUKI Takako, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
First of all, I would like to mention Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Russia's recent aggression against Ukraine is an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo by force. Such outrageous actions shake the very foundations of the international order. It is absolutely unacceptable, and Japan condemns it in the strongest terms.
We will continue taking resolute actions in solidarity with the international community, in order to defend the foundations of the international order.
Although we are now at the turning point towards achieving the SDGs by 2030, serious concerns about delays in the implementation of the SDGs have been raised.
Two years have passed since the outbreak of COVID-19, but it is still raging around the world. It is truly a human security crisis.
As UNDP proposed in its Special Report in February, in addition to the two traditional pillars of human security; namely, “protection” and “empowerment”, it is essential for all countries to work together in “solidarity”.
In this spirit of solidarity, Japan is focusing its efforts particularly in the areas of health and climate change.
Japan has been leading efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) based on the idea that “no one should be left behind”.
Regarding climate change, Japan announced last June that it would provide climate finance totaling 60 billion USD from both public and private sources over the next five years from 2021 to 2025. At COP26, Japan also announced that it would provide up to 10 billion USD in additional assistance and double its assistance for adaptation to climate change through 2025.
Developing countries' debt sustainably is also an important issue. All official bilateral creditors and private creditors need to swiftly implement appropriate measures in a transparent manner, in accordance with the Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) agreed to by the G20 in November 2020.
Furthermore, we need to identify the gaps in financing for development and take concrete steps to respond to them. Therefore, I would like to urge all the UN Members to cooperate with the initiative to track a wide range of financial flows to developing countries from aid providers including emerging donors.
With less than a decade to go to 2030. In order to “build back better” from the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan will lead the international community's efforts, including through opportunities such as TICAD 8 (the Tokyo International Conference on African Development) in August this year.
I thank you for your attention.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am SUZUKI Takako, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.
First of all, I would like to mention Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Russia's recent aggression against Ukraine is an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo by force. Such outrageous actions shake the very foundations of the international order. It is absolutely unacceptable, and Japan condemns it in the strongest terms.
We will continue taking resolute actions in solidarity with the international community, in order to defend the foundations of the international order.
Although we are now at the turning point towards achieving the SDGs by 2030, serious concerns about delays in the implementation of the SDGs have been raised.
Two years have passed since the outbreak of COVID-19, but it is still raging around the world. It is truly a human security crisis.
As UNDP proposed in its Special Report in February, in addition to the two traditional pillars of human security; namely, “protection” and “empowerment”, it is essential for all countries to work together in “solidarity”.
In this spirit of solidarity, Japan is focusing its efforts particularly in the areas of health and climate change.
Japan has been leading efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) based on the idea that “no one should be left behind”.
Regarding climate change, Japan announced last June that it would provide climate finance totaling 60 billion USD from both public and private sources over the next five years from 2021 to 2025. At COP26, Japan also announced that it would provide up to 10 billion USD in additional assistance and double its assistance for adaptation to climate change through 2025.
Developing countries' debt sustainably is also an important issue. All official bilateral creditors and private creditors need to swiftly implement appropriate measures in a transparent manner, in accordance with the Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) agreed to by the G20 in November 2020.
Furthermore, we need to identify the gaps in financing for development and take concrete steps to respond to them. Therefore, I would like to urge all the UN Members to cooperate with the initiative to track a wide range of financial flows to developing countries from aid providers including emerging donors.
With less than a decade to go to 2030. In order to “build back better” from the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan will lead the international community's efforts, including through opportunities such as TICAD 8 (the Tokyo International Conference on African Development) in August this year.
I thank you for your attention.