UN80イニシアティブに関するブリーフィングを聞くための総会非公式会合における梅津大使ステートメント

Mr. President,
 
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation for the informative briefing by the distinguished briefers.

Japan particularly welcomes “the Comprehensive Guide” released this week, which clarified the Secretariat's view on how Member States should be involved in each action. At the same time, let me stress that the organizational restructuring should not be an end in itself. Rather, its aim must be to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the UN system by eliminating duplication, fostering closer collaboration among specialized agencies by preventing siloing the efforts, and ultimately, enabling the Organization to function as "One UN" to address complex global challenges more efficiently. Japan reiterates that evidence-based analysis and fact-driven dialogue is essential to accomplish a meaningful reform.

As for Shared Platform Initiative, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators are key to maximizing tangible deliveries on the ground. Japan welcomes steps toward greater collaboration across humanitarian and development functions for a more effective and efficient UN systems. To this end, Japan is closely following the progresses made on this work package. We hope that this initiative will prove to be a genuine contribution to the HDP Nexus approach, which Japan strongly champions including through human security approach.

As for Regional Reset, Japan also welcomes a more coherent and integrated UN presence at the regional level. As many UN specialized agencies review their field presence, actions at regional and country levels should be aligned with each other to meet the needs of host countries.  We look forward to receiving more details on how the integrated regional support system will be tailored to meet the specific and diverse needs of Member States.

As for Joint Knowledge Hub, Member States could benefit from enhanced and coherent access to UN system wide knowledge. We would appreciate further clarity on the details of the proposed Join Knowledge Hubs including on how the mechanism works, how it will improve data accessibility for Member States, and which areas those Hubs will focus on other than the proposed ones.

As these initiatives advance, both accountability to donor countries and the needs of beneficiary countries should be upheld. Japan stands ready to engage constructively and looks forward to continued transparency to assess the proposed reform initiatives.

Thank you.