ケニア、ノルウェー、東ティモールの 紛争予防・平和構築に関する平和構築委員会（PBC）大使級会合における山﨑大使ステートメント
令和6年3月22日
(As delivered)
Thank you, Chair.
I sincerely thank Principal Secretary of the State, Mr. Omollo, and all the representatives and briefers for their insightful briefings.
Japan is committed to prevention, peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Effective prevention requires comprehensive approaches, that ensure humanitarian, development, peace (HDP) nexus. In order to support nationally-led prevention efforts, Japan convened a Security Council Open Debate on "Promoting Conflict Prevention" last week as a signature event of our Council presidency. Over 80 Member States and groups shared ideas on how to promote prevention, and briefers and many Member States echoed in particular the need to further utilize the PBC to promote prevention.
I therefore commend Kenya, Norway and Timor-Leste for their initiative in sharing good practices from their prevention efforts in detail today. I would like to humbly highlight two points I learned, which I see as crucial for advancing prevention efforts.
Firstly, inclusivity of all actors to address local needs and root causes. Kenya's comprehensive review of its peacebuilding architecture aims to produce recommendations for relevant stakeholders and partners. Norway adopts a whole-society approach to counterterrorism, and similarly, Timor-Leste engages in local-level dialogues in its peacebuilding framework and national recovery strategy. I strongly agree that the voices of all actors, including women and youth, are essential for national ownership.
Japan reaffirms our strong commitment to ensuring the full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation of women at all stages of conflict prevention, as we reiterated at the last WPS shared commitments joint press stakeout.
Secondly, building and strengthening institutions that foster resilience in society, as articulated by the representative from Timor-Leste. People in a resilient society, along with relevant institutions, can detect, withstand, and address challenges that may lead to conflict, thereby contributing to conflict prevention and avoiding recurrence.
Mr. President,
During the Open Debate last week, the importance of prevention was affirmed, as it means avoiding the human tragedies and devastating impacts of conflicts. By contrast, it is far more difficult to manage conflicts and restore peace once they break out. Many countries recommended utilizing the PBC to catalyze support for coordinating and implementing nationally-led prevention mechanisms by convening relevant UN agencies, regional organizations, IFIs, as well as local stakeholders, including women and youth.
Some also suggested utilizing the PBC as a hub to spot and share early warning signs and emerging threats to prevent them from escalating into conflicts. Additionally proposed was that the PBC could facilitate smooth transitions of peace operations to prevent relapses into conflict. Furthermore, enhancing coordination between the PBC and the PBF was also suggested. PBF projects to support prevention can be shared in the PBC as good practices. Moreover, priorities and voices articulated in the PBC should be integrated into related PBF projects as appropriate.
Following the Open Debate, 67 Member States took part in our joint stakeout and “showed the collective commitment to do our utmost to promote conflict prevention”. Let me express my appreciation to those countries who joined this stakeout. In the joint stakeout, we also “called upon Member States to further advance discussions and actions towards the Summit of the Future and the 2025 Review of Peacebuilding Architecture and encourage them to promote conflict prevention”.
Today’s meeting is a testament to the progress towards these discussions, and I also would like to emphasize the need to further advance actions, which entail incorporating the key takeaways on prevention identified in today’s meeting into the PBC’s products including its advice to respective UN organs, including the Security Council.
Japan hereby reaffirms our continuous commitment in the endeavor to promote conflict prevention, peacebuilding and sustaining peace.
I thank you.
I sincerely thank Principal Secretary of the State, Mr. Omollo, and all the representatives and briefers for their insightful briefings.
Japan is committed to prevention, peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Effective prevention requires comprehensive approaches, that ensure humanitarian, development, peace (HDP) nexus. In order to support nationally-led prevention efforts, Japan convened a Security Council Open Debate on "Promoting Conflict Prevention" last week as a signature event of our Council presidency. Over 80 Member States and groups shared ideas on how to promote prevention, and briefers and many Member States echoed in particular the need to further utilize the PBC to promote prevention.
I therefore commend Kenya, Norway and Timor-Leste for their initiative in sharing good practices from their prevention efforts in detail today. I would like to humbly highlight two points I learned, which I see as crucial for advancing prevention efforts.
Firstly, inclusivity of all actors to address local needs and root causes. Kenya's comprehensive review of its peacebuilding architecture aims to produce recommendations for relevant stakeholders and partners. Norway adopts a whole-society approach to counterterrorism, and similarly, Timor-Leste engages in local-level dialogues in its peacebuilding framework and national recovery strategy. I strongly agree that the voices of all actors, including women and youth, are essential for national ownership.
Japan reaffirms our strong commitment to ensuring the full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation of women at all stages of conflict prevention, as we reiterated at the last WPS shared commitments joint press stakeout.
Secondly, building and strengthening institutions that foster resilience in society, as articulated by the representative from Timor-Leste. People in a resilient society, along with relevant institutions, can detect, withstand, and address challenges that may lead to conflict, thereby contributing to conflict prevention and avoiding recurrence.
Mr. President,
During the Open Debate last week, the importance of prevention was affirmed, as it means avoiding the human tragedies and devastating impacts of conflicts. By contrast, it is far more difficult to manage conflicts and restore peace once they break out. Many countries recommended utilizing the PBC to catalyze support for coordinating and implementing nationally-led prevention mechanisms by convening relevant UN agencies, regional organizations, IFIs, as well as local stakeholders, including women and youth.
Some also suggested utilizing the PBC as a hub to spot and share early warning signs and emerging threats to prevent them from escalating into conflicts. Additionally proposed was that the PBC could facilitate smooth transitions of peace operations to prevent relapses into conflict. Furthermore, enhancing coordination between the PBC and the PBF was also suggested. PBF projects to support prevention can be shared in the PBC as good practices. Moreover, priorities and voices articulated in the PBC should be integrated into related PBF projects as appropriate.
Following the Open Debate, 67 Member States took part in our joint stakeout and “showed the collective commitment to do our utmost to promote conflict prevention”. Let me express my appreciation to those countries who joined this stakeout. In the joint stakeout, we also “called upon Member States to further advance discussions and actions towards the Summit of the Future and the 2025 Review of Peacebuilding Architecture and encourage them to promote conflict prevention”.
Today’s meeting is a testament to the progress towards these discussions, and I also would like to emphasize the need to further advance actions, which entail incorporating the key takeaways on prevention identified in today’s meeting into the PBC’s products including its advice to respective UN organs, including the Security Council.
Japan hereby reaffirms our continuous commitment in the endeavor to promote conflict prevention, peacebuilding and sustaining peace.
I thank you.