industrial ~&tioD. IassuretneA~~.mbly thatJapanwillutieitsscientific and technological experti.e, experience andwisdom, a8wellaBit•.econOMic .!ght~tn Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library.fIN/pt Alt5'PV.? 31, •'.. ,,"Y::j ,1\;....i...." (MI'e'U."', e1MM) contribute .ver8Or.vigorou.ly toInt.raatloaal co-opera~lon on910bal env!roDOntal i••ue..Conslat.nt withtb1.poUq,u4withitacontinulftCJ support fortheactiviti••of~Unit.d.aUoD8hvlrolleentPr._ (nD). toM International Tropical T~rOrganiaation (I~)aDdotherbo41••,Japan1. incre••i09it.ODAfor.nviroa.8stal progr..... toapprozt.8t.17 300billion yen overthethre.-ysar periodfr_1'"to1991.JMpuIsal.otUiag..activepart inpr.parations forth.1992United_atioaa COllferenc. onSDviro...ntaDd Developlttnt. aDdv111e.t.1UJco-operation to.upport developiag countri.... through. for••..,le#theMultl1at.ral Fundund.rtheMOntreal Protocol. Thetransf.r oftGcbDology i.aD~rt~t partofa••i.tanc.todoveloplag count-de.. A.tudy1.nowua4.rwayonthepo••ibilltyof••tabU.blag IDJapan theUlBPc.ntr. f~r910bal .nvlro~ntal coaaervatloD. Thiswould.ervea.a central bodytoco-ordinat. th.coll.ction oft.CbDlc.l datato...ttheneed.of dev.loplng countrl.. andprovide GCC...toapproprlate t.cbDology tbro~tralalag aDdotherprogr...... Aa.OODa.VlBP.at.aafo~ldecl.loD. theGover~Dt of JapaDvll1eo-operate vlth.fforteto••tabll.b tbl~ce.tr•• The1990.bavebeend••igaat.a theIat.raatioaal Decadefor••turalDisa.t.r Reduction. AaOD.ofthecountri.. thatpropo••dthisde8igaatioD, JapaDappeal. toallcountri.. oftheworldto..ke.veryefforttorai..international c~n.c!ou.D... aboutDaturaldi.a.tere. to.iat-i.. thed..agefr_.uchdi•••ter•• andtoprot.ct the910bal.nvlronment. Iti.~Dthefleldof..dici..iDvbieb..have-ostdir.ctly .~rl~ac.d the ben.fits ofscleDca andt.cbDology, aaditlacl.arthatiat.raatioaal ~o-oper.tion IDtbiafieldi.BlOat l~rtaDt Ifweareto90Gilltocr.ateaglobal c~tl" in whichallpeOp18ca11"fullandh.althl'11".s.ftrough a4vaaco. ID_dldu. tube~culo.i., saal1poz, aD4Manyotheroace-f.ared dl...... havebeeDlargely Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryJIDU,t Al45'PV.1 39 (Mr,I"QM" J'MQ) foUD4totl'eatCuell'aNAIDS. YbeaccideDt atCb.I'DO~l wasastal'kI'..iudll'ofthepot.ati.l ofscientific aDdtecbDoI09ical advaace. tothreatea huaaakiad'. verysurvival. Tbisyearthe 8eo~c aa4Socl11Council haccllleaforbilateral aad.u1tl1aterll ...18tanc5to thevlctimaoftbattragicaccideDt. AstbeoDlycountrytoblve .uffer~d the Iffectaofthe.t~c ~,Jape.iatlad.tous.theexperie.=e IthaegIlDedia tbi.fialdtobeaefit tho••victl... 2hedrug,robl..i.anotheris.uethatCaDo~lybere.olved withlaternatioDII cO-GplratioD, andheretoohopesareblghthlttheUnited.atlon.willplayID effectivo 1'01..Japusupports tbeUaited.IUons rWlC!forDrugAbuse Coatl'ol (UllfDAC) aDdIswol'l!!ill9 to:1.-pl...n.tthe910bal act1~Dprogr....aDd political Declaratioa adoptedattbespeciala.••lonOD.al'cotic drugs.Coaslsteat with~.eeffort., Japanba.proposed thataDAsia-Pacific druqcoafereace be coaVlDod topr080te endco-ol'dialte i~traregloa.l co-opel'atioa ODtbic i~aue. In.tblaeraofch'll9'itlsi.,ol:tut t.blt.edous tbo\l9ht be«jiventotbe question wbetber therole.andlunctioa. ofth~UaitedMatioe.Irefullyauitedto iDcre.singly ~rtlDt roletoplayiathisageofdillogue aDdco-operatioa i. _iatalD1D9 aa4r••tol'1ag,.IC.; eVODbelol'lconflict erupts,itshould, tOCjltb.r withthe"cl'.ta~-Geaer.l, 189ageInpreveatlve diplOMaCy towarnofthe4aDger aa4tolowl'thellveloften.loD. !beUevethatasystemshould_putInplace vbieb"ia11dtuaUon wherelaternat!oaal peaceadsecurity wasthreatened, would eDabletheSecurity Counciltoconduct fact-flndlDg activitie. aa4418patcb. pl'e..atconflict atan.&l'lystage. Sucha.y.teawouldconstitute apal'tl~larly Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library•ThePresident returned totheChair.eliMination ofthe••clauses••Al45/PV.7 40 AllMemberStatesshouldtatefullpartinUnitedNationsactivities, working---IIIl!!I ."••'.__ uponotherUnitedNations Members fortheirunderstanding andsupportforthea.equal.inthisneweraofeo-operation. Consist~~t withthisprinciple, I believethattheso-called formerenemyclauses remaining intheCharter are entirely inappropriate anameaningless inthisnewera,andIshouldliketocalleffective Mansofpr"':I\!llting theolScalation ofdisputes. Jai-misprepared to workineernemt withotherMemberStatestotakethenecessary measures toJSMlpt .tre~gth.n these ~onflict-preventio~ functions. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryNS/cs.. AltS/PV.7 tl (Mr.Nalcvama, Japan) Th.speedyr.sponse oftheUnitedNations tothoIraqicrisishasopenedthe eyesofleaders andpeopletheworldovertotheusefulness oftheUnitedNations andespecially ofitseffortstomaintain andrestore peace. InJapan,themedia offerdetailed r~portsofevery ~ecurity Council meeting andthorough analyses of theSecretary-Generales everydiplomatic move. ~tthesametime,thereisan