UN Security Council holds ministerial meeting hosted by Japan on the theme of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation

At the United Nations Security Council, this month's chair country, Japan, hosted a ministerial-level meeting on the theme of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The US, Russia, and China started exchanging accusations against each other.

The 15 member states of the United Nations Security Council alternately chair each month, and this month, Japan, which is the chair country, held a ministerial-level meeting on the theme of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation from the night of the 18th to the early morning of the 19th (Japan time). We held a meeting.

The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers and UN ambassadors of the five permanent members of the Security Council, which are nuclear-weapon states, and the ten non-permanent members.

At the outset, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated, ``Nuclear-weapon states are not at the dialogue table.Investment in the means of war exceeds investment in peace,'' expressing a strong sense of crisis over the current stagnation in nuclear disarmament.

Minister Kamikawa, who chaired the meeting, said, ``The divisions in the international community are deepening, and the situation surrounding nuclear disarmament is becoming even more difficult.'' We must steadily advance realistic and practical efforts toward the realization of a ``world free of nuclear weapons.'' is important," he emphasized.

He appealed to the United Nations to work with a sense of crisis to improve the transparency of nuclear forces and maintain the declining trend of nuclear weapons.

In addition, a group led by Japan and interested countries has been established to discuss the Treaty on the Prohibition of the Production of Nuclear Material for Weapons (FMCT), which aims to prohibit the production of materials that can be used as raw materials for nuclear weapons. announced that it would be raised.

In addition, he pointed out that Russia's nuclear threat, North Korea's nuclear and missile development, and the rapid build-up of its nuclear forces with China in mind are "movements that go against the goal of a world without nuclear weapons," and the international community I called on people to raise their voices.

At the ministerial level meeting, a number of opinions were voiced from various countries stressing the need to work on nuclear disarmament.

On the other hand, there are conflicts between nuclear-armed states, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Greenfield said, ``Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has irresponsibly continued to make dangerous nuclear claims and has abandoned its nuclear arms control obligations.'' "In the meantime, China has rapidly and opaquely accumulated and diversified its nuclear arsenal," he said, criticizing Russia and China.

In response, China's ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, objected, saying, ``America's claims are completely baseless,'' and argued that the United States, which possesses a larger number of nuclear weapons, should promote nuclear disarmament.

In addition, Russia's Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Polyansky said, ``Western countries have now made no secret of their intention to strategically defeat our country. This could lead to a confrontation,'' he said, strongly discouraging the United States.

US ambassador to the UN considers submitting a resolution calling for no nuclear deployment in space

At a United Nations Security Council meeting, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Greenfield announced his intention to work with Japan to submit a resolution calling for the deployment of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in outer space.

U.N. Ambassador Thomas Greenfield said, ``Putting nuclear weapons in orbit around the Earth has never been done before, and it is dangerous and unacceptable.'' He emphasized that he called on UN member states not to develop other weapons of mass destruction.

A senior official from the US White House said at a press conference in February that Russia is pursuing military plans targeting artificial satellites, violating the Outer Space Treaty, which stipulates the peaceful use of outer space. He pointed out.