#I WISH I COULD BUILD A WORLD FOR TWO FREE#

The greatest legacy of the post-Cold War era is the free and open international order based on the rule of law, and that the international community, especially developing countries, achieved dramatic development under this order.ĭisputes between nations, whether over territory or economic interests, must be resolved by rules and laws, not by force. Now, before examining the nature of our current challenges, let us first look back at what the post-Cold War period was like. So today, I would like to talk about the specifics of the challenges that lie ahead of us, and the way in which Japan, through its diplomacy, should respond to them. But what makes today’s situation even worse is the fact that these problems are intricately interrelated and intertwined in a complex manner.Īt this difficult turning point in history, the collective wisdom and efforts of humankind through dialogue and cooperation among the international community are necessary. And what is worse, this situation is making it difficult for the international community to work together to address challenges such as climate change, infectious diseases, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, terrorism and conflict that continue to threaten people’s security.Īll of these problems are serious and difficult. At the same time, it is accompanied by other far-reaching challenges such as the global food and energy crisis, the threat of nuclear weapons, and the abuse of emerging technologies such as cyber-attacks and the spread of disinformation. Aggression, which violates sovereignty and territorial integrity, is a violation of the fundamental principles of international law, including the UN Charter, and is a blatant challenge to the international order based on the rule of law. One thing is clear, however: the challenges we face today are evolving rapidly, increasing in their complexity, and becoming more interconnected at a rate never before experienced by humankind.įor example, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has led to a variety of problems, not to mention its own seriousness. And now, as we live in the Reiwa period, the shape of the new era following the post-Cold War era is still not in sight. The Heisei period then coincided with the post-Cold War period. The late Showa period coincided with the Cold War period when the world was divided between the U.S. This is entirely coincidental, but the state of the international order after World War II is strangely in line with Japanese eras. One year later, with Russia’s aggression against Ukraine shaking the very foundation of the international order, the end of the post-Cold War era is clear for all to see. In my video message last year, I stressed how the world is at a new historical turning point since the end of the Cold War.

#I WISH I COULD BUILD A WORLD FOR TWO FULL#

While ensuring the full implementation of the relevant UNSC resolutions by the international community, we will continue to work towards the complete denuclearization of North Korea, cooperating with the international community. and the ROK.įurthermore, Japan has requested to hold on public meeting of the Security Council on North Korea, which is now under coordination. Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, and reaffirmed that we will continue to work closely together bilaterally and trilaterally among Japan, the U.S. I also held a Foreign Ministers’ Meeting with U.S. On the 18th, the day of the launch of the ICBM-class ballistic missile, at the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Munich, I myself strongly condemned this launch, and confirmed cooperation among the G7 members in dealing with North Korea. Such activities threaten the peace and security of the region and the international community. North Korea’s intensified nuclear and missile activities including its repeated launches of ballistic missiles with an unprecedented frequency and in unprecedented manners pose a grave and imminent threat to Japan’s national security. North Korea launched an ICBM-class ballistic missile last Saturday and ballistic missiles this morning. It is my great pleasure and honour to give an opening speech in front of the distinguished international audiences here today, following my video message last year.Īt the outset, I would like to touch upon the ballistic missile launches by North Korea. I would first like to congratulate you all on the 4th Tokyo Global Dialogue held by the JIIA, one of the leading diplomatic and security think tanks in Japan, which received the “2020 Think Tank of the Year” award. OKA Motoyuki, Chairman of the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA),

I wish i could build a world for two