UN General Assembly
2014

humanitarian crises. To assist in that, Japan will provide $50 million of emergency assistance right away. Placing great importance on the stability of Ukraine, in March Japan swiftly announced economic assistance of up to $1.5 billion, which is now being implemented. We are also preparing new assistance towards reconstruction of the eastern part of Ukraine. Next year will be a momentous one for the United Nations. We will celebrate its seventieth anniversary. At the time the United Nations was founded, Japan was recovering from having been reduced to ashes. Since then, Japan has never for a moment forgotten the horrors of war. It set out on its post-war path abhorring the atrocities of a war that brought tragedy to innocent people both at home and in other nations and renewing its pledge towards peace. We have made a wholehearted commitment to shoulder United Nations responsibilities at home and abroad. Japan’s future lies in a straight extension of our history over the past 70 years. Our pledge to never wage war will be handed down and fostered by the Japanese