UN General Assembly
2010

dependency on other countries. I regard those challenges as global, as many countries are destined to face them sooner or later. It is my belief that Japan will be able to contribute to the world by providing an innovative model, developed through its own national experience, for solving problems facing the world now and in the future. Japan is determined to tackle those challenges aggressively. Compared with the magnitude of the responsibility we bear to the future of humankind, the differences that divide nations are not great. I am convinced of that. Everything rests on the decisions and actions we take today. Let each one of us take that thought to heart as we begin the new session of the General Assembly and seek to achieve good results in our deliberations.