Japan will continue its effort to continue the operation of, the UN Register of Conventional Arms, and to further develop it. Japan finds it important that the UN efforts on conflict prevention should be strengthened. Japan is gravely concerned about the recent increase in the number of casualties of the UN personnel including civilian staff, in PKO and other activities. Japan will work at advancing efforts for development through constructive dialogue and cooperation between developed and developing countries. Respecting voluntary effort by the developing countries for their own development, Japan will make effort to promote partnership among developed and developing countries, international organizations, donors and NGO's.
Japan also intends to strengthen such partnership through South-South Cooperation.
Japan considers it important to adopt a human-centered approach to development. Japan attaches great importance to such tasks as response to humanitarian emergencies, as well as smooth transition to rehabilitation and reconstruction in past conflict phase. Japan will make efforts with other countries in order to make an early conclusion of the negotiation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the Protocols thereto as called for in Cologne Summit Communique. The number of Japanese staff in the United Nations is extremely modest in comparison with the size of light of the Japan's contribution to the UN, for example its large scale of assessment. Japan will continue to request that a due consideration should be paid to geographical equity in recruiting its staff.