元国連大使の大島賢三氏死去

　大島　賢三氏（おおしま・けんぞう＝元国連大使）５月２９日午前０時２０分、心嚢血腫のため、東京都内で死去、７８歳。広島県出身。葬儀は近親者で行われる。喪主は妻和子（かずこ）さん。
　１９６７年に外務省に入り、経済協力局長、国連事務次長を経て、２００４年から０７年まで国連大使を務めた。国連安全保障理事会改革に取り組んだほか、核実験を行った北朝鮮に対する国連安保理の制裁決議採択にも尽力した。
　その後、東京電力福島第１原発事故の検証を行う国会の事故調査委員会委員や原子力規制委員会委員を歴任した。（2021/06/01-11:10）

Former Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Kenzo Oshima died of hemopericardium in Tokyo Saturday. He was 78.
   Oshima, a native of Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, entered the Japanese Foreign Ministry in 1967.
   He held such posts as director-general of the ministry's economic cooperation bureau and U.N. undersecretary-general before serving as ambassador to the United Nations from 2004 to 2007.
   While working as ambassador to the world body, Oshima engaged in U.N. Security Council reform and helped the Security Council adopt a sanctions resolution against North Korea over its nuclear test.
   Later, Oshima became a member of a committee set up by Japan's parliament to investigate the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and a commissioner of the country's Nuclear Regulation Authority.