安保理改革へ対話強化　日独など４外相

　国連安全保障理事会改革を求める日本、ドイツ、インド、ブラジルの４カ国（Ｇ４）外相会合が２２日午後（日本時間２３日未明）、米ニューヨークで開かれ、「安保理改革の緊急性を強調する」とした共同声明を発表した。常任・非常任理事国の枠組み拡大が不可欠と再確認し、改革を目指す国々との対話を強化していくことを申し合わせた。会合後、茂木敏充外相はオンラインで記者団の取材に応じ、「アフリカ諸国をはじめとする関係国とも連携し、（国連総会の決議案を念頭に置いた）文言ベースの交渉の早期開始に向け協力することで一致した」と語った。（2021/09/23-11:35）

Foreign ministers of Japan, Germany, India and Brazil agreed Wednesday to intensify dialogue with countries hoping to promote U.N. Security Council reform.
   Holding a meeting in New York, the ministers of the so-called Group of Four nations seeking to reform the Security Council reaffirmed that it is indispensable to expand the permanent and non-permanent membership of the council.
   In a joint statement released after the meeting, the ministers underlined "the urgency of reforming the Security Council in order to make it more legitimate, effective and representative by reflecting the reality of the contemporary world."
   After attending the meeting, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters in an online interaction that the G-4 ministers agreed to cooperate with interested countries, mainly African nations, and work together to launch at an early date "statement-based negotiations," with a related U.N. General Assembly resolution in mind.