北朝鮮対応を主導　非常任理事国選出で政府―安保理改選

　日本政府は、国連安全保障理事会の非常任理事国に選ばれたことを踏まえ、「法の支配」を重視する立場から安保理の議論に臨む方針だ。特に北朝鮮への対応では、拉致問題の解決や完全な非核化に向けた議論を主導したい考え。ウクライナ危機に端を発した米国、英国、フランスと中国、ロシアの対立で安保理の機能不全が指摘されており、安保理改革にも引き続き取り組む。
　松野博一官房長官は１０日の記者会見で、「法の支配に基づく国際秩序の維持、強化を目指していく」と表明。「非常任理事国としての活動を通じて実績を積むことで、日本の常任理事国入りを含む安保理改革に弾みをつけていきたい」とも語った。
　日本の非常任理事国選出は最多の１２回目。前回は２０１６年からの２年間を務め、北朝鮮の核実験や相次ぐ弾道ミサイル発射を受け、制裁強化の決議採択に奔走した。核・ミサイル開発は今も続き、外務省幹部は「北朝鮮関連では日本が議論をリードする」と意欲を示す。
　ただ、ウクライナに侵攻したロシアへの非難決議案は同国が拒否権を行使。対北朝鮮制裁を強化する決議案も中ロの拒否権で廃案に追い込まれた。日本政府関係者は「常任理事国が仕切る世界で、どれだけ存在感を示すかが課題だ」と指摘した。（2022/06/10-20:34）

Elected as a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council, Japan intends to lead the powerful U.N. body to discuss outstanding issues related to North Korea, especially Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese citizens and the full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, government officials said Friday.
   At a press conference the same day, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Japan is determined to "work to maintain and strengthen international order based on the rule of law."
   He also noted that the country aims to build a track record as a nonpermanent member to promote reform of the council, which has become dysfunctional due to a divide among the five permanent members. For instance, Russia vetoed a broadly supported Security Council resolution condemning its invasion of Ukraine, and China abstained from the vote. A resolution to tighten sanctions against North Korea was vetoed by the two permanent members.
   Japan hopes to win a permanent seat in the council through the reform, Matsuno said.
   The country was named a nonpermanent Security Council member for the unprecedented 12th time. During its previous two-year term as a nonpermanent member until 2018, Japan pushed for the adoption of a resolution to tighten sanctions against North Korea in response to the autocratic East Asian nation's nuclear and missile tests.