林外相、国連緊急会合に出席へ　２２日訪米、安保理討論も

　林芳正外相は２１日の記者会見で、２２～２５日の日程で米ニューヨークを訪問し、ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻１年に合わせて開催される国連総会緊急特別会合と、国連安全保障理事会の閣僚級討論に参加すると発表した。
　緊急特別会合は２２、２３両日に開かれ、林氏は２３日のセッションに出席。ウクライナが提出する決議案の共同提案国として、各国に賛成を呼び掛ける。（2023/02/21-12:15）

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Tuesday he will make a four-day trip to New York from Wednesday to attend an emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly and a ministerial debate of the U.N. Security Council.
   The two-day General Assembly meeting from Wednesday is timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, on Feb 24, 2022.
   Hayashi will join the second-day discussion of the special session, aiming to win support for a resolution to be submitted by Ukraine, for which Japan will serve as a co-sponsor.
   "The Security Council is responsible for the maintenance of international peace and stability. Russia is one of the council's permanent members, which carry the heaviest responsibility among all member states, and its invasion of Ukraine is absolutely unacceptable," Hayashi told a press conference.
   Representing Japan, Hayashi plans to present such a view at the ministerial debate on Friday.