岸田首相、国連総会へ出発　核軍縮・安保理改革訴え

　岸田文雄首相は１９日午前、米ニューヨークに向けて政府専用機で羽田空港を出発した。同日午後（日本時間２０日午前）に国連総会で一般討論演説に臨み、核軍縮や安全保障理事会改革への決意を示す見通し。
　出発を前に、首相は首相官邸で記者団に「複合的な危機が重なる中、対立・分断ではなく協調する国際社会をつくらなければならない。人間の安全保障といった日本ならではの考え方を、新たな形で発信する努力をしたい」と語った。
　首相は演説で「核兵器のない世界」実現を呼び掛ける。ロシアのウクライナ侵攻に対し、十分に機能していない安保理の改革も主張するとみられる。（2023/09/19-11:41）

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida left Japan on Tuesday for New York, where he is set to deliver a speech at a general debate session of the U.N. General Assembly.
   "In the face of this complex crisis, we must build an international community working together in harmony, not one in a state of division and conflict," Kishida told reporters at the prime minister's office before departing from Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on board a government plane.
   "I will work hard to spread in a new way Japan's original ideas such as human security," he added.
   In his speech to be delivered later Tuesday, Kishida is expected to call for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons and reform of the U.N. Security Council, which has failed to function properly over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
   Prior to the general debate session, Kishida will host a high-level conference on the envisioned Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty, which would prohibit the production of highly enriched uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons purposes.