Japan
First Secretary Shoko Fujimoto
Japan has been a member of the UN since December 18, 1956. Shoko Fujimoto is a First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN. The following is excerpted from First Secretary’s Fujimoto’s statement during UN General Assembly debate on July 28, 2010. Japan appreciates the initiative that the Bolivian Government has taken, but it regrets that the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation was recognized through a vote. Japan knows that this is a profoundly important issue: Since the 1990s, Japan has been the world’s largest donor in the water and sanitation sector. And…
