A confident Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday laid out Japan¡¯s case for securing a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, in an online essay listing Japanese contributions to the body and to global development.
He said Japan is the second-largest financial donor to the United Nations and has provided more than $330 billion in official development assistance, underscoring that while the U.N. has quadrupled in size since its inception in 1945, the core of the Security Council remains unchanged.
¡°Based on our track record of bringing a global perspective to resolving issues in Africa and the Middle East, among other regions, and our commitment to making a proactive contribution to peace, I firmly believe that as a permanent member of the Security Council, Japan would provide a major impetus toward global peace and security,¡± Abe wrote.
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