
国連総会一般討論最終日、日本の高市早苗首相が主張した旧敵国条項の早期削除に対し、中国と北朝鮮が反論。中国は条項の重要性を強調し反対、北朝鮮は日本を依然敵国と位置づけ削除要求を批判した。
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旧敵国条項は国連憲章に残る規定で、第二次世界大戦の敵国とされた日本・ドイツ・イタリアに対する制裁の根拠となっている。1995年と2005年の国連総会決議で削除方針が採択されているが、未だに正式な削除は行われていない。
【ニューヨーク時事】国連総会一般討論は28日最終日を迎え、全ての演説終了後に国連憲章の「旧敵国条項」を巡って日本と中国、北朝鮮が意見を戦わせる場面があった。それぞれが答弁権を行使した。
旧敵国条項、新たな火種か 日中関係の立て直し課題―高市政権
きっかけとなったのは、高市早苗首相が22日の演説で訴えた早期の条項削除。中国の孫磊国連次席大使は条項が「戦後の国際秩序を維持する制度的な保護を提供するもので、現在も極めて重要」と主張し、「中国は断固反対する」と反発した。
これに対し、日本の梅津茂国連次席大使は条項を「時代遅れ」と認めた1995年と、削除方針を明記した2005年の国連総会決議が、それぞれ中国も含む多数の支持を得て採択されていることを指摘。「日本は歴史の事実に謙虚に向き合い、国際平和と安全に積極的に貢献してきた」との立場を改めて強調した。
その後、北朝鮮代表も「参戦」。「日本は国連憲章において依然として敵国」と断言した上で、削除要求は「恥ずべきことでばかげている」と持論を展開した。梅津氏はこの主張に対しても反論した。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
日本政府は来年の国連総会で再度条項削除を提案する
Possible · Within months

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Former Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, who visited China as chairman of the Japan Association for the Promotion of International Trade, met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. Mr. Wang, bearing in mind Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's parliamentary response regarding the Taiwan crisis in November last year, asked the Japanese side to promptly correct the incorrect statements made by its leaders on the Taiwan issue. Mr. Iwaya expressed his intention to make efforts to promote economic exchange and improve Japan-China relations. Both sides confirmed the importance of a correct attitude toward historical issues and the need to normalize Japan-China relations, which are currently in a difficult situation.

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