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Japan’s UN Diplomacy after the Cold War
HUANG Da-hui
2008, (3):
65-71.
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Japan has always placed much emphasis on UN diplomacy.During the early years after World War II,Japan’s UN diplomacy mainly focused on returning to the international community.After this was achieved,Japan started to take advantage of the UN to raise its international status and its influence on international affairs.However,as Japan’s UN diplomacy depended heavily on its diplomatic policies concerning the US,the Japanese could only play a limited role in issues of social and economic development in the world.After the Cold War,Japan regarded its UN diplomacy as an indipensable measure for becoming a political big power and was determind to assume permanent membership in the UN Security Council.To reach this gaol,Japan has taken an active part in promoting reform of UN and twice attempted at that goal.As Japan realized that they could not expect to realize this in the near future,the Japanese government have chosen a most realistic objective,that is,applying for a seat as a non-permanent member in UN Security Concil first.The Japanese mean to strengthen their UN diplomacy to create more favorable conditions to pave the way for its ultimate goal of permanent membership in UN Security Concil.
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