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Japan's United Nations Ambassador

Japan chairs the United Nations Security Council in February. Its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UNSC began 1 January. Taking the chair, Japan's Ambassador Yukio Takasu presented clocks to the Council members as a gentle reminder to his often tardy colleagues to arrive punctually at meetings....

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Yukio Takasu, Ban Ki-moon, Congo-Kinshasa, Somalia, Sudan, Omer el Beshir, United States, China, Russia, Britain, France, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Libya, Vietnam, Egypt, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Burundi, Central African Republic, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Malaysia

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