ブックタイトル佐藤栄作論文集９～１６

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佐藤栄作論文集９～１６

? Japan must address the global community that its permanent membership in theCouncil is essential to assure its people for enhancing its global contributions.? It should be more assertive in formulating and channeling public consensus onthe issue of global contributions and responsibilities. In Japan, a large sector ofthe public fears that a seat in the Council might draw Japan into conflicts andstrengthen Japanese militarism.? It must unilaterally determine how it likes to help the global community afterbecoming the permanent member.? It must participate in high level inter-governmental meetings and recommendproposals for structural changes that might affect the work of the Council.（b）ReformingtheVetoInextricably linked to the question of Council composition is the question of the veto.A comparison of veto use before and after the Cold War revealed that until 1990, theUS and the Soviet Union combined to cast a total of 279 vetoes. Between 1990 and1995, however, the veto has been used only twice, with the result that the SecurityCouncil has passed almost half as many resolutions in the past five years as it did inits first 45 years. These results suggest that the veto is unnecessary especially whenconsidering the increase of the size of the Council. Germany, for instance, wants theveto, not wanting to be a second-class permanent member. In this case, Japan, mustbe exemplary in not demanding the Veto. Because of its constitutional limits, Japan isnow unable to share equally in the financial or material burdens of UN peacekeepingoperations. This is an additional reason why it must resist from holding veto power.Simultaneously, Japan must try to convince the permanent five to agree to forego ifpossible, or restrict use of the veto to exceptional and overriding circumstances relatedto their national security. Japan must persuade the other states to insist on a possibility590