Expanding Japan's role in the United Nations
Expanding Japan's role in the United Nations
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扩大日本在联合国的作用
DOI：
10.1080/09512749508719138
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发表时间：
1995
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Mayumi Itoh
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作者：
Mayumi Itoh
1994年，日本参加了联合国安理会常任理事国的竞选。这反映出日本作为联合国经常预算和联合国维和行动预算的第二大财政捐助国，在联合国的影响力日益增强。此外，日本的贡献不再局限于金融领域。日本自1992年颁布《国际和平合作法》以来，一直积极参加联合国维持和平行动。它向三个联合国维持和平行动特派团和一些文职特派团派遣了军事特遣队。不断变化的国际体系要求对联合国安理会进行根本改革。联合国成立50周年似乎是一个适当的时机，为安理会改革制定现实的指导方针，以促进日本和德国成为常任理事国，与其在全球一级日益增长的经济和政治地位相媲美。与此同时，日本应该像德国那样，克服不愿参与联合国维和行动的心理，并巩固国内外舆论对日本的支持。
Abstract In 1994, Japan made a bid for a permanent UNSC seat. This reflects Japan's growing influence in the United Nations as the second largest financial contributor to the regular UN budget and to the UNPKO budget. Moreover, Japan's contribution is no longer limited to the financial realm. Japan has actively participated in UNPKO since it enacted the International Peace Cooperation Law in 1992. It has sent military contingents to three UNPKO missions and a number of civilian missions. The changing international system necessitates fundamental reforms of the UNSC. The UN's fiftieth anniversary seems to be an opportune time for establishing realistic guidelines for the SC reforms to facilitate permanent membership for Japan and Germany comparable to their growing economic and political standings at the global level. In the meantime, Japan should overcome its reluctance to commit itself to UN peacemaking operations, as Germany did, and consolidate public opinion at home and abroad in support of its bid.