第9回島サミットへ向けて 緊急アピール
日本主催で開催される島サミットが9回目を迎えるにあたり、当該地域の安全保障への関心が一気に高まり、冷戦終結以降存在感を薄めていた米国が地域の安全と平和を主導するようになりました。
他方、今月2021年5月、ソロモン諸島で若い命が奪われました。彼らは第二次世界大戦で日本と米国が残した不発弾の犠牲となったのです。
日本と米国はこの問題に率先して取り組む事を希望します。日本は既にパラオ、ミクロネシア連邦で不発弾処理を進めていますが、米国との協力をさらに進め、島に住む人々の命を守っていただきたい。
今回の島サミットにはオブザーバーの形で米国に参加を呼びかけ、この問題はじめインド太平洋地域の安全を構築するための日米協働の可能性を議論する場を設けていただきたく、緊急アピールをさせていただきます。
2021年5月17日
インド太平洋研究会有志及び友人達 (順不同)
下川原 伸一郎
高橋佳孝
眞島伸治
Cleo Paskal (non-resident senior fellow at FDD focusing on the Indo-Pacific region)
David Ware (Retired Customs Officer/Analyst, Intel Focus on Pacific, Border & National Security)
早川理恵子(博士)
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Urgent Appeal for the 9th Island Summit
As the ninth Japan-hosted Island Summit approaches, interest in the security of the region has grown dramatically, and the United States, which has had a diminished presence in the region since the end of the Cold War, has taken the lead in promoting security and peace in the region.
On the other hand, this month, May 2021, young lives were lost in the Solomon Islands. They were victims of unexploded ordnance left behind by Japan and the United States in the Second World War.
We hope that Japan and the United States will take the lead in tackling this problem. Japan is already disposing of unexploded ordnance in Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia, and we hope that Japan will further cooperate with the United States to protect the lives of the islanders.
We would like to make an urgent appeal to the United States to participate in this island summit in the form of an observer and to provide a forum to discuss this issue and other areas where the Pacific island countries, the United States and Japan can work together to create a more secure future for the region.
17 May 2021
Indo-Pacific Studies and friends
Petitioners (no particular order)
Shinichiro Shimokawahara
Yoshitaka Takahashi
Cleo Paskal (non-resident senior fellow at FDD focusing on the Indo-Pacific region)
MASHIMA SHINJI
David Ware (Retired Customs Officer/Analyst, Intel Focus on Pacific, Border & National Security)
Rieko Hayakawa (PhD)
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