第53回普遍的・定期的レビュー（UPR）作業部会対サモア独立国審査における鈴木淳介書記官ステートメント

Thank you, Madam Vice-President.
 
Japan warmly welcomes the delegation of the Independent State of Samoa to this session.
 
We highly appreciate the launch of the Pathway for the Development of Samoa 2026–2030 (PDS2), which carries forward the principle of “leaving no one behind.” We commend its focus on enhancing the delivery of public services to women, youth, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups, as well as prioritizing access to education, healthcare, and social protection.
 
We also welcome Samoa’s active engagement with international and regional partners—including UN Women, UNICEF, and ILO—to advance the status of women, protect the rights of children and persons with disabilities, and promote the business and human rights agenda.
 
Japan would like to make two recommendations:
 

1. continue to strengthen the rights of women and girls by taking further measures to address domestic and gender-based violence, including by strengthening prevention and victim protection and by bringing perpetrators to justice; and

 

2. strengthen efforts to improve employment for persons with disabilities, including by adopting targeted measures to increase the participation of persons with disabilities in the open labor market.

 
 
We wish the delegation of Samoa every success in the review.
 
I thank you.