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Meeting of parties to treaty banning anti-personnel landmines

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, meets the press in Geneva on Dec. 2, 2025, on the sidelines of a meeting of the parties to the Ottawa Convention, an international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines.

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U.N. General Assembly session on nuke tests

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks at a U.N. General Assembly meeting convened to call for the banning of nuclear tests at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 3, 2025.

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80th anniversary of founding of United Nations

U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu (3rd from L) attends a ceremony in which a tree grown from one that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is planted at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 6, 2025, to the mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 1945 tragedy that also hit Nagasaki.

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80th anniversary of founding of United Nations

U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu (L) speaks during a ceremony in which a tree grown from one that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is planted at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 6, 2025, to the mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 1945 tragedy that also hit Nagasaki.

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U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2025.

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79th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, reads out a statement by U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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International peace forum in Nagasaki

Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks on the opening day of a two-day international peace forum in Nagasaki on May 11, 2024. About 150 people in their 20s and 30s from about 20 countries gathered in the southwestern Japan city that was struck by an atomic bomb in World War II.

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International peace forum in Nagasaki

Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks on the opening day of a two-day international peace forum in Nagasaki on May 11, 2024. About 150 people in their 20s and 30s from about 20 countries gathered in the southwestern Japan city that was struck by an atomic bomb in World War II.

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Conference on AI-backed weapons in Vienna

Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks as a two-day international conference on regulating AI-backed lethal autonomous weapons systems begins in Vienna on April 29, 2024.

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U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty meeting

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, is projected on the screen as the second meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, lasting five days, begins at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 27, 2023.

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U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2023.

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U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2023.

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U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2023.

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U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu in Vienna

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, attends a preparatory committee session for the 2026 review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in Vienna on July 31, 2023.

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Chinese envoy calls for great attention to flow of weapons, ammunition into conflict region

STORY: Chinese envoy calls for great attention to flow of weapons, ammunition into conflict region DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Security Council Chamber 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese/English): DAI BING, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations 3. various of delegates 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese/English): DAI BING, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations 5. various of Security Council Chamber STORYLINE: A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called for great attention to the flow of weapons and ammunition into the conflict region, which could pose proliferation risks. Quoting UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu as indicating that the flow of weapons and ammunition into the conflict region may bring about proliferation risks, Dai Bing, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said that "relevant parties should pay great attention thereto, adopt strict control measures, prevent the pr

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Hillary Clinton in Japan

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) and U.N. Undersecretary General Izumi Nakamitsu discuss gender equality during a World Assembly for Women event in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2022.

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U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu in Nagasaki

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, meets the press in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2022, a day before the 77th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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U.N. disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu

U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu gives an interview in New York on July 22, 2022.

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U.N. disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu

U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu gives an interview in New York on July 22, 2022.

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Interview with U.N. undersecretary general

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during an interview on Nov. 23, 2021, at U.N. headquarters in New York.

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Interview with U.N. undersecretary general

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during an interview on Nov. 23, 2021, at U.N. headquarters in New York.

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Japan PM, U.N. undersecretary general

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) meets with Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2021.

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Japan PM, U.N. undersecretary general

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) meets with Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2021.

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U.N. assistant administrator Nakamitsu gives interview

Izumi Nakamitsu, assistant administrator and director of the Crisis Response Unit at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), speaks in an interview in December 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. undersecretary general Izumi Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2020. She said a U.N. nuclear weapon ban treaty is in the "final phase" for taking effect as 44 countries and regions have ratified it, just six short of the 50 threshold needed for its entry into force.

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U.N. undersecretary general Izumi Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks about gender disparity during an interview conducted on Feb. 18, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. undersecretary general Izumi Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks about gender disparity during an interview conducted on Feb. 18, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Run-up to NPT review conference

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks on Feb. 26, 2020, at a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York about the review conference on the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, scheduled to begin in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. undersecretary general

Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 23, 2019, emphasizing the importance of the extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. disarmament head Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. under-secretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks to Security Council members during a meeting to discuss the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at its headquarters in New York on April 2, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. Under Secretary General Izumi Nakamitsu

File photo shows Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. under secretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hibakusha hands U.N. petition for nuke-free world signed by 5 million

Iraq's Mohammad Bahr Aluloom (C), chair of the U.N. General Assembly committee charged with tackling disarmament and international security issues, and Sueichi Kido (R), secretary general of the Japan Confederation of A-and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations, Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, join hands in New York on Oct. 5, 2017. Kido handed Aluloom a petition signed by over 5 million people around the globe calling for a world free of nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. undersecretary general Nakamitsu at disarmament confab

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, addresses the Geneva Disarmament Conference on Sept. 12, 2017, for the first time since assuming the current post, amid the increased threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mayors for Peace starts general meeting in Nagasaki

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, gives a keynote speech during the general meeting of the Mayors for Peace in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2017, one day before the 72nd anniversary of its atomic bombing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP leader Shii at U.N. HQ

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii meets with reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 6, 2017. Shii talked with Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs and undersecretary general, over a treaty to outlaw nuclear weapons, which is expected to be adopted on July 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hibakusha present 3 mil. signatures to protest nukes at U.N. confab

Japanese atomic bomb survivors or hibakusha -- Toshiyuki Mimaki and Masako Wada -- hand over a petition with nearly 3 million signatures demanding the abolishment of nuclear weapons on June 16, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York to Costa Rican Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez, who is chairing a three-week U.N. conference, and Izumi Nakamitsu, undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hibakusha present 3 mil. signatures to protest nukes at U.N. confab

Japanese atomic bomb survivors or hibakusha -- Toshiyuki Mimaki and Masako Wada -- hand over a petition with nearly 3 million signatures demanding the abolishment of nuclear weapons on June 16, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York to Costa Rican Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez, who is chairing a three-week U.N. conference, and Izumi Nakamitsu, undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hibakusha present 3 mil. signatures to protest nukes at U.N. confab

Japanese atomic bomb survivors or hibakusha -- Toshiyuki Mimaki and Masako Wada -- hand over a petition with nearly 3 million signatures demanding the abolishment of nuclear weapons on June 16, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York to Costa Rican Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gomez, who is chairing a three-week U.N. conference, and Izumi Nakamitsu, undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. nuke talks resume amid hopes for ban treaty

Izumi Nakamitsu (C), U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs and undersecretary general, attends the U.N. negotiations to outlaw nuclear weapons on June 15, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York, together with Elayne Whyte Gomez (R), the president of the talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuke ban treaty must be open to all nations

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (L) meets with Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 14, 2017. Matsui said an envisaged treaty to ban atomic weapons must be designed to allow nuclear powers and other nations currently boycotting negotiations to join in the future. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese disarmament head debuts at U.N. Security Council talks

Izumi Nakamitsu, the United Nations' new head of disarmament, gives her first briefing to the 15-member Security Council on May 23, 2017, addressing the latest developments pertaining to chemical weapons in Syria. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. disarmament chief talks with high school students

Izumi Nakamitsu (L), U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, discusses at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 11, 2017 nuclear arms reduction and other issues with high school students from Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima mayor meets with U.N. disarmament chief

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (L) meets with Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, in Vienna on May 8, 2017. Matsui requested that U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres attend the general meeting of Mayors for Peace to be held in Nagasaki in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima mayor meets with U.N. disarmament chief

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (L) meets with Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, in Vienna on May 8, 2017. Matsui requested that U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres attend the general meeting of Mayors for Peace to be held in Nagasaki in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New U.N. disarmament chief to support banning nuclear weapons

Izumi Nakamitsu, the new U.N. undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, is interviewed by Kyodo News at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 4, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nakamitsu named U.N. high rep for disarmament affairs

Undated photo shows Izumi Nakamitsu, assistant secretary general and assistant administrator at the U.N. Development Program's Crisis Response Unit. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced March 29, 2017, the appointment of Nakamitsu as the next undersecretary general and high representative for disarmament affairs, making the 53-year-old the first Japanese woman to become an undersecretary general at the U.N. headquarters' Secretariat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo