62093 The Russian invasion of Chechnya trampled on the "peaceful resolution of conflicts" and "respect for the rights of ethnic minorities" advocated in the Charter of Paris of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which should be described as the fundamental law to define international relations on the European continent after the Cold War, and has an element that cannot be dismissed as an internal matter.
62094 Including Japan, the source of assistance from the West to Russia is taxpayers' money.
62095 Continuing support for a government that is busy with its own agenda of clinging to power and reckless military adventures, while paying no attention to democratization and economic reform, is against the will of the people of the supporting nations.
62096 We wonder if the Group of Seven leading industrial nations should meet to discuss afresh their policies toward Russia.
62097 Letting the Yeltsin government get away with it as "no matter what we do, the West has no choice but to continue supporting Russia" will be doing disservice to the Russian people in the end.
62098 Is it too late?
62099 It is not just the disaster victims.
62100 That is what a large segment of the public feel.
62101 In the answering period immediately after the Diet began its session, Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama said: "For one thing, this is my first ever experience."
62102 Even so, it cannot be used as an excuse for his poor ability to deal with the crisis.
62103 For the Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed the largest number of people since the end of the war, we want to ask what emergency responses and management efforts have been carried out?
62104 The emergency center based on the Disaster Measures Basic Law was organized within the government relatively quickly.
62105 However, the emergency disaster headquarters to be headed by the Prime Minister was not set up.
62106 Instead, the "emergency headquarters" with no legal powers or background was established on the third day from the earthquake.
62107 Whether or not there is a word "disaster" inserted after "emergency" actually makes a big difference.