We thank Egypt for convening today’s debate, and we listened with great interest to the statements of the speakers who preceded us. We are particularly grateful to have heard Ambassador Rosenthal, with his experience in development and in peacebuilding and his emphasis on the fact that the three pil…
Chile welcomes the submission of the latest report of the Security Council (A/71/2), as it contributes to the needed transparency and accountability of the Council to the Assembly regarding decisions and measures adopted for the maintenance of international peace and security.
We highlight section …
We are grateful for the briefing that we have heard from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ms. Sandra Honoré Braithwaite. We also welcome the presence here this morning of the Permanent Representative of Haiti, Ambassador Denis Régis.
Chile aligns itself with the statem…
At the outset, we would like to thank the delegations of Mexico and Jamaica for presenting resolution 71/161 B, which Chile co-sponsored.
In the current context, and with the difficulties that Haiti has faced, the cholera epidemic continues to be
one of the main humanitarian challenges. Although t…
We thank the Permanent Representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ambassador Sacha Llorentty Solíz, in his double capacity as President of the Security Council and as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), for convening today’s important debate on the non-p…
As in previous years, Chile has abstained in the voting on the text adopted today because it believes that it may prejudge or influence the consideration of issues that should be settled through the relevant negotiations in Geneva. Chile supports the quest for a peaceful, consensus-based solution re…
Chile thanks the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay and his country for convening and presiding over today’s debate on medical care in situations of armed conflict.
Our country aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Slovenia on behalf of the Human Security Network, of w…
We thank Uruguay for organizing today’s debate and welcome the presence of its Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. José Luis Cancela. Chile takes this opportunity to express its thanks to the briefers for their statements and to Ms. Zainab Bangura, whose mandate as Special Representative of the S…
Madam President, I wish to thank you for having convened and for presiding over this meeting on the agenda item on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Chile wants to see peace in the Middle East, especially between Israelis and Palestinians, and supports the two-St…
First of all, I would like to reiterate to the Government and the people of Egypt the solidarity and sorrow of my Government for the criminal attack they suffered last weekend.
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her briefing and welcome the presence…
It is my honour to address the plenary of the General Assembly, on behalf of the delegations of Chile and Switzerland, to introduce draft resolution A/71/L.54 for consideration and adoption, under sub-item (c) of item 19 of the agenda of the seventy-first session, on the subject of sustainable devel…
We thank Sweden for convening this debate. We value this first opportunity for interaction with Secretary-General António Guterres, to whom we reiterate Chile’s support as he carries out his duties and whose proposals to improve performance in terms of peace and security, including through the estab…
It is a pleasure, Sir, to see you presiding over this meeting. I would like to convey our condolences to the Russian Federation. Chile deeply deplores the events that took place.
This complex and diverse transnational phenomenon should be addressed from a holistic, coordinated perspective through t…
We thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, Mr. Alfonso Dastis Quecedo, for presiding over and convening this important debate on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. We also welcome the briefings made by the Deputy Secretary-General and other …
Chile welcomes the reports of the Secretary-General on the closely interlinked items before us today (A/71/345, A/71/534 and A/71/378). We value the fact that the role of the United Nations in global economic governance is analysed from the point of view of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for …
Chile would like to reiterate its appreciation for the work of
the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. We are aware of their notable contributions to international justice. That is especially reflected in their s…
Chile is grateful for the convening of this meeting in the framework of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform to address the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters. We would like to express our apprec…
We would first like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Silvia Alejandra Fernández de Gurmendi, for presenting the comprehensive report on the Court’s activities (see A/71/342) covering the period from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2016, which shows, among other things, the …
It is an honour for me, on this sad occasion, to pay tribute to the life of His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States.
From the time he ascended the throne, in 1946, His Majesty King Bhumibol was able to win the respect and admir…
At the outset, my delegation would like to state that we have followed with special attention and interest the work of the International Court of Justice in the period covered in its report (A/71/4), presented by its President, Mr. Ronny Abraham.
The report indicates that during that period the Cou…
