I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, and the Acting Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for their
briefings, and I welcome the Permanent Representative of Haiti and the representatives of the other delegations joining us to…
Colombia thanks the presidency for convening and facilitating this briefing on the situation in Darfur and the activities carried out by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the area from July to December 2025, pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). Colombia also ex…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. I extend my gratitude to the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, as well as to the briefers, for their presentations.
Colombia reaffirms, as it has historically done in this Organization and also in the Council since its first day as an e…
Colombia would like to thank the presidency for convening and facilitating this briefing on the situation in Yemen. Colombia also extends its appreciation to the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and to Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Humanitarian Sector …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting. I also extend my appreciation to the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and to the Director of the Humanitarian Sector Division and Representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humani…
Allow me to begin by thanking Somalia, in its capacity as President of the Security Council, for organizing this meeting. We also thank the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing.
Colombia reaffirms its absolute rejection of the use of chemical weapons …
Colombia is grateful to Somalia, in its capacity as President of the Security Council, for having swiftly responded to our request to convene this emergency meeting, as well as to China and Russia for their support in that regard. We wish you, Mr. President, a successful term during this month of Ja…
We would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his valuable briefing.
Recent military activities undertaken by the United States in the Caribbean Sea and the public pronouncements at the highest level by the United States Government are giving rise to tensions in a region that, thus …
On behalf of the Government of Colombia, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Council members for their support for peace in Colombia and their approval of the extension, for one more year, of the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. In particular, we wo…
It is an honour to address the Council at this quarterly meeting, which holds great importance for our country. Today I speak to Council members from my seat in the Council Chamber not only as the Permanent Representative of Colombia, but also as a woman, as an indigenous person of the Arhuaco peopl…
Allow me to thank the Under-Secretaries-General, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and Ms. Russo for their valuable contributions.
Speaking about the future of United Nations peace operations means reflecting on our capacity to mobilize in response to threats to peace and in support of peac…
I want to begin by acknowledging the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, who is with us for the last time in a meeting on the Mission in Colombia and is about to embark on a new challeng…
I thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, and extend a special greeting to Ms. Hilda Beatriz Molano Casas.
I would like to begin with a quotation:
“I now direct some words to all of you, dear brothers and sisters of this beloved country — childre…
I would like to begin by thanking the representatives for being here and for the constant support they have given to Colombia’s efforts to strengthen peace and for accompanying us on that path with so many challenges, as has been mentioned here, but also full of hope. As we have always said in the S…
For the Government of Colombia and for me in particular, it is our honour to participate in the important debate that brings us together today and even more so on a day that is highly symbolic for us and is celebrated in the United States and around the world — Martin Luther King Day, which marks th…
I thank Her Excellency Mrs. Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative of Switzerland and President of the Security Council, for her continued support, with a constant focus on the central role and empowerment of women and the implementation of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Buildi…
I would like to thank the International Court of Justice for its report (A/79/4), which covers the period from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024, and particularly President Nawaf Salam for his comprehensive oral presentation (see A/79/PV.24), which demonstrates the willingness of the Court and its perso…
First of all, I would like to thank Judge Tomoko Akane and wish her every success in her term as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which began at the beginning of this year.
Colombia also welcomes the annual report of the Court on its activities in 2023 and 2024 (see A/79/198), s…
I thank Her Excellency Mrs. Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative of Switzerland and President of the Security Council, for her continued support. We extend
our gratitude to Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in…
Colombia joined the consensus in adopting the Pact for the Future (resolution 79/1), which we trust will provide a decisive impetus to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals in this decade. We are conscious of the fact that what we do in the ne…
