I extend my warmest greetings to the ambassadors, members of the Security Council.
As representatives are all aware, I will refer to the report (S/2022/715) submitted to the Security Council by the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia on the implementation of the Final Agreement for Endi…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Argentina on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
In our national capacity, we recall and welcome the General Assembly’s invitation to celebrate the International Day against Nuclear Te…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and of course Secretary- General António Guterres. I would also like to thank Carlos Ruiz Massieu for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/513). I am grateful to Ambassador Fernandez De Soto Valderrama and to Father De Roux Rengifo…
Colombia reiterates its unwavering commitment to global road safety and to meeting Sustainable Development Goal targets 3.6 and 11.2. Likewise, my country remains committed to the guidelines defined in the Global Plan for the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 and to the commitments m…
Colombia aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Costa Rica on behalf of the Group of Friends of Spanish.
It was a privilege for Colombia to facilitate, together with Andorra, draft resolution A/76/L.57, which concerns an issue of the highest importance for all Member States.…
Colombia highlights the importance of this meeting, devoted to reflecting on the advances made and challenges faced in the implementation of our shared commitment to ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic by 2030. I would like to share a few of the main strides that the Government of Colombia has made in comp…
We would like to make the following points on resolution 76/262, which was just adopted.
As a founding Member of the United Nations, Colombia adopts the traditional position of challenging the veto and advocating its elimination. We believe that the role played by the Security Council as part of th…
I would like to especially thank Special Representative Patten for her comprehensive and compelling briefing on the report of the Secretary-General Conflict- related sexual violence before us (S/2022/272). I also particularly welcome the briefing by Ms. Nadia Murad, for whom we all truly have great …
My delegation joins all those who have expressed their concern over the rise in tensions and most recent developments in Ukraine now undermining the foundations of the international order. Colombia calls on Russia to act in strict accordance with the principles of international law set forth in the …
I greet the members of the Security Council, especially the new ones, and thank them for their continued support to the peacebuilding process in my country. I thank you, Madam President, in particular for convening this meeting, and I thank Ms. Luz Marina Giraldo, formerly known as Yesenia, in parti…
First, I wish to reaffirm Colombia’s commitment to strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management and our support for the provisions in resolution 76/212 that promote sustainable development. Concrete evidence of that commitment is my Government’s recent announcement during the twe…
The delegation of Colombia wishes to clarify that it abstained in the voting on the adoption of resolution 76/72, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, because that resolution contains references to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that define the Convention as the on…
The delegation of Colombia would like to express its sincere appreciation to Ms. Natalie Morris- Sharma of Singapore and Mr. Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik of Norway for their efforts as coordinators of draft resolution A/76/L.20, on oceans and the law of the sea, and draft resolution A/76/L.18, on sustai…
I take the floor on behalf of the delegations of Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, the Marshall Islands, Paraguay, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and my country, Colomb…
I would like to greet the President of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Thomas Bach, and my countryman and friend Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno, who are joining us today at this meeting. I thank them for their continued efforts in promoting the Olympic ideal.
Barely a week ago, the Secretary-Gene…
Colombia thanks Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his presentation of the Agency’s 2020 annual report (A/76/232) and the statement he made last week to the Assembly (see A/76/PV.36), in which he reported on the developments in the Agenc…
I have the pleasure to introduce the pre-recorded statement of the Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia, Her Excellency Ms. Marta Lucía Ramírez.
A pre-recorded video statement was shown in the General Assembly Hall (see annex 2 and A/76/569).
Colombia is grateful for the convening of this plenary meeting of the General Assembly to discuss reform of the Security Council, a matter of major importance for the entire membership. We would also like to congratulate the Permanent Representatives of Qatar and Denmark, Ms. Alya Al-Thani and Mr. M…
Columbia would like to welcome Judge Piotr Hofmański and wish him every success in his term of office as President of the International Criminal Court. We are also grateful for the presentation of the annual report (see A/76/293) of the International Criminal Court on its activities from 2020 to 202…
We thank the President of the Human Rights Council for her presentation (see A/76/PV.24) of the report on the work of the Council during the reporting period (A/76/53 and A/76/53/Add.1).
I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm that, for Colombia, respect for human rights is a constitution…
