Costa Rica welcomes the convening of this meeting of the General Assembly on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters.
My delegation welcomes also the appointment of Ambassador Courtenay Rattray, Permanent Representative …
Costa Rica is grateful for the detailed and accurate report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (see A/69/321) presented by Judge Song (see A/69/PV.34), whose leadership and vision during his presidency of the Court we acknowledge and thank him for.
My delegation would first like to emphasize…
It is an honour for me to participate once again in the annual meeting of the General Assembly to consider the report (A/69/4) on the work of the International Court of Justice, the only international court of a universal nature that has general jurisdiction. My delegation wishes to thank Judge Pete…
Costa Rica expresses its sincere appreciation to Argentina for organizing this open debate and for the substantive participation of Ms. Kimberly Prost and Ms. Fatou Bensouda on this occasion.
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of t…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
At the outset, our group would like to express its appreciation for the outstanding and dedicated manner in which Ambassador Halit Çevik, the Permanent Representative of Turke…
Costa Rica thanks the presidency of the Council for having organized this debate.
My delegation recognizes the Security Council’s key role in promoting and strengthening the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. Since the Secretary-General made recommendations to the …
My delegation will vote in favour of the amendment (A/68/L.33) introduced by the delegation of Switzerland on behalf of the main sponsors.
Costa Rica has always had difficulties with this text presented in the Third Committee, on which,
unfortunately, open consultations were not held. In the past,…
We would like to thank the President of the Human Rights Council for his presentation. We welcome the reports on the essential work performed by the Council in different subject areas and in all parts of the world
(A/68/53). Costa Rica reiterates its full commitment to, and support for, the work of…
Costa Rica thanks the Ambassador of China and President of the Security Council for the month of November for his introduction of the Council’s annual report (A/68/2) to the General Assembly. We also thank the delegation of the United States for its arduous work in drafting the introduction and the …
Costa Rica thanks Judge Sang-Hyun Song for presenting the most recent report of the International Criminal Court (see A/68/314) in accordance with article 6 of the Relationship Agreement between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations. We particularly underscore its clear and detaile…
It is an honour to participate once again in the annual meeting of the General Assembly to consider the report on the work of the International Court of Justice, which is the only international tribunal of a universal character with general jurisdiction. My delegation thanks Judge Peter Tomka, Presi…
Let me begin by saying that the Government of Costa Rica wishes to express its condolences to the families of the victims of the regrettable events occurring off the coast of Italy.
Costa Rica would like to emphasize the tremendous optimism that this Dialogue has triggered in my country. The positi…
Costa Rica would like to thank the co-facilitators, the delegations of Monaco and Tunisia, for all their efforts and congratulate them on their successful work. My country would also like to welcome Mr. Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, and the great tennis player, Mr.…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement just made by the Permanent Representative of Slovenia on behalf of a group of States parties. I wish to raise some additional considerations in my national capacity.
Costa Rica welcomes the adoption by consensus of the resolution on the report of the I…
Mr. President, we commend you and the Mission of the United States on your skilful and effective leadership of the Council during this month of July.
Costa Rica has decided to speak at this meeting, as we believe that it comes at a particularly important and auspicious moment for the Middle East. T…
As the current Chair of the Central American Integration System (SICA), I have the honour to address the Assembly on behalf of its member States: Belize, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica.
With this statement, we wish to place on record our s…
In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights established basic principles on slavery and trafficking in persons. Combating that crime has been considered essential to the full protection of human rights ever since.
Costa Rica associates itself with the statement to be made later by the repres…
Costa Rica expresses its gratitude to the facilitators, the Ambassadors of Austria and Cape Verde, and their teams for their hard work in search of consensus. We also thank all delegations that participated in the negotiations for their flexibility, which allowed us to attain today’s result.
For my…
I speak on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan, Kenya and the United Kingdom.
Seven years ago, seven countries saw the terrible harm being caused by the unregulated trade in conventional arms. We listened to the voices of people around the world living daily in fear of violen…
It is an honour to introduce to the General Assembly draft resolution A/67/L.58, entitled “The Arms Trade
Treaty” on behalf of more than 100 Member States. Through draft resolution A/67/L.58, we will adopt the arms trade treaty whose text is laid out in the annex to document A/CONF.217/2013/L.3.
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