My delegation wishes to thank the Organization for convening this High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. It is important that the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development, which will take place in Qatar, should determine what progress has been made since the Monterr…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for having convened, in such a timely manner, this necessary debate. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Gaspar Martins of Angola for his dedicated work at the head of the Peacebuilding Commission.
Th…
Costa Rica supports the statement made by the representative of Egypt.
We supported resolution 61/255 on behalf of the Costa Rican citizens who survived the Holocaust — whose arms still bear the numbers tattooed on them in the death camps of Europe — and in memory of the families who were massacred…
My delegation reaffirms that Costa Rica has always believed that the decolonization process should be governed by the provisions of resolution 1514 (XV) of 1960, which declared the inalienable right to self- determination for all peoples.
In 1975, Costa Rica held a seat on the Security Council. Sin…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the Security Council, the Permanent Representative the State of Qatar, Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, for the work that he has been doing in the Council and also for presenting the report on the Council’s activities to the General Assembly (…
As in earlier debates on this issue, Costa Rica would like to take this opportunity to express its conviction that the Security Council needs comprehensive reform. The task before us is important and cannot be postponed, given that we must ensure that that body — an organ of limited composition — is…
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement delivered by The Honourable Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Health of the Republic of Guyana, on behalf of the Rio Group. I shall therefore limit my statement to a number of matters of particular concern to my country.
Costa Rica is a country wh…
My delegation would like to speak in explanation of position, in conformity with rule 88 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, before a decision is taken on draft resolution A/60/L.53.
Since the 1988 Manila Declaration, Costa Rica has closely followed developments in what is known as t…
I would like to begin my statement by reiterating Costa Rica’s full support for what has been said by the delegations of South Africa and Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the Rio Group, respectively.
In those group statements, the global nature of migration was reiterated, as was t…
In considering the resolution on the Peacebuilding Commission (resolution 60/180), I would like to reiterate our position on the legal nature of the decision that we are taking today. For Costa Rica, there is no doubt whatsoever that the Peacebuilding Commission was established on 16 September by Ge…
Allow me first to join previous speakers in expressing our most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the Kingdom of Jordan on the terrorist attacks that took place yesterday in Amman.
In compliance with the obligation contained in Article 24 of the Charter, the Security Council today presents its a…
I should like at the outset to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Philippe Kirsch, for the skilful presentation he just gave us on the Court’s work over the past year. We trust that the presentation of reports by the President of the Court to the General Assembly will…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank the International Court of Justice for its report, contained in document A/60/4, and thank the Court’s President, Judge Shi Jiuyong, for his excellent introduction of the report.
Costa Rica fully supports the work of the International Court of Justice as the best m…
I should like to congratulate you, Sir, and the members of your Bureau on your election, and to reiterate what was stated by the representative of Argentina on behalf of the Rio Group. Costa Rica would like to comment on some points that are of particular interest to us.
Ten years ago we adopted th…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President on his well-deserved election to preside over the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. The session that he is chairing is special because of its scope and the importance of its issues, particularly in view of the unfinished mandates and unful…
Having made our decisions, I wish to note that my delegation feels that, in the context of the revitalization of the General Assembly, the agenda items on the law of the sea and criminal justice should have been allocated to the Sixth Committee. As
members are aware, my delegation could not make it…
The delegation of Costa Rica requests agenda item 160 be kept on the agenda for the sixty-first session. As we all know, inclusion of this item was initiated by my Minister for Foreign Affairs, whom I have consulted and who has asked me to request that it be kept on the agenda. It is an item on whic…
Today, on the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations, I am honoured to reaffirm Costa Rica’s unconditional commitment to the principles and purposes of this Organization. We reaffirm our faith in the United Nations as the international community’s main instrument to maintain peace.
We reiterate…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on Security Council reform. Although the issue we are considering is important, we are convinced that no United Nations reform will be complete without a thorough revitalization of the General Assembly, our main deliberative and representative o…
I would like, first of all, to associate myself with the expressions of solidarity and condolence to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See on the sad passing of His Holiness Pope John Paul II and to the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Monaco on the profoundly felt loss of His Seren…
