Costa Rica would like to reiterate its deep dismay over the escalation in violence between Israel and Hamas, which is on the point of becoming one of the darkest chapters in the recent history of a conflict whose solution not only continues to be postponed but that is becoming increasingly darker. W…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Canada, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Li…
Ten years into the Syrian conflict, the violence continues; the disappearances and arbitrary detentions continue; the attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure continue; the foreign occupation continues, the material deprivation continues; the refugee crisis continues. One of the largest huma…
On behalf of the member States of the Central American Integration System (SICA) — Belize, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and my own country, Costa Rica — allow me to express our heartfelt gratitude for the convening of this timely meeting for much-
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On 20 February we marked the seventh anniversary of the Russian Federation’s military occupation of Crimea. Since then, the occupation has expanded to the Donbas region, the Sea of Azov, the Black Sea and the Kerch Strait, in clear violation of international law and the norms and principles set fort…
Costa Rica welcomes today’s annual plenary meeting on agenda item 127.
We would also like to commend the Permanent Representative of Poland and the Permanent Representative of Qatar for their appointment as co-facilitators of the intergovernmental negotiations. We thank the Ambassador of the United…
Costa Rica, as a member of the group of countries that presented draft decision A/75/L.7/Rev.1, will vote against the draft amendment (A/75/L.15) presented by the representative of Cuba for the following reasons.
The first is that the draft amendment makes the application of the mechanism condition…
I have the honour of taking the floor on behalf of the 25 members of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group: Austria, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Gabon, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Maldives, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Portug…
Costa Rica welcomes the briefing (see A/75/PV.21) on the report of the Human Rights Council (A/75/53 and A/75/53/Add.1) by the President of the Council, Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger of Austria. Costa Rica thanks her for her work as President of the Council. We assure her of our full suppor…
It is a great honour and joy for me to address the Assembly in this Hall under its new presidency.
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Costa Rica aligns itself with the statements made earlier today by the representatives of the Netherlands and Germany that referenced sanctions arbitrarily applied against official…
I have the honour and pleasure to introduce the pre-recorded statement by the President of the Republic of Costa Rica — a founding Member of the Organization — Mr. Carlos Alvarado Quesada.
Costa Rica wishes to express its full support for the inclusion of this agenda item on the provisional agenda of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, as we have in previous years. Moreover, this year, together with Qatar, Croatia, Denmark, Guatemala, Nigeria, Romania, Ukraine and Urugu…
More than 70 years ago, with the historic
decision to abolish its armed forces, Costa Rica unilaterally renounced the use of force, making the culture of peace prevail over weapons and establishing dialogue and mediation as a way to resolve conflicts. We favour diplomacy, active and unarmed neutral…
Costa Rica commends the Secretary-General for his timely, detailed and interactive briefing on his report (A/74/1). We thank him and his worthy representative, Madam Chef de Cabinet, for the courtesy and respect they showed the members this morning by listening carefully to their statements and by r…
We associate ourselves with the statements made by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group.
In our national capacity, we thank the representatives of Slovakia and Jordan for co-facilitating resolution 73/341, and congratulate the represent…
My delegation thanks Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for the report on the activities carried out by the Court during the 2018-2019 reporting period (see A/74/324).
Costa Rica aligns itself with the joint statement to be made by the Permanent Representat…
Costa Rica takes note of the report of the Human Rights Council (A/74/53 and A/74/53/Add.1) as well as the briefing by the Council’s President, Mr. Coly Seck. We congratulate him on the successful conduct of his work. In addition, without taking any position on specific situations, we support an inc…
Convening this meeting makes it possible to fulfil two mandates of the Charter of the United Nations: that the Security Council shall submit to the General Assembly its work report, pursuant to Article 24 of the Charter of the United Nations; and that the Assembly shall consider the report, as stipu…
