I would like to begin my remarks by conveying our
greetings to Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. At the same time, I wish to express our appreciation to Mr. John Ashe for his recognized leadership and exceptional performance as President at the sixty-eigh…
We would like to thank Ms. Sandra Honoré for her introduction of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2014/617) and the Permanent Representative of Haiti for his valuable comments.
Some months ago, Guatemala was pleased to hear the announcement of the consensus forged in Haiti with the signing of the …
We thank you, Sir, for all your efforts in introducing resolution 68/309, which contains the report of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (A/68/970).
Our delegation associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Bolivia on behalf of the Group of 77 and …
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on a topic so relevant to the work of the Council. We also wish to express our appreciation to Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representativeof the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict; Under-Secretary-General for Pe…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, for organizing this very important debate and for the concept note (S/2014/572, annex) that you have prepared. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the comments that they have s…
I would like to thank Rwanda for organizing this open debate and for the concept note (S/2014/478, annex) it has prepared on this important topic. We also thank the Secretary-General for his observations.
As a troop-contributing country, we deem it indispensable to hold a debate on all issues relat…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your leadership and your work as President of the Security Council during this particularly busy month. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing this morning.
When Guatemala took its seat on the Council in January 2012, the shadows …
We associate ourselves with the statement made by the delegation of Bolivia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China (see A/68/PV.100). In addition, we would like to make the following timely observations.
First, we support the 2011 Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assem…
Guatemala categorically rejects all acts of terrorism and reiterates its commitment to the prevention and fight against that scourge. It is discouraging to see the scourge continue to spread and intensify with an increasing number of victims of terrorist acts. Of course, we recognize the important a…
I would like to begin by congratulating the Russian Federation on organizing this open debate and by
thanking you, Mr. President, for the concept note prepared on this important topic (S/2014/384, annex). We also thank the Secretary-General for his observations. As a former member of the Council an…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the Republic of Korea on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for its dynamism, transparency and able leadership in chairing the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). We very much wel…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, for your leadership and for your work as President of the Council. I would also like to thank Mr. Robert Serry for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Guatemala firmly believes that diplomacy and dial…
I thank the Nigerian presidency for having organized this open debate and its concept note (S/2014/238, annex) and for your personal participation, Mr. Minister. We also thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing and for his second report on security sector reform (S/2013/480).
We wish t…
I thank the President for organizing today’s open debate, which gives us the opportunity to address the Security
Council on conflict-related sexual violence — a subject on which my country has been very active due to its deep conviction that we should keep fighting against all forms of violence aga…
We welcome Ambassador Sandra Honoré and thank her for presenting the report of the Secretary- General (S/2014/162). We would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Haiti for his valuable comments.
I have five brief points. First, the current situation in Haiti continues to be characteri…
We would like to thank the presidency of Luxembourg for convening this open debate on a topic so close to Luxembourg’s work in the Council. The personal presence of Deputy Prime Minister Asselborn only underscores that. In that vein, we also express our special appreciation to Luxembourg for its cha…
We thank the delegation of Lithuania for having convened this open debate. We also thank the Secretary- General for his briefing.
As observed in the very instructive concept note (S/2014/75, annex), the mandates of United Nations field presences increasingly incorporate the rule of law in the promo…
We would like to thank the delegation of Lithuania for having organized this open debate to commemorate the 15 years since the Security Council gave fresh impetus to the task of the protection of civilians in
armed conflict. We are also grateful to Ms. Navi Pillay, Ms. Valerie Amos, Mr. Hervé Ladso…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this thematic debate, and congratulate you on having carried out your presidency so successfully with so little lead time to prepare yourself. We also thank you for your eloquent statement this morning, and Mr. Jeffrey Feltman for his very lucid briefing.
W…
I am pleased to be participating once again in a meeting of the Security Council when Guatemala is 12 days from concluding its tenure as an elected member for the biennium 2011-2012.
Let me begin by thanking Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Executive Director Yury Fedotov of the United Nations Office…
