Allow me to thank you, Madame President, for having organized this debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/540) concerning recent events on the ground, as well as proposals to address the situation during the coming months. In addition, we would like to welcom…
Guatemala wishes to join the delegations that have expressed their horror at the attack carried out this morning in Abuja. We offer our profound condolences to the United Nations family and the Government and people of Nigeria.
Allow me, Sir, to thank you for having convened this open debate on the…
Guatemala is one of the slowest countries in Latin America in terms of its demographic transition. The cohort from birth to 14 years of age makes up 31.8 per cent of our total population, compared to an average of 20.8 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean. Those aged between 15 and 24 — those…
As a country that has recently joined the Peacebuilding Commission, we thank you, Mr. President, for convening this joint debate and for circulating the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/65/701) and the report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/65/353). We also thank the f…
Resolution 65/265 adopted today refers not only to the situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, but, equally importantly, to the United Nations, its various intergovernmental forums and the difficult dilemmas we sometimes face in reconciling the different principles and purposes contained in the Cha…
By now, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala is a familiar entity to the members of the General Assembly. Indeed, it gave rise to two resolutions during the past two years: resolutions 63/19 of 10 November 2008 and 64/7 of 28 October 2009.
The Assembly will recall that the Com…
Today I am representing Guatemala, a country of Mesoamerica, at the regional level — a country which, together with Panama, the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Haiti, has a vision for Central America.
We all remember that 30 years ago the entire world was shaken by news of a dangerous, fatal medical c…
Our President, Mr. Álvaro Colom Caballeros, participated in the High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (see A/65/PV.3) but had to return to Guatemala owing to commitments related to his high office. Similarly, our Minister for Foreign Affairs, who unexpectedly had to leave Ne…
We thank the Secretary-General for presenting his report on the work of the Organization (A/65/1) during the past year as we initiate this sixty-fifth session of
the General Assembly. We find the report to be complete and balanced, and, above all, it has suggestions regarding the major challenges t…
I have the honour to present, on behalf of the President of Guatemala and the Prime Minister of Kuwait, some of the highlights of the discussions in round table 2 on meeting the goals of health and education. The numerous statements covered diverse points of view and issues, and no attempt has been …
Guatemala welcomes the efforts made by the delegation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the other sponsors of resolution 64/292, as well as the flexibility shown even at the very last minute to come up with a text acceptable to the majority of countries. As a result, Guatemala would have pre…
The delegation of Guatemala wishes to express its thanks to the President of the General
Assembly for having convened this high-level meeting pursuant to resolution 64/179. We also thank the delegations of Italy and Mexico for their efforts in fighting transnational organized crime and in organizin…
We are still stunned by the unprecedented situation in Haiti in the face of the terrible catastrophe of 12 January, with its tragic material and, above all, human cost to the Government and people of Haiti and the United Nations. It was undoubtedly a watershed moment that requires us to reflect on e…
I convey to all participants the greetings of my country, Guatemala, its Government and all the peoples that make it up. May your presence in this Conference Room bring you success and joy. On behalf of the heart of the heavens and the heart of the Earth, I wish manifold blessings for each and every…
We align ourselves with the statements made by the representatives of Yemen and Chile, but we would like to add some thoughts from the national perspective in order to touch on one issue that has barely been mentioned in those statements. These thoughts — or perhaps it would be more appropriate to c…
Guatemala voted in favour of resolution 64/10. It was a decision we had to consider very carefully, because, like other delegations in this chamber, we noted certain flaws in the report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (A/HRC/12/48) that the authors of the report acknowledge themselv…
On 10 November a year ago, I had the honour to explain from this very rostrum the origin of the International Commission against Impunity in
Guatemala (CICIG) — an initiative that complies with one of the many commitments of our Peace Accords signed in December 1996. I explained that we had inherit…
I would like to thank the President for convening this meeting to commemorate a new anniversary of the Cairo Conference on Population and Development. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for their invaluable contri…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for the presentation of his clear report on the work of the Organization (A/64/1). We note that the past 12 months, which have witnessed so many major
events throughout the world, are reflected in the diversity and intensity of the activit…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on your initiative to hold an open debate to discuss the question of Haiti, in anticipation of the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). I also wish to thank the Secretary- General for the presentat…
