My colleague and friend, Angel Edmundo Orellana Mercado, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations, has addressed the general topic of our agenda on behalf of all the Central American countries. I would like to refer on this occasion to the draft resolution regarding …
Our debate is just beginning, and I would like to restrict my remarks to a few general comments. Unlike in previous years, when we evaluated the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development in all its substantive aspects, today I shall focus on our immediate task: preparing for the special ses…
The Government of Guatemala welcomes all measures to promote the ongoing development and full participation of older persons, the guardians of the wisdom and values of our Guatemalan society, particularly within our indigenous population.
In this respect, Guatemala has adopted, inter alia, the foll…
The resolution that we have just adopted on agenda item 170 does not fall within the Organization’s routine. In the first place, its purpose is to finance an operation that was in turn the result of an event whose origin raised many questions, some of them unprecedented in the field of international…
On behalf of the Government of Guatemala, I wish to express my gratitude for this opportunity to participate in this important meeting of the Council. I wish also to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and on your outstanding and skilled leadership. We also express our apprec…
Guatemala could not fail to attend this commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights because first, respect for human rights is a matter of universal concern and it is therefore imperative for every country to strive to ensure their observance. Secondly, res…
It is my pleasure to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, who have now been joined by Brazil, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Japan and Paraguay, draft resolution A/53/L.22/Rev.2, submitted under agenda item 44.
If I may be allowed a personal remark, I should like to mention that this is my first statemen…
It is an honour for me, on behalf of the delegation of Guatemala, to take part in the discussion on cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union with a view to strengthening that relationship, mainly because, although the United Nations works closely with the executive b…
My delegation is extremely grateful to the President of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Stephen M. Schwebel, for having temporarily set aside the pressing responsibilities of his lofty position to come to this bustling city to introduce the report of the Court, and for having performed his t…
It is my honour on behalf of its 32 sponsors to introduce draft resolution A/53/L.3, entitled “Observer status for the Association of Caribbean States in the General Assembly”. The original sponsors of this draft resolution are the 25 member States of the Association — all of which belong the Group …
Omar Aguirre, of Bolivia; Lisa Malone, of Australia; Pablo Gorga, of Uruguay; Luis Escoto, of Spain; Pedro Ruz, of Chile; together with Guatemalans Rolando Palacios and Celso Martínez, all of them United Nations personnel stationed in Guatemala to collaborate in the verification of the peace agreeme…
As soon as my delegation heard the results of this morning’s first round of voting, I raised my country’s name plate in an attempt to secure the attention
Guatemala sincerely thanks friendly countries for their support and for their expression of confidence that small countries and countries seekin…
It is my honour to speak on behalf of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Guatemala. I wish first of all to thank the Secretary- General for his report on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development.
Central America has made a notable effort to …
The Government of Guatemala is earnestly committed to making the sustained national effort required to ensure that a strong and lasting peace in the region is successfully concluded.
The statements made by speakers before the General Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution on the United Nations…
I have the honour to address the Assembly
I wish briefly, on behalf of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, to state that we fully share in welcoming the recommendation in the Secretary-General's report that the joint participation of the United Nations with the Organ…
My delegation would like to join with the other speakers who have expressed congratulations for the dedication and hard work shown by you, Mr. President, and the Co-Vice-Chairmen, the Ambassador of New Zealand and the Ambassador of Lesotho, who were pivotal to the successful outcome of the work of t…
The Government of Guatemala is deeply satisfied by this extension and expansion of the United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala
The signature in Guatemala City on 29 December 1996 o…
I wish simply to express briefly my delegation’s satisfaction that this moment of historic
I need not repeat the ideas put forward in the excellent statements in support of the draft resolution considered at the Council’s first meeting of the year, but I should like once again to express our gratit…
With the signing of the final agreement last 29 December, Guatemala has successfully concluded a process of peace negotiations which merely requires verification by means of a peacekeeping force, as requested by the Secretary-General in his reports of 17 and 30 December 1996.
The process of peace n…
In his famous Mare Liberum, Hugo Grotius highlighted the immensity of the sea, calling it “vastum et inmensum mare”. Of course, the sight of the sea has not lost its ability to inspire us as it once inspired him. And yet, since the entire world now sees itself as a village, and since we have sent sp…
