Guatemala thanks President Csaba Kőrösi for convening this debate under the agenda item “Use of the veto”. We also take this opportunity to thank the leadership of the delegation of the Principality of Liechtenstein for presenting resolution 76/262 to the General Assembly.
Unfortunately, the realit…
I would like to begin by commending the delegations of Singapore and Norway for facilitating the negotiations on draft resolutions A/77/L. 33 and A/77/L.36, which are under consideration today by the General Assembly. We also thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for its assist…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the following countries of Latin America and the Caribbean that are States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS): Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican R…
I wish to thank the President for convening this relevant debate, which is even more important at the seventy-seventh session due to the current situation that the world is facing. The General Assembly has reaffirmed its central role on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the…
Allow me at the outset to thank Ambassador Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for presenting
the report on activities carried out by the Agency in 2021 (A/77/308 and A/77/308/Add.1), as well as the representative of Czechia for introducing draft resol…
Allow me to thank Judge Piotr Hofmański, President of the International Criminal Court, for his briefing on the report contained in document A/77/305, updating us on the activities of the International Criminal Court during the past year. The report informs us of the most important aspects of the pr…
I would like to begin by expressing the appreciation of the Republic of Guatemala for the work carried out by the International Court of Justice and by thanking its President, Judge Joan E. Donoghue, for presenting the annual report (A/77/4) updating us on the judicial activity of the Court. We also…
Guatemala thanks Japan and Sierra Leone for their efforts during the process of negotiating resolution 76/304, which condemns all forms of sexual violence and takes note of effective justice mechanisms that protect and respond to the needs of survivors of this scourge.
The Government of Guatemala p…
My delegation wishes to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting in line with the provision of resolution 76/262 to hold a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council.
Guatemala joins others in once again expressing its rejection of the use of t…
Guatemala thanks the Federative Republic of Brazil, in its capacity as President of the Security Council for the month of July 2022, for convening this open debate on the key role of strategic communications for effective United Nations peacekeeping.
As a troop-contributing country with a protectio…
On behalf of the Government of Guatemala, I would like to extend my gratitude to the President for convening this high-level meeting on improving road safety, which enables us to unite our efforts to reduce the enormous social and economic cost of road safety tragedies and move towards the realizati…
We are grateful to Albania for having convened this open debate on the Council’s working methods. We also thank Ms. Loraine Sievers and Ms. Karin Landgren for their briefings.
We trust that our deliberations will not only be a chance to renew the commitment to continue to improve the efficiency, tr…
I should like to begin by congratulating Mr. George Okoth-Obbo, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, given that this is his first debate since assuming that role. We wish him a successful mandate. I am also grateful for the convening of this meeting to address a…
At the outset, I must say that I am concerned that we are meeting in the General Assembly to consider an issue that, unfortunately, was not properly addressed by the Security Council. Today the Assembly has convened, in accordance with the provisions of resolution 76/262, because the use of the veto…
Guatemala did not hesitate to become a co-sponsor of resolution 76/262, entitled “Standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council”, considering that the maintenance of international peace and security is the primary responsibility of the Security Council an…
Allow me to thank Ms. Catherine Marchi- Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011. These
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Guatemala is closely following the situation in Ukraine, and as a founding member of the United Nations, we attach enormous importance to the Charter of the United Nations, the foundation of our Organization. It expresses the highest ideals of multilateralism and promotes the fundamental principles …
Guatemala has the honour of co-sponsoring this important resolution (resolution 76/250), and I have the personal privilege of expressing our brotherhood with the Jewish people as a result of the catastrophe and terrible tragedy that was the Holocaust and genocide committed against them by the Nazi r…
Guatemala joins the consensus in the adoption of resolution 76/176, entitled “Strengthening the role of the United Nations in promoting democratization and enhancing periodic and genuine elections”, because we recognize the importance of democracy as a universal value, and the respect for human righ…
Allow me to congratulate the delegations of Singapore and Norway on having facilitated the negotiations on draft resolutions A/76/L.18 and A/76/L.20, which the Assembly will consider today. We are also grateful to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for the assistance it provides t…
