I would like to start by thanking the President and his team for organizing this high- level event on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, thereby implementing the identical resolutions 70/262 and 2282 (2016) of the General Assembly and the Security Council, which have provided a historic opportunity…
Let me to commend your delegation, Sir, for convening this open debate, as well as for the concept note before us (S/2018/324, annex), which contains valuable information for guiding this debate. We are also grateful to those who delivered statements before us.
Experience shows that armed conflicts…
Let me begin by thanking you, Madam President, and the delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for convening this open debate. We are also grateful for the concept note (S/2018/184, annex) that serves as the basis for our deliberations.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by th…
We thank the delegation of Kuwait for convening this open debate on the working methods of the Security Council and for the concept note (S/2018/66, annex) circulated to that end. We trust that our deliberations will allow us to not only renew our commitment to continue our advances in improving the…
I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Japan for organizing this open debate and for presenting the concept note (S/2017/1016, annex) to guide the discussion at this meeting. We greatly appreciate that the presidency of the Security Council proposed discussing th…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Italy on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council and, above all, for having convened this open debate on such an important issue, as well as the clear concept note (S/2017/972, annex), which you circulated, Sir. On behalf of my delegation, I …
I wish to thank the President for convening this debate.
Our delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (see A/72/PV.48).
Allow me to begin by sincerely congratulating the Permanent Representative of Colombia…
At the outset, I would like to warmly congratulate the Permanent Representatives of Georgia and the United Arab Emirates on their appointment as co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. We are confident that under their leadership and given their abilities, we will…
Guatemala thanks the President of the International Criminal Court for the annual report of the Court on its activities in 2016 and 2017 (see A/72/349). We also welcome the publication by the United Nations of the manual of best practices for cooperation between the United Nations and the Internatio…
It is a privilege to participate as Minister for Foreign Affairs in today’s debate on such an important topic, and it is a happy coincidence that I am here today. I am the second woman to have been Minister for Foreign Affairs in the history of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, which illustrates how…
Guatemala takes the opportunity provided by the presentation today of the annual report of the
International Court of Justice to the General Assembly (A/72/4) to share its views on the Court’s role in promoting the rule of law, following the invitation extended to us by the Assembly in resolution 7…
We are grateful for the presentation of the twenty- fourth annual report of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (A/72/266), which we understand to…
I would like to thank the President for the reports that have been presented and for enabling us to have a dialogue on the follow-up to the international development summits. The interdependent and symbiotic relationship between the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable develo…
Guatemala believes that it is only through dialogue and the exchange of information and best practices that we can articulate a comprehensive, coordinated and shared response by the States of origin, transit and destination of smuggled migrants or victims of human trafficking that will guarantee ord…
Let me begin by thanking you, Sir, and the delegation of the Arab Republic of Egypt for convening this open debate on the potential contribution of United Nations peacekeeping operations to the overarching goal of sustaining peace, and for our concept paper (S/2017/692, annex).
My delegation would …
Guatemala thanks the delegations of Jamaica and Mexico for presenting and facilitating resolution 71/161 B, entitled “The new United Nations approach to cholera in Haiti”. Guatemala co-sponsored the resolution, thereby reaffirming our support for the new United Nations approach presented by the Secr…
We congratulate you, Madam President, and your delegation on organizing this debate on the protection of civilians, and we commend the fact that your Minister for Foreign Affairs has been presiding it. We also express our appreciation to the briefers for their contributions.
My delegation associate…
Allow me, at the outset, to express our gratitude for the convening of this important debate. We are also grateful for the concept note (see S/2017/402, annex ). I also thank today’s briefers for their statements.
Since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), Guatemala has accorded great importance…
Guatemala thanks Secretary-General António Guterres and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea, in his capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for the submission of the reports before us. We also thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this debate.
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First, allow me to express our most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the delegation of Egypt and the delegation of Sweden on the condemnable attacks that their countries have recently suffered.
My delegation thanks you, Madam President, for organizing this meeting, and, at the same time, we wou…
