I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States.
At the outset, let me express our deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC).
Allow me to first express my deep appreciation to the President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Thomson, for convening this plenary meeting in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimin…
I have the privilege of taking the floor on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States to honour
the memory of the late Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, our friend Ambassador Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin. He leaves a rich legacy on how to conduct oneself in internatio…
Guatemala thanks the delegation of Sweden, which currently holds the presidency of the Security Council, for organizing this open debate and for presenting the concept note (S/2017/6, annex) on which it is based. We welcome Secretary-General António Guterres and thank him for his first statement as …
We are living in complex times overshadowed by the terrorist threat. It is imperative that all Member States fulfil their obligation of preventing the proliferation of all weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems and related material, as well as their acquisition by non-State actors, and …
Guatemala voted in favour of resolution 71/130, on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and the critical situation in Aleppo. We are appalled by the terrible suffering of the more than 13.5 million Syrians facing a humanitarian crisis of tragic proportions. We joined in the adoption of the reso…
First and foremost, we would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s important debate and for the concept note (S/2016/969, annex). I also thank the Secretary- General, Mr. Danilo Türk, Ms. Christine Beerli and Mr. Sundeep Waslekar for their briefings.
Our delegation believes that a discussi…
Guatemala recognizes that the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development represents a new, universal and transformative vision of sustainable development centred on people, the planet, prosperity, peace and alliances. However, there still remain many questions about the means of impleme…
Guatemala thanks the delegation of Senegal, as President of the Security Council this month, for organizing this open debate, and we welcome the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Mankeur Ndiaye. We are grateful for the briefings by the Deputy Secretary-General and the other …
First, allow me to commend the Russian Federation for convening this open debate on the occasion of the sixteenth anniversary of the women and peace and
security agenda. This is an opportunity to underscore the commitment of Member States to empowering women and to facilitating their participation …
My delegation thanks the Russian Federation, as the President of the Security Council, for convening this open debate.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Although the Council has discussed the situation in the Middle East on many occasions, t…
We would like to exercise our right of reply to the statement delivered by the Foreign Minister of Belize in reference to the territorial, maritime and island dispute with my country and recent occurrences in the context of a 150-year-old conflict. We listened carefully but in disbelief to the Forei…
First of all, I would like to congratulate the Malaysian delegation on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and to express our appreciation for the concept note (S/2016/712, annex) that is guiding our discussions today.
As a country strongly committed to disarmament and non-proliferation…
We thank the Malaysian delegation for organizing this open debate and for its concept note (S/2016/662, annex), which contains useful guidelines for focusing our discussion. We are also grateful to the presenters this morning for their valuable briefings.
We associate ourselves with the statement t…
Guatemala thanks Japan for convening this open debate under its presidency, and Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and Ambassadors Amina Mohamed and Smail Chergui for their briefings. We welcome the timely adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2016/12.
My delegation endorses the content of the conc…
We appreciate the convening of this open debate on the working methods of the Council and the concept note prepared for this meeting (S/2016/585, annex). We trust that our deliberations will not only allow us to renew our commitment to ongoing progress in improving the efficiency, transparency and i…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for his detailed briefing and the delegation of Japan for coordinating today’s open debate in the framework of its presidency of the Security Council.
Guatemala aligns itself with the statement to be made on behalf o…
Guatemala welcomes the convening of today’s open debate and aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.
Guatemala thanks France for the concept note that was circulated in preparation for …
I am delivering this statement on behalf of my country’s Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, Mr. José Alfonso Cabrera Escobar. I hereby convey his respectful greetings and acknowledge our participation at this gathering.
Fifteen years after we, the countries represented here, committed…
Guatemala is grateful for the convening of today’s meeting to adopt the resolution entitled “Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture” (70/262), and we would like to take this opportunity to thank the delegations of Angola and Australia for their leadership of the negotiations on this…
