Guatemala welcomes the holding of this debate on the situation in Haiti. I take this opportunity to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his report (S/2016/225). I also thank Ms. Sandra Honoré for her briefing as the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations …
Guatemala is grateful for the holding of this open debate and for the briefings by the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Machiera Kamau, and of the former Chair of the Commission, Ambassador Olof Skoog. We are also grateful for the leadership of Ambassador Gert Rosenthal as Chair of …
Guatemala thanks the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for organizing today’s debate. We are also grateful for the briefing by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
We align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Guate…
My delegation welcomes the comprehensive briefing provided by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and acknowledges the presence in this debate of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Mr. Rodolfo Nin Novoa, and that of other Ministers and Deputy Ministers who are here with us at this very important…
We thank the delegation of Uruguay for organizing today’s open debate and the briefers for their respective statements. We also welcome the concept note circulated by the presidency to focus our debate (S/2016/22, annex).
The current humanitarian crises facing the international community require th…
First, I would like to express our gratitude to your delegation, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on an issue of high priority, as well as for the concept note (S/2015/845, annex) that you have prepared, which contains valuable guidance for our deliberations today. We also wish to than…
We wish to congratulate Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi on her election as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to thank her for her detailed and informative briefing, which we listened to with great interest. My delegation appreciates the annual exchanges between the United Na…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Ambassador Sylvie Lucas and welcome her as the new Chair for the intergovernmental negotiations. We are convinced that under her leadership we will be able to make progress in reaching consensus on this important issue.
My delegation reiterates its commit…
We welcome this timely debate, held as we mark the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations and aimed at promoting efforts to achieve an accountable, more transparent and effective Security Council, adapted to the world of today. We would also like to thank the briefers for their presentations, …
We congratulate Spain on this successful meeting on the fifteenth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000). We welcome the new global study on women and peace and security, which was drafted by Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy and her team. We also thank Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Wom…
I would like to thank the President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Meron, and the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
(ICTR), Judge Joensen, for their excellent statemen…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for convening this important debate and for his leadership in initiating a process that will mark the starting point of the work to be carried out in the coming months. I also express my thanks to the Secretary-General for his comments.
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It is a pleasure for Guatemala to participate in this debate organized by the Spanish presidency. We wish Spain every success during its term throughout October. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the presence of the Special Representative of
the Secretary-General, Ambassador San…
I come before this highest forum of the United Nations as the representative of the Government of Guatemala and of the President of the Republic, Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre. I greet Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. With his vast experience and well-…
My delegation appreciates the initiative of holding this debate and commends the delegation of the Russian Federation for the excellent work that it has been doing throughout the month of September while holding the Security Council presidency. I also appreciate the briefing of the Secretary-General…
I come from a latitude with sun and mountains. Guatemala is our home. It is a shimmering mosaic of 24 languages. I am the spokesperson for the President of the Republic, who represents the unity of the nation of nations, which, since mid-April and over the course of 20 consecutive weeks, has served …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Friends of Spanish in the United Nations, in our first address to the plenary of the General Assembly since the Group was established on 16 September 2013.
Our group recognizes the growing interest of the Spanish-speaking peoples in the work of t…
Guatemala thanks the State of Palestine for its initiative concerning resolution 69/320. The Government of Guatemala recognizes and supports Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign State.
We considered this initiative carefully. We believe that the resolution focuses on one of the exclusive …
My delegation would like to welcome the presence among us earlier today at this important debate of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, Mr. Murray McCully. We would also like to congratulate the delegation of New Zealand on its very able leadership of the Council and all the work that i…
We would like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and his delegation for having organized this open debate and for his concept note (S/2015/402, annex), which contains valuable guidance to focus our discussions today on those who are most vulnerable, that is, children. We would als…
