I would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Rosalyn Higgins, for being with us this morning and for her interesting and detailed presentation on the work carried out by the Court over the past year. Once again, I am happy to congratulate her on her competence and leade…
At the outset, I would like to set out Peru’s general view on post-conflict processes. I will begin by referring to national ownership of the peacebuilding process.
For Peru, each conflict has its own internal and international dynamics. In spite of the similarity of underlying economic or social f…
Peru recognized Kosovo on 22 February 2008, understanding that in this case there is a set of peculiar humanitarian circumstances that make it unique. In that regard, Peru’s decision to recognize Kosovo constitutes a sovereign act of its foreign policy. In Peru’s view, the legality of Kosovo’s indep…
I should like to begin by greeting you, Sir, congratulating you on your election to the presidency
of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. We are certain that your experience will enable us to have fruitful and constructive exchanges on the urgent challenges currently facing humanity. T…
On 8 September 2006, 192 States joined together in the General Assembly to support the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and committed themselves to adopting concrete measures to address terrorism in all its aspects. Two years later, we are meeting again to reaffirm the Strategy and, …
I wish to thank Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, for his presence this afternoon and for his interesting briefing on the work carried out by the Court over the past year.
Article 1 of the Charter of the United Nations stipulates that States should settle their d…
I wish at the outset to commend you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on children and armed conflict. Peru is pleased to participate in today’s meeting and to contribute to efforts to protect children. My delegation welcomes the statements made by the Secretary- General, by Mr. Edmond…
It is a great honour for me to address this important forum to briefly present the achievements and the pending challenges in the Peruvian response to the HIV/AIDS
epidemic, and to reaffirm the commitment of the Peruvian Government led by Mr. Alan García Pérez and his Minister of Health, economist …
I should like at the outset to state that my delegation associates itself with the statements made by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and by the representative of Mexico on behalf of the Rio Group.
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals to overcome poverty…
Peru particularly welcomes the initiative to hold this high-level debate of the General Assembly to consider together United Nations activities in relation to climate change.
My delegation wishes to align itself with the statement made by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the G…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, for the information given to us concerning the grave situation in Somalia. We commend the United Nations Political Office for Somalia for its work, along with the United Nations team working on the …
At the close of Peru’s mandate in the Security Council during this biennium, I have also come to the end of my functions as the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and of the Working Group established pursuant to r…
We would like to thank Ambassador Kumalo of South Africa for his efficient management of the Security Council’s mission in Timor-Leste in the last week of November, and we would like to thank the delegation of South Africa for presenting the report (S/2007/711).
Peru would like to reiterate its fir…
My delegation would like to thank the Presidents of the two Tribunals, Judge Pocar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Judge Byron of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. We also thank the Prosecutors, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow, for their written…
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for the information provided regarding his recent trip. I should like to make a few comments on his presentation.
With regard to Somalia, we are concerned at the …
I would like to start by congratulating you, Ambassador Spatafora, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December 2007. We are certain that under your leadership we will be able to successfully conclude of the work planned for this month. I can pledge my delegation’s fu…
In turn, I would like to express my gratitude for the statement made by Minister Nqakula, the Facilitator of the Burundi Peace Process, and to convey to him our acknowledgement both to his country, South Africa, and to the other countries of the region, for all the efforts that they have deployed in…
Let me begin by welcoming the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan in this meeting. Likewise, we would like to thank Mr. Jan Eliasson, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and to reaffirm our support for his work in the political dialogue on Darfur. We w…
The challenges of globalization call for governance even in the international sphere, and we should not be surprised that since 1991 Member States have decided to act within the United Nations to eliminate the threats and paralysis that were caused by the bipolarity of the cold war. Since 1991, we h…
First of all, Mr. President, I would like to thank you for convening this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I would also like to express my gratitude for the briefing given by the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Holmes, and to acknowledge the w…
