I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Republic of El Salvador.
At the outset, allow me to express my appreciation to Director General Yukiya Amano for presenting the report (see A/73/315) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the Agency’s activities during 2017.…
At the outset, I should like to recognize the work of the President of the Human Rights Council, Mr. Vojislav Šuc of Slovenia, throughout the year 2018. Having presided over the Council in 2017, El Salvador recognizes the importance of the contributions and perspectives of small countries when it co…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). I would like to begin by welcoming the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.
CELAC welcomed the steps taken between 2015 and 2016 by Cuba and the United States to begi…
We would like to begin, as every other speaker has done, by thanking the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Eboe-Osuji, for his briefing on the report of the Court (see A/73/334), which details the conduct of both administrative and judicial activities and has been transmitte…
I want to begin by thanking the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, for introducing his report (A/73/4) detailing the administrative and judicial activities undertaken by the world’s highest court of justice.
El Salvador considers it appropriate to highligh…
I would first of all like to say that I fully agree with what my colleague the Permanent Representative of Singapore said from this rostrum with regard to the usefulness of this discussion. We note with some disappointment the absence of senior officials of the Secretariat at this debate on the annu…
At the outset, I want to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting to mark the International Day against Nuclear Tests, and to thank the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan for its work in that regard. El Salvador was proud to be a sponsor of resolution 72/51.
We believe th…
El Salvador is grateful for the initiative of resolution 72/281 to commemorate 16 June as the International Day of Family Remittances, as well as for its adoption by consensus today. We are also grateful for the work done by the group of delegations taking the initiative in drafting the text and adv…
We would first like to thank the President for convening this meeting to discuss the report of the eleventh session of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/72/721), as well as the annual report of the Secretary- General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/72/740).
My country aligns itself with the statement ma…
At the outset, we would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this high-level meeting and for the concept note.
The maintenance of international peace and security is one of the main purposes of the United Nations, and this two-day meeting allows us to take an in-d…
At the outset, we would like to thank you, Mr. President, and Peru for convening this open debate. We also welcome the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, as well as the special guests at this meeting, for their briefings this morning.
My country, as everyone knows, has a historic commitment to you…
We thank the presidency of the Netherlands for convening this open debate, and we take this opportunity to welcome the participation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte. We also appreciate the concept note (S/2018/184, annex) prepared for today’s debate and commend the Secretary-General and Ms. Fatimata To…
My country would like to make a statement following the adoption of resolution 72/244, on modalities for the intergovernmental conference that will adopt the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration. El Salvador is pleased to have joined the consensus and hopes that all States Members …
This is a general statement under agenda item 15, particularly on resolution 72/137. My delegation welcomes the adoption of the resolution, which highlights the important inclusion of the promotion of a culture of peace in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We thank the Permanent Mission o…
At the outset, we welcome the Secretary- General’s reports (A/72/76, A/72/348 and /A/72/358) on this subject, as well as on the four draft resolutions to be adopted, one of which (A/72/L.23) was introduced on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, another (A/72/L.24), which my country has the honour t…
At the outset, I would like to thank Director General Yukiya Amano for his presentation of the report (see A/72/221) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on its activities during 2016, and to express the congratulations of the Government of El Salvador on his reappointment as Director Ge…
We welcome the presence today of Ambassador Joaquín Maza Martelli, President of the Human Rights Council — a proud Salvadoran and a personal mentor of mine — and thank him for his briefing. We commend him on his hard work this year at the helm of such an important intergovernmental forum. We welcome…
El Salvador is grateful to France, as President of the Security Council, for organizing this important debate focused on children and armed conflict. We express our commitment to the Council’s work on this agenda item. We also take note of the report of the Secretary-General on children and armed co…
We would like to begin our statement by thanking the President of the International Criminal Court, Her Excellency Ms. Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, for the presentation of her report (see A/72/349), in which she details the administrative and judicial activities carried out by the Court for the per…
We wish to associate ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Canada on behalf of the Group of Friends of Women, Peace and Security.
El Salvador is pleased to participate in this important open debate focused on the theme of women and peace and security. We wish to express our com…
