At the outset, allow me to express, on behalf of the Government of El Salvador, our satisfaction at the convening of this important meeting of the General Assembly to consider the issue of the prevention and control of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
El Salvador shares the concern of the …
I wish to convey a very special greeting from El Salvador to all young people from all over the world who are at this High-level Meeting or who are tuning in through the Internet or various media. In addition, we wish to loudly applaud each of them in their countries, every young person of each coun…
Mr. President, we welcome your initiative to convene this open debate of the Security Council on the impact of climate change on the maintenance of international peace and security.
The world is now facing one of the greatest challenges in its entire history. Climate change is directly affecting mi…
Mr. President, allow me, on behalf of the Government of El Salvador, to express to you our most sincere thanks for your initiative to convene this High-level Meeting of the General Assembly to broadly and comprehensively assess the progress achieved in the implementation of the 2001 Declaration of C…
We commend the initiative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the leadership of President Evo Morales and of the President of the General Assembly to convene this plenary debate on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.
Water is the basis of all forms of life. It is vital to h…
In fulfilment of the commitments entered into with respect to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is a priority for El Salvador to comply with the Goals’ indicators.
We know that it is possible to achieve the Goals if they are fully addressed through public economic and social policies that…
The delegation of El Salvador would like to express its appreciation for the convening of this high- level meeting on transnational organized crime, pursuant to resolution 64/179, in the context of the fifteenth anniversary of the Naples Political Declaration and Global Action Plan against Organized…
Allow me first of all to convey our greetings to the President and to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the progress made in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (A/64/735), as well as for his recommendations made in pr…
My delegation welcomes the decision of the President of the General Assembly, at the initiative of delegation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, to hold this special meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Mother Earth Day, in accordance with resolution 63/278. El Sa…
My delegation welcomes the convening of this fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development.
El Salvador endorses the statements that were made by the representative of Yemen on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the representative of Chile on behalf of the Rio Group.
The convergence…
With respect to resolution 64/74, on behalf of the Government and people of El Salvador, I would like to thank the sponsors and all States members of the General Assembly for having ensured its adoption.
It is well known that the Central American region has been painfully exposed in recent years to…
We should like to express our gratitude to the delegation of Austria for convening this meeting to consider the annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission (S/2009/444).
El Salvador has been committed to the cause of peacebuilding since the Commission was created, as we believe that the contribut…
My delegation associates itself with the statement of Mexico on behalf of the Rio Group.
The revitalization of the General Assembly is very important to El Salvador, as part of advancing the democratization of the United Nations as a whole. This is also an important basis for our future deliberatio…
I wish to express my delegation’s gratitude for the initiative of holding this joint debate on the annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its third session (A/64/341) and the report on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/64/217). We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for the documents and re…
Allow me to welcome the initiative to hold this meeting in order for the General Assembly to take up agenda item 20, entitled “The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development”. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for his re…
I am immensely gratified at the opportunity to take part in this special meeting, at which the pre-eminent multilateral global Organization is celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the holding of the International Conference on Population and Development and of its main outcome, the Programme of …
Allow me to express the gratitude of the delegation of El Salvador for the initiative to convene this meeting of the General Assembly to address the current worrisome emergency situation in the brotherly Republic of Honduras.
In that connection, the Government of El Salvador has, through its Presid…
Allow me, on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean Group, to pay tribute today to the memory of His Excellency Mr. Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic. I wish also to convey our most sincere condolences to the family of President Bongo, to the Government and the people of Gab…
I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for this important initiative to convene a high-level plenary to examine the culture of peace and dialogue among cultures, civilizations and religions.
We would like to thank His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, Custod…
The delegation of El Salvador wishes to express its gratitude to Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, for her introduction of the Court’s excellent report (A/63/4) to the General Assembly, covering the period from 1 August 2007 to 31 July 2008.
We also wish to con…
