Uruguay associates itself with the statement made by
the Minister of Health of Guyana on behalf of the Rio Group.
Uruguay is a country with a concentrated epidemic typology, but prevalence is on the increase. We are therefore concerned that this review of progress on the goals adopted in 2001 has …
Mr. President, allow me to begin by extending our warmest congratulations to the Argentine Republic and to you personally on assuming the presidency of the Security Council in the month of March. We wish you every success throughout your presidency.
The delegation of Uruguay is especially pleased t…
I would like to thank the Secretariat for its work to promote and ensure the success of this High-level Dialogue. Uruguay is firmly committed to its success.
For the Iberian-American countries, the issue of international migration is a priority. It is being addressed as a focal point of the upcomin…
Uruguay wishes once again to express its conviction that a return to the road map is essential and urgent in order to complete the peace process and achieve as soon as possible a just and comprehensive settlement in the Middle East.
Uruguay supports a just and lasting solution achieved through peac…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to thank in particular the coordinators of draft resolutions A/60/L.22 and A/60/L.23, Mr. Marcos Lourenço de Almeida and Ms. Holly Koehler, for their active and efficient work. We also take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the Division for Ocean Affair…
I should like first of all to express, on behalf of the Government and the people of Uruguay, our profound solidarity with the people of Jordan in connection with the heinous terrorist attacks that took place there.
As we have make clear on various occasions, Uruguay firmly believes in multilateral…
My delegation has the honour to take the floor on behalf of
the MERCOSUR member States: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and the associated States Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
As on former occasions, and with the firm conviction that it is necessary to put an end t…
Allow me to congratulate the President of the International Criminal Court, Mr. Philippe Kirsch, on his introduction of the report of the Court. We join our
voices to those of delegations that have already expressed their satisfaction at the significant steps already taken by the International Crim…
I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the MERCOSUR member States, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and its associated States, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, to reiterate our full, active and ongoing commitment to the objectives of the international communit…
My delegation would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks for the intensive rethinking process in which we are involved. The report of the High-level Panel, the report of the Secretary-General and, lastly, the draft final document that you, Mr. President,
submitted to us following ear…
As in previous years, Uruguay voted in favour of the draft resolution presented by the delegation of Cuba (A/65/L.3), adopted as resolution 65/6, since we consider that the embargo against that country is counter to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and that it contrav…
It is an honour for the delegation of Uruguay to speak on behalf of the MERCOSUR States: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay; the acceding State the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; and the associated States Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
I would like to welcome among us the prese…
The fact that many of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/59/2005) consist of reaffirmations of previously accepted principles and commitments and of exhortations to accede to, ratify or fulfil previously existing treaties shows that there is nothing new to say, t…
I wish to add a few brief comments to what was said by the representative of Chile, who spoke on behalf of a group of countries to which Uruguay belongs.
Every year, my delegation awaits with a certain anxiety the reports of the Secretary-General on the oceans and the law of the sea. This is becaus…
Some time ago, in the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council, Uruguay suggested the Group consider new ideas for reform, for it had become clear that, after years…
This year’s report of the Secretary-General (A/59/1) once again reveals, as in previous years, the profound imbalance that affects cooperative efforts to try to resolve, through the United Nations, the great problems faced by humanity. It is an imbalance between the Organization’s ambitious objectiv…
My delegation is honoured to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, the draft resolution contained in document A/63/L.10, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System”.
The Latin American Economic System (LAES) is an intergovernmental regional…
In the context of the consideration of the report of the Economic and Social Council and draft resolution A/63/L.14, on a smoke-free United Nations premises, Uruguay’s delegation wishes to align itself with the statement of the Group of 77 and China. My delegation wishes to reiterate once more its s…
Uruguay decided to vote in favour of the resolution that we have just adopted because we believe that its content simply reiterates the principles and conclusions already adopted by the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies. Thus, the resolution does not in any way prejudge the basis, pri…
Uruguay associates itself the statements made by the representatives of Peru and Morocco, on behalf the Rio Group and the Group of 77 and China, respectively, of which groups Uruguay is a member.
In the report of the Secretary-General on a regular process for the global reporting and assessment of …