The increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters is one of the most important agenda items, which must be considered very carefully in order for the solution ultimately achieved to lend clear legitimacy, effectiveness and transparency to the Security Council’s work. We seek…
We thank the delegation of France for convening this open debate and we appreciate the statements made by the briefers. We extend special greetings to the civil society representative from our region.
Chile aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Canada, on behalf of t…
Chile associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Peru on behalf of the Group of Friends of Haiti. I would also like to make the following remarks in my national capacity.
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her brief…
I have the honour to introduce to the General Assembly the 2017 report (A/72/3) of the Economic and Social Council.
In 2017, the Economic and Social Council built on the initial phase of implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and related commitments and …
My country aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Panama on behalf of the Human Security Network (see A/72/PV.24).
As a country of origin, destination and transit in the trafficking in persons, Chile has not escaped the sad reality of human trafficking. That is why, followin…
We are grateful for the briefing that we have heard from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ms. Sandra Honoré Braithwaite. We also welcome the presence here this morning of the Permanent Representative of Haiti, Ambassador Denis Régis.
Chile aligns itself with the statem…
At the outset, we would like to thank the delegations of Mexico and Jamaica for presenting resolution 71/161 B, which Chile co-sponsored.
In the current context, and with the difficulties that Haiti has faced, the cholera epidemic continues to be
one of the main humanitarian challenges. Although t…
As in previous years, Chile has abstained in the voting on the text adopted today because it believes that it may prejudge or influence the consideration of issues that should be settled through the relevant negotiations in Geneva. Chile supports the quest for a peaceful, consensus-based solution re…
Chile thanks the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay and his country for convening and presiding over today’s debate on medical care in situations of armed conflict.
Our country aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Slovenia on behalf of the Human Security Network, of w…
We thank Uruguay for organizing today’s debate and welcome the presence of its Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. José Luis Cancela. Chile takes this opportunity to express its thanks to the briefers for their statements and to Ms. Zainab Bangura, whose mandate as Special Representative of the S…
Madam President, I wish to thank you for having convened and for presiding over this meeting on the agenda item on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Chile wants to see peace in the Middle East, especially between Israelis and Palestinians, and supports the two-St…
First of all, I would like to reiterate to the Government and the people of Egypt the solidarity and sorrow of my Government for the criminal attack they suffered last weekend.
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her briefing and welcome the presence…
It is my honour to address the plenary of the General Assembly, on behalf of the delegations of Chile and Switzerland, to introduce draft resolution A/71/L.54 for consideration and adoption, under sub-item (c) of item 19 of the agenda of the seventy-first session, on the subject of sustainable devel…
We thank Sweden for convening this debate. We value this first opportunity for interaction with Secretary-General António Guterres, to whom we reiterate Chile’s support as he carries out his duties and whose proposals to improve performance in terms of peace and security, including through the estab…
We thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, Mr. Alfonso Dastis Quecedo, for presiding over and convening this important debate on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. We also welcome the briefings made by the Deputy Secretary-General and other …
Chile would like to reiterate its appreciation for the work of
the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. We are aware of their notable contributions to international justice. That is especially reflected in their s…
We would first like to thank the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Silvia Alejandra Fernández de Gurmendi, for presenting the comprehensive report on the Court’s activities (see A/71/342) covering the period from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2016, which shows, among other things, the …
It is an honour for me, on this sad occasion, to pay tribute to the life of His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States.
From the time he ascended the throne, in 1946, His Majesty King Bhumibol was able to win the respect and admir…
The Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC), on whose behalf I am speaking, is particularly pleased to participate in this fiftieth- anniversary commemoration of the adoption by the General Assembly of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Coven…
On behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, I have the honour to welcome and extend our warmest congratulations to the newly appointed Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres. His stature and diplomatic competence, together with his broad experience in many areas, make him an emin…
