At the outset, I would like to extend to Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, a well- deserved recognition for her excellent leadership of the main organ of the United Nations system. As the first woman from Latin America …
As we commemorate the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, the world is in a deteriorating situation with respect to international peace and security. Wars, famines, racism and xenophobia, to mention just some of the calamities that human beings are inflicting on their fellows, presage a fut…
As we greet all delegations, we also welcome the holding of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly. Uruguay is convinced that today more than ever we need to strengthen these bodies of international coordination and leadership. Failure to do so would be to abandon humankind to transnatio…
At the outset, I wish to thank the New Zealand presidency for convening this informative, high-level meeting to address the challenges of one of the main threats to international peace and security, namely, the current conflict in Syria, on which we have focussed since the very beginning. Uruguay pa…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate and for your efforts during Russia’s presidency to achieve progress on the major issues on the agenda of the Security Council.
For me, it is an honour to be here today to exchange views on a topic of particular importance for international …
