Guatemala wishes to emphasize the importance that we attach to the judgments of the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, which declared that there was genocide in Srebrenica. We …
In response to the representative of Belize’s comments today, I want to stress the peaceful vocation of the people of Guatemala, whose foreign policy is based on good faith and strict respect for international law. The reports of the observation mission of the Organization of American States on the …
Allow me to congratulate the delegations of Singapore and Norway on having facilitated the negotiations on draft resolutions A/76/L.18 and A/76/L.20, which the Assembly will consider today. We are also grateful to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for the assistance it provides t…
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegations of Spain and Oman for leading the negotiations on the omnibus draft resolution on the seventh review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. The Strategy contributes to defining the mandates of the various United Nations entities on this issue a…
Allow me to begin by expressing the gratitude of the Republic of Guatemala for the work of the International Court of Justice. We also thank the President of the Court, Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, for his presentation of the report of the Court (A/75/4), in particular with regard to the peaceful settleme…
I would like to thank Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court, for his presentation of the report on the activities of the Court (see A/75/324 and A/75/324/Corr.1) during the past year. The report updates us on important developments in the proceedings of the Internatio…
Allow me to thank Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his briefing on the report of the Court (see A/74/324), which provides us with a detailed update on the activities of the Court during the period from 1 August 2018 to 31 July 2019.
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We welcome the convening of this plenary meeting so that we can address an issue to which Guatemala attaches great importance, that is, the responsibility to protect. This meeting is taking place against a controversial international backdrop, which makes it necessary to
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