We appreciate the information provided by Ms. Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), and we welcome the convening of this briefing by the Algerian pre…
Uruguay thanks Algeria, in its capacity as President of the Security Council, for having convened this emergency meeting on the deteriorating security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in the regions of North Kivu and South Kivu and in relation to the advance of the Mouveme…
The delegation of Uruguay expresses its gratitude for this meeting of the States members of the General Assembly regarding the use of the veto during the meeting of the Security Council on 24 April (see S/PV.9616), at which draft resolution S/2024/302, on outer space, considered under the agenda ite…
First of all, I would like to begin with a general comment on the repeated use of the veto and its consequences, which we believe to be relevant in the current circumstances. In the first four months of this year, the veto has been used by various countries on five occasions (see S/PV.9552, S/PV.958…
Uruguay has historically disagreed with the institution of the veto right, which is a privilege at odds with the principle of equality between States. That is why it has encouraged all efforts aimed at increasing the Security Council’s transparency and accountability, and ultimately its effectivenes…
On 24 June we marked one year and four months since the start of the unjustified invasion of Ukrainian territory by military forces of the Russian Federation. It has provoked a conflict whose persistence has had highly negative consequences not just for the warring countries but for the region and t…
First of all, I would like to thank the President of the General
Assembly for convening today’s formal debate on the responsibility to protect, which presents the Member States with an opportunity to reflect on and assess the efforts made and to be made to prevent crimes against humanity and mass a…
I wish to congratulate the Permanent Representative of Denmark, Ambassador Martin Bille Hermann, and the Permanent Representative of Qatar, Ambassador Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, on their work, as well as the new co-facilitators, Ambassador Michal Mlynár of Slovakia and Ambassador Tareq Albanai of Kuw…
At the outset, I too should like to express my appreciation for the exhaustive report (see A/77/242) on the work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) between July 2021 and June 2022, introduced earlier by President Graciela Gatti Santana.
In the period covered, the…
I would first like to thank the Permanent Mission of Brazil for convening this open debate and the Secretary- General and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mr. Carlos França, for their presence here this morning. I also thank Lieutenant General Marcos de Sá Affonso Da Costa and Ms. Jenna …
This is the first time that the General Assembly has convened pursuant to resolution 76/262, entitled “Standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council”, which was adopted by consensus on 26 April and co-sponsored by Uruguay.
The resolution — through its m…
Uruguay is following with great concern the increase in tensions on the borders between Ukraine and Russia, where there has been a dizzying escalation after Russia’s recognition of the separatist regions in Ukraine and movement of military units, in violation of the principles of the Charter of the …
As the representative of the country that holds the current chairmanship of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/75/L.113, the text of which is based on resolutions 61/294, 65/121 and 69/322, adopted by consensus by the General As…
The Government of Uruguay is deeply concerned about the violence that has occurred over the past few weeks in East Jerusalem and that has left a number of people dead or injured. We agree with the statements by the representatives of other countries encouraging Israelis and Palestinians to make ever…
I would first like to thank the President for convening this fourth formal debate of the General Assembly on the responsibility to protect (R2P), which presents an opportunity for Member States to reflect on and assess past and future efforts to prevent crimes against humanity and mass atrocities.
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On behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, I would like to pay tribute to the memory of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait.
First, on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, I would like to extend sincere condole…
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency the President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, Mr. Luis Lacalle Pou, to the general debate of the General Assembly in the year of its seventy- fifth anniversary.
Uruguay is one of the countries that has called for the inclusion of the responsibility to protect, the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity on the agenda of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly. We live in a global context in which the crisis…
On the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Uruguay wishes to reiterate once again its recognition of the invaluable contribution made by the Convention and its respective Optional Protocols.
Uruguay believes that the promotion and protection of human r…
