We thank the President of the Human Rights Council for the Council’s annual report (A/78/53 and A/78/53/Add.1), which is vitally important for strengthening the Council’s cooperation with the General Assembly.
The Dominican Republic is deeply committed to promoting and protecting human rights, and …
We welcome the convening of this meeting and highlight its importance in the process of building a more inclusive and transparent United Nations.
The cross-border humanitarian assistance mechanism in the Syrian Arab Republic has been, for the last few years, and even more recently, a guarantee of s…
The Dominican Republic is grateful for the convening of this debate, which provides the General Assembly with a unique opportunity to fully consider a fundamental issue in our collective commitment to maintaining international peace and security. That issue is the exercise of the veto in the Securit…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Central American Integration System (SICA): Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and my country, the Dominican Republic. SICA reiterates its historic and unwavering solidarity and heartiest wishes fo…
We welcome the convening of this important meeting, in which the General Assembly is strengthening an indispensable mechanism for improving the accountability of the Security Council.
Humanitarian assistance is one of the fundamental pillars of the United Nations and the embodiment of our shared re…
The Dominican Republic has participated enthusiastically in the efforts of the international community at the United Nations to draft a new international instrument on cybercrime. We have consistently expressed our determination to work with all Member States to draft an international treaty that wi…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Special Envoy Onanga-Anyanga for their briefings.
The signing of the agreement in Juba on 3 October was a milestone for the people of the Sudan and an important step towards the stabilization of the region. We welcome the appointment of the chief adminis…
We thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings. In hearing about the growing deterioration of the situation in Yemen, we share the immense concern they have expressed today. Hostilities are increasing, and the civilian population, especially wome…
The Dominican Republic welcomes the adoption of resolution 2543 (2020) because it is a balanced text that effectively supports the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We commend the penholders for their excellent work throughout the negotiation process.
At a time w…
We thank Ms. Henrietta Fore and Ms. Mueller for their briefings.
We once again address the humanitarian situation in the Syrian Arab Republic where — with great regret — we have to witness a bleak picture for so many
people with humanitarian needs. For the Dominican Republic, what has been describ…
The Dominican Republic voted in favour of draft resolution S/2019/961, presented by the humanitarian co-penholders for the 12-month renewal of the cross-border mechanism in the Syrian Arab Republic, on which millions of Syrians depend for their survival. We were very sorry that the draft resolution …
Allow me to reiterate the Dominican Republic’s commitment to a comprehensive, credible
and inclusive political process in the Syrian Arab Republic that will open the doors to sustainable peace in that country once and for all.
We are grateful for today’s briefings, including that of Ms. DiCarlo’s,…
We welcome the convening of this important meeting and thank the briefers for their presentations. We also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the representative of UNICEF and the other relevant actors for their work, and reiterate the Dominican…
