We thank the Republic of Slovenia for convening this debate and the briefers for their important contributions and efforts.
The Republic of Guatemala attaches vital importance to United Nations peacekeeping operations as important tools in the international peace and security architecture. As a tro…
Multilingualism is a means of promoting, protecting and preserving the diversity of languages and cultures throughout the world. In addition, multilingualism promotes unity in diversity and international harmony, tolerance and dialogue.
Guatemala is a multi-ethnic, multicultural and multilingual co…
Strengthening the participation of Indigenous Peoples is an outstanding debt at the United Nations. It is not only a necessity and a moral imperative; it is an investment in our future and in the future of the United Nations. It is also a commitment that we all made under the United Nations Declarat…
Guatemala thanks the Government of the Republic of Malta and its Deputy Prime Minister for chairing this open debate and thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the UN- Women Goodwill Ambassador and the civil society representative for their important briefings.
It is essential …
Allow me to thank the President for having convened this regrettable debate in the General Assembly to discuss the use of the veto by a permanent member of the Security Council on the draft resolution (S/2024/255) that would have renewed the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the Security Council Co…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Group of Latin America and Caribbean States (GRULAC).
We express our deep appreciation to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Dennis Francis, for convening this commemorative plenary meeting to mark the International Day for the Elimi…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s debate, during which we can reiterate that the Russian Federation’s illegal, unjustified and unprovoked invasion of the sovereign territory of Ukraine represents one of the greatest threats to international…
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), consisting of 55 Member States and the European Union, and this year co-chaired by Croatia, Morocco and my country, Guatemala.
We thank the Secretary-General for his report on th…
Allow me to begin by congratulating the delegations of Singapore and Norway on having facilitated the negotiations on the draft resolutions under consideration today.
We also thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for its assistance to Member States. We take note of the report …
First of all, I would like to thank Ambassador Rafael Mariano Grossi for presenting the annual report for 2022 (see A/78/304) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and to congratulate him on his reappointment as Director General of the Agency for the period from 2023 to 2027. I also thank…
Allow me to thank Judge Piotr Hofmański, President of the International Criminal Court, for presenting the report of the Court (see A/78/322), which updated us on the activities of the International Criminal Court during the past year. We appreciate and take note of the information and the cases pre…
We would like to thank the delegation of Albania, in particular Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, for presiding over the Security Council for the month of September and convening today’s important open debate. We also thank the Executive Director of the World Food Programme and Mr. …
At the outset, we would like to echo the expressions of solidarity with the Government and the people of the Kingdom of Morocco following the tragic earthquake in that country.
It is regrettable that the first issue discussed at the seventy-eighth session of this General Assembly is once again the …
Guatemala thanks the facilitators of resolution 77/334 for their tireless efforts and their openness during the process. We appreciate the text, which takes into account the actions that contribute to our achievement of our national development priorities in terms of access to water and management o…
First of all, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests, and the Republic of Kazakhstan for its continued efforts to address this issue. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu, Exe…
We highlight the President of the General Assembly’s words this morning that peace cannot be maintained by force, but only through understanding. Guatemala is grateful for the presentation of the report of the Secretary General (A/77/756) on the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) for 2022, enabling us to foll…
Guatemala thanks the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s meeting under the agenda item “Use of the veto”. We also thank the President for his wise opening words, which align with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and are in accordance with the principles of inde…
I appreciate the convening of this important debate. Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and unjustified aggression against Ukraine is the greatest threat to the international rules-based order since the Second World War. Since Russia’s aggression against Ukraine began, Guatemala has strongly condemned in …
We welcome the convening of this plenary meeting to discuss the responsibility to protect, an issue to which Guatemala attaches great importance. We take note of the report entitled “Development and the responsibility to protect: recognizing and addressing embedded risks and drivers of atrocity crim…
We thank Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, Under- Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), and the members of the Office for their efforts in connection with the holding of the High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter- Terrorism Agencies of Member States.
We welcome the ho…
