I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. I extend my gratitude to the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, as well as to the briefers, for their presentations.
Colombia reaffirms, as it has historically done in this Organization and also in the Council since its first day as an e…
Colombia would like to thank the presidency for convening and facilitating this briefing on the situation in Yemen. Colombia also extends its appreciation to the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and to Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Humanitarian Sector …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting. I also extend my appreciation to the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and to the Director of the Humanitarian Sector Division and Representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humani…
Allow me to begin by thanking Somalia, in its capacity as President of the Security Council, for organizing this meeting. We also thank the Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ebo, for his briefing.
Colombia reaffirms its absolute rejection of the use of chemical weapons …
Colombia is grateful to Somalia, in its capacity as President of the Security Council, for having swiftly responded to our request to convene this emergency meeting, as well as to China and Russia for their support in that regard. We wish you, Mr. President, a successful term during this month of Ja…
On behalf of the Government of Colombia, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to the Council members for their support for peace in Colombia and their approval of the extension, for one more year, of the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. In particular, we wo…
It is an honour to address the Council at this quarterly meeting, which holds great importance for our country. Today I speak to Council members from my seat in the Council Chamber not only as the Permanent Representative of Colombia, but also as a woman, as an indigenous person of the Arhuaco peopl…
Colombia is making this explanation of vote to the amendment introduced by the delegation of South Africa to draft resolution A/78/L.96, entitled “International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent”.
My delegation will abstain in the voting on the amendment because it does not modify in any wa…
Colombia is improperly designated as a middle-income country with significant challenges in achieving sustainable development. That is why we have stressed in multilateral scenarios the need to better understand the approach to the varied and specific development challenges confronted by countries t…
We welcome the presentation of the reports on the work of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) (A/78/765) and the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) (A/78/779) during 2023 and the convening of today’s meeting to discuss those reports and building and sustaining peace.
On this occasion, we would like to begin b…
We are grateful for the introduction of the report on the work of the Security Council for 2023 (A/78/2) and for the convening of this meeting.
It is right to remember that the founders of the United Nations conferred on the Security Council the
primary responsibility of maintaining international …
First, I would like to thank the President of the Assembly for convening this plenary meeting.
Colombia is a country committed to the promotion of peace and justice. Its foreign policy is based on respect for international law, the promotion and protection of human rights and the fostering of frien…
The General Assembly is meeting on this occasion to debate the veto that was cast in the Security Council meeting of 24 April 2024 (see S/PV.9616),
convened under the agenda item “Non-proliferation”, on the draft resolution contained in document S/2024/302, which had been submitted by the United St…
Colombia is grateful for the call to discuss the use of the veto, a decisive issue that affects the functioning of the multilateral system, especially in relation to the maintenance of international peace and security. Two years ago, Member States adopted by consensus resolution 76/262, which provid…
For the second time this week, we have been summoned to a plenary session of the General Assembly to discuss the situation in which the prerogative of the veto was used in the consideration of a Security Council draft resolution (S/2024/255). The increase in the exercise of the veto, to the detrimen…
Colombia reiterates its strong rejection of the escalation of violence and destruction unleashed in the Gaza Strip by the State of Israel, following the horrific attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023. The bloody manner in which the conflict has been conducted and the inability of the international commu…
Colombia reiterates its robust rejection of the extent of the violence by the State of Israel that we have been witnessing in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023, following the terrible attack by Hamas. Unfortunately, every day shows how the Gaza Strip has become an arena of horror and devastation a…
I welcome the convening of this plenary meeting of the General Assembly to discuss the reform of the Security Council, which is a matter of paramount importance to the entire membership.
I would like to congratulate the Permanent Representatives of Austria and the State of Kuwait on their appointme…
Colombia thanks Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for the presentation of the Agency’s annual report for 2022 (see A/78/304), and is pleased with his reappointment for a second term. We also thank Argentina for introducing draft resolution …
We welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, in the General Assembly today.
We want to once again raise our voice today against the unilateral coercive measures that have been imposed on Cuba, a country that is our friend and a member of the com…
