I am still terribly moved by the events that took place last week in this city and Washington. I must begin by expressing my country’s solidarity with the Government and people of the United States, victims of an insane demonstration of terrorism. We hope that this global scourge, of which all count…
The process that we have undertaken to reform the Security Council has been characterized by the somewhat paradoxical fact that although there is a unity of purpose that we all share virtually unanimously, we have nevertheless been incapable after such lengthy and difficult negotiations of reaching …
Uruguay abstained in the vote on this draft resolution. Unfortunately, between the time that we had received the revised text and the vote, there was not enough time for us to study the consequences of the revisions that had been introduced or to consult with our capital.
The Uruguay delegation hop…
In the report under consideration, for which we are deeply obliged to the Secretary-General, we see a fact confirmed, one of which we were all aware to some extent: the fact that, whenever the United Nations failed in its efforts to secure or to keep the peace and to prevent massive human rights vio…
The delegation of
Uruguay decided to participate in this meeting commemorating the International Year
of Shelter for the Homeless because i t sees in this act not a mere formality but a
way of calling the world's attention to a problem, whose magnitude and implications
have not been f u l l y un…
