Guatemala joined the consensus and voted in favour of resolution 2063 (2012), which extends the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) until 31 July 2013. We hope that the adoption of the resolution will allow UNAMID to continue to exercise the mandate grante…
We would like to thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for the very comprehensive information that he has given us. We also thank the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the Deputy Permanent Representative of Israel for their presentations.
As is our custom,…
Guatemala voted in favour of the draft resolution (S/2012/538) that the Council just failed to adopt. In our judgement, that resolution was the best opportunity and perhaps the only remaining opportunity to put an end to the mindless violence that affects the Syrian Arab Republic and to initiate a p…
At the outset, Madam President, allow me to say that we are pleased to see you presiding over this meeting. We appreciate your personal presence, we appreciate the delegation of Colombia’s having organized this open debate and we appreciate the excellent concept paper you have prepared to guide our …
We would like to thank Mr. Abou Moussa for the informative briefing that he has given us concerning the work of his office and for his report on the areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). We also thank Ambassador Francisco Caetano José Madeira for the very useful information he has give…
Guatemala appreciates the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and its Group of Experts. We believe that they have done important and useful work since their establishment
to promote the heightened efforts of the international community to combat the dangers and thre…
We thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2012/462). We also thank Mr. Hervé Ladsous for his briefing and Ambassador Tanin for his helpful contribution. We would also like to congratulate Mr. Jan Kubiš on the excellent work he has done leading the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanis…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous for having launched this important meeting and for his guidance of this discussion. I extend a warm welcome to the Force Commanders. The clarity of their perspectives works for an increased synergy between the Security Council and the situation on the gr…
Let me join previous speakers in thanking the Permanent Representative of Colombia, Ambassador Néstor Osorio, for his comprehensive briefing. At the same time, we wish to express our acknowledgement of his demonstrated leadership at the head of the activities of the Committee established pursuant to…
My delegation would like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their briefings with regard to the completion strategies of their respective Tribunals. Their extensi…
As this is our first intervention under your presidency of the Security Council, Sir, allow me to wish you every success in your efforts. You can count on our support and full confidence that with your wisdom, you will conduct our work successfully. I would also like to thank Ambassador Agshin Mehdi…
At the outset, we would like to welcome the President of the Transitional Federal Government, His Excellency Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and to thank him for his presence. It reaffirms his commitment to the struggle to resolve the conflict that has devastated his country for many years. We also than…
First of all, I would like to welcome Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his briefing, to which we listened carefully.
We are committed to the Dayton Agreement and to defending and maintaining the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and…
I thank the Secretary-General for his report on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), contained in document S/2012/275. I also welcome and thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his detailed introduction of the report.
We belie…
I wish to begin by thanking Ambassadors Peter Wittig, Hardeep Singh Puri and Baso Sangqu for their informative briefings and for the skill and dedication they have displayed at the helm of the Security Council subsidiary Committees that they respectively head.
First, with respect to the Security Co…
Mr. President, we thank you for having taken the initiative, through your Permanent Mission to the United Nations, of organizing today’s meeting and for doing us the honour of presiding over it personally. We also express our gratitude for the concept note that you have prepared (S/2012/281, annex),…
Guatemala joins the consensus in favour of resolution 2046 (2012). For months now, we have noted with growing alarm the collision course taken by the Sudan and South Sudan, in violation of the spirit and the letter of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed by both countries. We are convinced that …
I should like to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this open debate. We have taken note of the concept paper (S/2012/195, annex) prepared by your delegation to guide our deliberations, for which we are
also grateful. We also express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his clear intr…
We appreciate your having organized this session, Madam President, and we thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his opening remarks. We also thank the representative of Israel and the observer of Palestine for their statements.
Given that the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine, i…
Exactly one week ago, Guatemala voted to adopt resolution 2042 (2012). In spite of the fact that not all the conditions laid down in that resolution have been met before the next step is taken, today we again voted to adopt the new resolution, 2043 (2012). We did so on the recommendation of the Secr…
