My delegation commends you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We are also grateful to Mr. Egeland for his comprehensive briefing — although I must say that his comments give cause for concern.
This discussion is important, because …
Peru believes it very important that the full Security Council, led by Ambassador Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, has carried out a working visit to Haiti. That has enabled the Council to get a first-hand view of the situation in that country and of the work being carried out by the United Nations Stabiliz…
I would like to associate myself with the statement made by the representative of Trinidad and Tobago conveying condolences, on behalf of the Latin
American and Caribbean Group, on the passing of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, who made a lasting impression on all of us through his diplomacy, which…
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open Security Council debate to take up once again an issue of crucial importance for the international community: the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons.
Small arms and light weapons are now central to all …
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the member States of the Andean Community — Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela — in order to submit for consideration by the plenary draft resolution A/59/L.20/Rev.1, entitled “Andean Zone of Peace”.
The Andean Zone of Peace…
I should like at the outset to express the condolences of the delegation of Peru to the delegation of Palestine on the death of President Yasser Arafat.
Today we are seeing a trend towards increased humanitarian action on the part of the United Nations. We are not only protecting civilians in armed…
The Security Council today is undoubtedly the United Nations body that has most increased its power. It now has 17 peacekeeping operations under way, of which 11 were established since 1991. Those peacekeeping operations currently have a dominant impact on the Organization’s budget. The number of Se…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on having convened this open debate of the Security Council on a subject of great importance: the draft resolution on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-State actors.
Peru entirely shares the concern of all countries that wea…
I congratulate you, Ambassador Wang Guangya, on your presidency of the Security Council this month and I thank you for convening this necessary debate on the grave crisis in Haiti. I also thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jamaica, The Honourable Keith Knight, and the Minister for Foreign Aff…
On behalf of the Rio Group, I should like to pay a tribute to my friend, Sergio Vieira de Mello, for his dedication and sacrifice to promote mankind. We would also like to congratulate the recipients of the prizes, which constitute recognition for work done to promote and protect human rights and fu…
The report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) tells us that the greatest challenges currently facing the Agency relate to strengthening safeguards and ensuring the effectiveness of the non-proliferation regime. We are therefore concerned about the fact that the report also states that …
I wish to thank the Permanent Representative of the United States, the current President of the Security Council, for introducing the annual report of the Council covering the period from 1 August 2002 to 31 July 2003 (A/58/2).
In the past few months, we have witnessed an intense international deba…
As coordinator of the Rio Group, I would like to make this statement on behalf of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela, which are all member Sta…
In my capacity as Coordinator of the Rio Group, I am making this statement on behalf of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, countries memb…
The Government of Peru endorses the legal approach requiring the Government of Iraq fully to comply with all its obligations in the area of disarmament, including the total elimination of its weapons of mass destruction, according to the terms of resolution 1441 (2002) and the other applicable resol…
Given that, following the cold war, more than 30 civil wars have broken out and that there are now more than 12 million refugees and 25 million displaced persons, it has become very clear that the institutional capacity of the United Nations is not sufficient to prevent internal conflicts, and that …
On 27 July 2002, the South American presidents, meeting in Guayaquil, Ecuador, decided to declare the South American subregion a zone of peace and cooperation.
The South American zone of peace and cooperation is not similar to the zones of peace that the non-aligned countries declared during the co…
I thank the Secretary-General for the reports we have received.
We share the Secretary-General’s mixed feelings about the Organization’s achievements and the current world situation. Indeed, during the past year, we noted with satisfaction important progress in the fight against international impun…
In recent years, the political will to eradicate anti- personnel mines has undoubtedly increased. It could not be otherwise, because anti-personnel mines are odious weapons that claim innocent victims among the civilian population — especially children — more than 100,000 victims per year.
That is …
Peru welcomes with great interest the road map for the implementation of the Millennium Declaration that has been presented to us by the Secretary-General. We believe that this debate should allow us to identify clearly what we Member States view as the strengths and weaknesses of the strategies and…
