I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends of Spanish at the United Nations.
We are grateful for the arduous work carried out by the facilitators, Colombia and Andorra, which allowed us to reach agreement on this important draft resolution (A/76/L.57) in spite of the diff…
Costa Rica congratulates the newly elected members of the Security Council and invites them to participate in next year’s debate when we will discuss the Council’s annual report for 2022. We are gathered here today in an act of accountability. The Council has presented its report (A/76/2), and the G…
Once again, another serious crisis with dangerous global repercussions is knocking on the doors of Eastern Europe and our Organization. By recognizing certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as independent entities, the Russian Federation is violating the sovereignty and territorial integri…
One million Afghan children are at risk of starvation in the coming months, with similar situations in Yemen, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Haiti and numerous other places. There are 45 million people in grave danger of starvation, yet hunger can be stopped, and humankind can dedicate itself to making that …
Costa Rica, along with Mexico and Slovenia and supported by a large number of sponsors, is pleased to present to the General Assembly draft resolution A/75/L.125, entitled “World Wetlands Day”, which was developed as an effective follow-up to resolution XIII.1 of the thirteenth meeting of the Confer…
I would like to make a comprehensive statement to explain the content of the work and the proposals of resolution 75/314, which has just been adopted. My statement will be followed by that to be delivered by my dear friend and sister Ambassador Baroud of Chad,
with whom I have been working for many…
The delegation of Costa Rica wishes to oppose the postponement requested by the delegation of the United States of America. As has already been said, draft resolution A/75/L.119 is long-standing and was submitted on time, in accordance with the applicable regulations for the consideration and negoti…
Costa Rica welcomes His Excellency Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, to today’s meeting. We listened carefully to his statement earlier today.
We also thank the Secretary-General for his report on the necessity of ending the economic, commer…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean States (GRULAC) in order to congratulate Secretary-General António Guterres on his re-election to a second term as the head of this Organization. Given the successes of the past five years, GRULAC is confident that …
I would like to thank the members of the General Assembly for confirming the appointment, proposed by the Secretary-General, of Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Costa Rica aligns itself with the statement of P…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC).
We express our sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his appointment as President of the General Assembly at its seventy- sixth session. GRULAC also congratulates the Governm…
Costa Rica would like to reiterate its deep dismay over the escalation in violence between Israel and Hamas, which is on the point of becoming one of the darkest chapters in the recent history of a conflict whose solution not only continues to be postponed but that is becoming increasingly darker. W…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Canada, Chile, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Li…
On behalf of the member States of the Central American Integration System (SICA) — Belize, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and my own country, Costa Rica — allow me to express our heartfelt gratitude for the convening of this timely meeting for much-
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I have the honour of taking the floor on behalf of the 25 members of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group: Austria, Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Gabon, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Maldives, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Portug…
It is a great honour and joy for me to address the Assembly in this Hall under its new presidency.
(spoke in Spanish)
Costa Rica aligns itself with the statements made earlier today by the representatives of the Netherlands and Germany that referenced sanctions arbitrarily applied against official…
I have the honour and pleasure to introduce the pre-recorded statement by the President of the Republic of Costa Rica — a founding Member of the Organization — Mr. Carlos Alvarado Quesada.
Costa Rica commends the Secretary-General for his timely, detailed and interactive briefing on his report (A/74/1). We thank him and his worthy representative, Madam Chef de Cabinet, for the courtesy and respect they showed the members this morning by listening carefully to their statements and by r…
