We associate ourselves with the statements made by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency group.
In our national capacity, we thank the representatives of Slovakia and Jordan for co-facilitating resolution 73/341, and congratulate the represent…
Convening this meeting makes it possible to fulfil two mandates of the Charter of the United Nations: that the Security Council shall submit to the General Assembly its work report, pursuant to Article 24 of the Charter of the United Nations; and that the Assembly shall consider the report, as stipu…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate on a subject that concerns us all.
The best way to attack the links between transnational crime and terrorism is through
prevention. States must strengthen the institutions that combat crime and work hard to reduce impunity and to respe…
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation for having convened today’s open debate, and congratulate you on having assumed the leadership of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions with responsibility and integrity. We are also grateful for the briefi…
Costa Rica thanks Indonesia for convening this important debate. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General, Mr. Peter Mauer and Mr. Federico Borello for their valuable contributions to this discussion.
Although it has been 20 years since the Security Council adopted resolution 1265 (1999), lead…
Costa Rica supported the adoption of resolution 73/295 this morning (see A/73/PV.83), based on pillars that are fundamental to its foreign policy. In this case, the human rights of a group of people have been affected. The inhabitants of Chagos were forcibly expelled and prevented from returning to …
Costa Rica thanks you, Sir, for having convened this meeting and Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
Not all options for finding a solution to the tragic situation in Venezuela are open. I repeat — not all options are open. In order to find a solution to this crisis, the well-being of the Venezuelans mu…
As an aside, and as I have mentioned, I completed part of my secondary education in Venezuela.
The will of the sovereign in a democracy is manifested in free, open and verifiable electoral processes. As Costa Rica has already indicated on several occasions, the electoral process carried out in Vene…
My delegation would like to thank the Dominican Republic for convening this open debate on this important topic, which affects us all. The Secretary-General has called climate change a defining issue of our times and a direct threat to our existence. He has warned us that “we are in trouble”.
It ha…
My delegation would like to thank the President for convening this annual debate on the issue of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council. At the outset, we would like to thank Ambassadors Kaha Imnadze of Georgia and Lana Zaki Nusseibeh of the United Arab Em…
In my national capacity, I share the pleasure that you expressed this morning, Madam President, about the fact that you are presiding over this meeting on the progress in the revitalization process of the work of the General Assembly.
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Costa Rica reaffirms its absolute commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. Consistent with its policy of peace, commitment to
multilateralism and strict respect for international law, my country reiterated its historic support for Cuba by voting in favour of r…
It is an honour for Costa Rica to once again participate in the annual meeting of the General Assembly to consider the report on the work of the International Court of Justice, which is the only international tribunal of a universal nature that has general jurisdiction and is the principal judicial …
As I address this Assembly of the Organization in which mankind has placed its highest hopes for the
76. This year marks the thirtieth. anniversary of the unanimous adoption of both the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man,' 3 signed on 2 May 1948 in Bogota-the cultured capital of C…
