At the outset, I should like to congratulate Angola on assuming the presidency of the Council in March. I also wish to thank our dear friend Raphael and the entire Venezuelan delegation for their excellent leadership of the Council during the month of February.
Uruguay co-sponsored resolution 2270 …
I would like to begin by recognizing the presence in the Chamber of, and express my gratitude to, the Chairperson-in- Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gernmany, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
For Uruguay, cooperation between the…
On behalf of the delegation of Uruguay, I would like to thank Mr. De Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General, not just for his briefing just now but also for his untiring spirit, unceasing efforts and his determination to advance the mission entrusted to him by the Secretary-General and the…
First of all, I would like to express our delegation’s gratitude to you and your entire delegation, Mr. President, for the excellent work you have done. I would say that yours has been an active and activist presidency. It was active in that we worked at a laudable pace, and it was also activist in …
I would like to begin by thanking the presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for convening today’s open debate and for the concept note on the subject (S/2016/104, annex). I would also like to commend Ambassadors Kamau, Skoog and Rosenthal for their informative briefings.
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First, I wish to thank you, Madam, for being here to lead our debate. I would also like to recognize the presence of various Ministers and State Secretaries here today from various Member States of the United Nations. Furthermore, I would like to thank the President of the Council for having organiz…
It is an honour for me to make this statement on behalf of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) and its associated States: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Let me first congratulate Mr. Kerim on his election as President of the Genera…
At the outset, our delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your election. We are committed to supporting you throughout your mandate.
In the General Committee, Uruguay voted in favour of adopting the provisional agenda of the sixty- second session and, in that connection, the non-inclusion of the iss…
First of all, Madam President, my delegation wishes to thank you for taking the initiative to convene these meetings, which enable all of us to provide initial comments on the item before the Assembly. The delegation of Uruguay also notes with great satisfaction the submission of the report of the S…
Today’s debate on the work of the Peacebuilding Commission is most timely. The establishment of the Commission represents one of the most concrete and important achievements of the current reform process of the Organization. The creation of the new peacebuilding architecture — the Commission, its Su…
Regarding agenda item 9, “Report of the Security
Council”, I would like, first of all, to thank the Permanent Representative of Qatar, Nassir Al-Nasser, in his capacity as President of the Security Council for this month, for his introduction of document A/61/2. Unfortunately, we have not been able…
Uruguay considers it to be of great importance that the Open-ended Informal Consultative Process convened by the Secretary-General continue its search for substantive responses to existing problems in ocean affairs. In the framework of the consultations, the international community benefits in gener…
