The Uruguayan delegation, speaking on behalf of the Group of Friends of Haiti, thanks Japan for its initiative to organize this debate on the situation in Haiti and for taking time to noting the progress carried out in the area through the efforts of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti…
At the outset, I would like to thank President Ali Treki, and in particular the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia, for calling this special meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate International Mother Earth Day.
The effective protection of our environment is perhaps the most dramatic challen…
At the outset, I should like to convey to the Permanent Mission of Haiti, and through it to the Haitian Government and people, our heartfelt condolences in connection with the thousands of lives lost as a result of the earthquake. We also wish to extend the same condolences to all the countries that…
With regard to the report of the Security Council (A/64/2),
we wish to note once again that late access to the definitive version of the report makes detailed analysis of the document very difficult, particularly in view of its length. As for the insight into the activities of the Council that the …
Uruguay rejects and condemns all violations of international humanitarian law and human rights without exception and we hope that in all situations where the international community considers such violations they are given equal treatment and that the fight continues against impunity and the perpetr…
This is the first time that the General Assembly has met to formally discuss the topic of the responsibility to protect since it was agreed upon by consensus in the Outcome Document (resolution 60/1) of the 2005 World Summit of heads of State or Government. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the…
We wish to offer Uruguay’s gratitude for the excellent efforts by the Presidents of the General Assembly at its sixty-first and sixty-second sessions and also to the co-facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of San Marino and Senegal. We wish to congratulate the Permanent Representatives of Par…
With regard to agenda item 9, concerning the report that the Security Council must submit to the General Assembly, we thank the Permanent Representative of Indonesia, President of the Security Council for this month, for introducing document A/62/2.
The report is clearly useful in many ways, in tha…
