I have the honour to introduce to the General Assembly for adoption the draft resolution entitled “The United Nations in global economic governance” (A/67/L.73). The draft resolution is sponsored by approximately 80 Member States, including developing and developed States from all continents and reg…
Chile thanks the United Kingdom presidency for convening this important open debate of the Security Council on the topic “Women and peace and security”. We support the Security Council’s role regarding women and peace and security and the work accomplished by the Special Representative of the Secret…
In a world transformed by globalization, the agenda of all our countries includes global challenges, particularly in international economic relations, that cannot be adequately addressed without actions agreed and implemented by the entire international community. In order to meet that challenge, du…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Human Security Network, namely, Austria, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Panama, Switzerland, Thailand, Slovenia, South Africa, as an observer, and my own country, Chile. The Human Security Network is an informal group of States that adv…
Chile thanks the Rwandan presidency for having convened this important open debate on women, peace and security focused on the issue of sexual violence in armed conflict.
My delegation associates itself with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Canada on behalf of the Group of…
My delegation wishes to associate itself with the statements made by the Permanent Representative of Colombia on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Arms Trade Treaty and by the representative of Mexico on behalf of a large group of countries.
With this decision, the General Assembly has come to …
My delegation is grateful for the organization of this debate, and we welcome the presence today of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala. We also thank the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Haiti, Mr. Nigel Fisher, for his briefing, and would like to particularly ack…
On behalf of the Government and people of Chile, I wish to convey our sincere condolences to the Government and people and the Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the terrible loss of President Hugo Chávez Frías. We also express our solidarity with his family. After a long a…
Chile is grateful for the convening of this meeting of the General Assembly to officially launch the International Year of Quinoa at the United Nations. We welcome the presence today of high-ranking officials from Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador and the United Nations system.
My delegation aligns itself …
May I begin, Sir, by congratulating Pakistan on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January and commending the presence here this morning of Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary. I should like also to thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
My delegation endorse…
The delegation of Chile welcomes the introduction of draft resolution A/67/L.39 on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, prepared by the representatives of Sweden and India. My delegation welcomes the Secretary-General’s report on…
Chile congratulates India on its presidency and thanks it for having convened this important open debate in the Security Council on women and peace and security.
My delegation thanks the Deputy Secretary- General for having introduced the report (S/2012/732), as well as the Executive Director of UN…
On 7 January 2011, the Government of Chile officially recognized the State of Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign State. On that basis, my delegation, in an act of justice and solidarity with the Palestinian people, voted in favour of resolution 67/19, which granted to Palestine non-membe…
I take this opportunity to express the Chilean delegation’s appreciation to the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Sang-Hyun Song, for the comprehensive report he presented for the period 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 (A/67/308). The heavy responsibilities of the International Crim…
Allow me to convey my delegation’s greetings to the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Peter Tomka, who presented a comprehensive report covering the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 (A/67/4).
We value the great responsibility of the International Court of Justice and i…
Mr. President, please accept the congratulations of my country, Chile, on Guatemala’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. The Chilean delegation endorses the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Uruguay on behalf of the Group of Friends of Hait…
The delegation of Bolivia has a distorted vision not only of history, but also of the facts. The 1904 Treaty was signed 20 years after the ceasefire. I reiterate that it was not Chile that called off the dialogue with Bolivia — quite the contrary. In spite of those circumstances, we have continued t…
I must respond on behalf of the State of Chile to the assertions made by the delegation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, which is seeking once again to distract the attention of the Assembly towards issues that are outside its competence by invoking my country’s name.
Chile is a State that re…
The delegation of Chile supported the consensus adoption of resolution 66/292, “Global Day of Parents”. In Chile, article I of the Political Constitution of the State, on institutions, provides that families are the central nucleus of society. However, like the delegation of Costa Rica, my delegatio…
The Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, adopted by the General Assembly by consensus six years ago, is the international community’s expression of political will to jointly and in a coordinated manner tackle the scourge of terrorism, with the United Nations at the centre of responsibility.
Terrorism…
