I have the honour to address today’s high-level meeting on behalf of the 33 States members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
We welcome our special guests.
The States members of CELAC recall resolution 64/35, adopted by the General Assembly in December 2009, and reso…
My delegation thanks the President of the International Court of Justice, His Excellency Yusuf, for his presentation yesterday of the report of the Court and takes note of the work of the Court for the seventy- fifth session of the General Assembly, contained in document A/75/4, comprising the perio…
The Government of the Republic of Honduras, as a State party to the Rome Statute, reiterates its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) within the framework of its remit and within the boundaries delineated by the Statute, which is in line with the legal model established by the Internat…
I have the great honour to introduce a pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, President of the Republic of Honduras.
Honduras, an original Member of the United Nations, recognizes what derives from the Charter of the United Nations and the rules of the General Assembly. We stand for equality in the Assembly and for all States to be represented at all levels in guiding the agenda forward. We stand by the rule of eq…
I thank you, Sir, for convening today’s debate. Honduras ascribes to the Lima declaration, adopted in Bogotá on 25 February.
Our hearts go out to the people of Venezuela in their yearning for liberty, democracy and peace. We express our solidarity with President Juan Guaidó, interim caretaker of th…
My delegation congratulates you, Mr. President, for convening this timely debate on the situation concerning Venezuela to attend to the new
developments of a political and humanitarian crisis in which more than 3 million refugees and migrants have left the country since 2015. Those who remain are a…
I have the honour, under item 123 of the agenda of the General Assembly at this seventy-second session, to introduce draft resolution A/72/L.45, entitled “International Association of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations”. We extend our gratitude to the delegation of Belarus for its leade…
Honduras associates itself with the statements made by the representatives of Ecuador on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, and of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China (see A/70/PV.73).
Two decades ago, the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action p…
My delegation expresses its appreciation to the presidency of the Security Council and to the Government of Spain for organizing this open debate devoted to women and peace and security. We also thank the Secretary-General for his work on the annual reports on landmark resolution 1325 (2000) as the …
We are speaking in the Assembly today, as His Holiness Pope Francis said, as an afterthought. The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, appeared a few days ago in this Hall, addressing the Sustainable Development Summit (see A/70/PV.5). At this final stage of the debate we are not …
We are pleased to address the Security Council as part of the open debate under the Luxembourg’s outstanding presidency, with a view to contributing constructively to the consideration and discussion of a topic of such importance that touches such a sensitive chord at the Organization: the situation…
We are extremely pleased to participate in this important debate devoted to oceans and the law of the sea, especially as we consider the adoption of two important draft resolutions on the subject (A/67/L.21 and A/67/L.22). My delegation also wishes to express its satisfaction with regard to the cere…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Member States members of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States in order to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić of the Republic of Serbia on his election as President of the General
Assembly at its sixty-seventh se…
My delegation welcomes the reports of the Secretary- General (A/66/70, A/66/70/Add.1 and A/66/70/Add.2), which contain important information on the socio-economic, environmental and legal aspects of the conservation, protection and sustainability of the oceans and marine biodiversity in areas beyond…
We thank the president of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Hisashi Owada, for the presentation of the Court’s most recent report (A/66/4). We also express our gratitude to the other distinguished members of the Court.
Honduras, as a peace-loving and law-abiding country, has relied on the Cou…
We congratulate the Secretary-General on his reports (A/66/280 and A/66/273) on the topics being discussed today, which complement each other and are of vital importance to many countries, including Honduras. Peace, development, culture and sport are legitimate aspirations of our peoples, and they u…
The Secretary-General’s reports on the issue of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance clearly show us the problems and challenges that we all must face individually and jointly.
Our heartfelt appreciation goes to all humanitarian workers, men and women of extraordinary self-sacrifice and exce…
My delegation would like to express its gratitude for the presentation of the report of the Economic and Social Council (A/65/3) to the Assembly. We would also like to acknowledge the work of the President and members of the Council and reiterate our commitment to supporting and cooperating with the…
