We welcome this timely debate, held as we mark the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations and aimed at promoting efforts to achieve an accountable, more transparent and effective Security Council, adapted to the world of today. We would also like to thank the briefers for their presentations, …
We congratulate Spain on this successful meeting on the fifteenth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000). We welcome the new global study on women and peace and security, which was drafted by Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy and her team. We also thank Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Wom…
Let me begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for convening this important debate and for his leadership in initiating a process that will mark the starting point of the work to be carried out in the coming months. I also express my thanks to the Secretary-General for his comments.
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It is a pleasure for Guatemala to participate in this debate organized by the Spanish presidency. We wish Spain every success during its term throughout October. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the presence of the Special Representative of
the Secretary-General, Ambassador San…
I would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Meron, for the annual reports of the ICTY (see A/69/225) and of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (see A/69/226), and the President of the International Crimin…
Guatemala categorically rejects all acts of terrorism and reiterates its commitment to the prevention and fight against that scourge. It is discouraging to see the scourge continue to spread and intensify with an increasing number of victims of terrorist acts. Of course, we recognize the important a…
We welcome Ambassador Sandra Honoré and thank her for presenting the report of the Secretary- General (S/2014/162). We would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Haiti for his valuable comments.
I have five brief points. First, the current situation in Haiti continues to be characteri…
Guatemala is convinced of the need to strengthen the system of bodies created under human rights treaties. We would like to thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights for her efforts to help Member States in this effort as part of her mandate.
We view this process as one of strengthening, but not…
