Statement of Guatemala at the UNGA72

Reconstruction & Peacebuilding: “I remember that Guatemala, after 36 years of an internal armed conflict, signed the peace agreement, and wanted to have a more arduous task: to build peace.” 

Peacekeeping: “My country's vocation in the multilateral sphere aims to contribute to strengthening the conditions for sustainable peace on the ground. It is precisely in this area in which peacekeeping is one of the most noble tasks of this organization that Guatemala is proud to participate. This commitment is reflected in the deployment of our contingents in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in other missions on the African continent where we participate actively, as well as in Haiti where Guatemalan contingents directly supported national efforts with MINUSTAH, whose mandate is about to end.”