Statement of Paraguay at the UNGA72

Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Republic of Paraguay reaffirms its commitment with international peace and security; with the use of peaceful means for dispute settlement and with reciprocal cooperation among States. In Paraguay, a constitutional provision bans weapons of mass destruction.

Nuclear weapons: Consequently, our country commends the recent adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, reaffirms its conviction that nuclear disarmament ought to be a transparent and irreversible process with efficient verification mechanisms within a universal and legally binding framework.

Nuclear weapons: Paraguay reiterates its condemnation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear test, clearly defying and contravening its international obligations, which constitutes a new provocation to the international community. We expect from this General Assembly a firm rejection to this irrational attitude that threatens peace and security at a global level.

Peacekeeping: We will continue to cooperate with peacekeeping operations, under the auspices of the United Nations, in the conviction that they constitute one of the means to attain the principles and purposes established in the Charter. My country currently contributes military personnel, women and men, to six peacekeeping operations and invests in the training of its contingents at the Training Center for Peacekeeping Operations, Cecopaz - Paraguay.