Examples of using Ballestero in English and their translations into Russian
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Colloquial
Mr. Ballestero.
Mr. Jorge Ballestero.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that Costa Rica had been unable to sponsor the draft resolution.
Mr. Faati(Gambia), Mr. Rachkov(Belarus)and Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) were elected ViceChairmen and Ms. Molaroni(San Marino) was elected Rapporteur by acclamation.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that his delegation had abstained from voting on the draft resolution.
Later: Mr. Ballestero(Vice-Chairman) Costa Rica.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that his delegation had voted in favour of the draft resolution and welcomed its adoption.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that his delegation had voted in favour of the draft resolution, and deplored the divisive pattern of voting.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) recalled that the Third Committee had always endeavoured to take a people-centred approach to development.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) requested additional information on the release of persons illegally detained by the Coalition forces.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said his delegation wished to register its concern that article 109 of the rules of procedure had not been complied with.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica)(spoke in Spanish): Fifty-six years ago, the General Assembly united in a declaration of hope and common sense.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that the establishment of the Human Rights Council significantly strengthened consideration of the fundamental issue of human rights.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that his delegation had abstained from voting because the appropriate forum for such resolutions was the Human Rights Council.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica), Ms. Kamboj(India) and Mr. Al-Otaibi(Kuwait) said that they had intended to vote in favour of the draft resolution.
Ms. Blanca Ballestero, Chief of International Cooperation, General Secretariat for Tourism, Department of Cooperation and Coordination in the Field of Tourism.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that his delegation had voted in favour of the draft resolution, as it dealt directly with an issue upon which the Organization had been founded.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) expressed concern about the internal operation of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, particularly the well-known difficulty of finding documents.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica), speaking in his capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Third Committee, said that the General Committee should focus on procedural matters only.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that his delegation had abstained from voting because the issues raised by the draft resolution should be addressed by the Human Rights Council.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) stressed the importance of correcting the geographical imbalance in the Office of the High Commissioner and supported the motivation underlying the draft resolution.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica)(spoke in Spanish): We have adopted a principled position of respect for the primacy of international law in conformity with the United Nations Charter.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that his delegation had abstained and would continue to abstain from voting on any resolution on country-specific violations of human rights.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that his delegation set particular store by the draft resolution and the efforts of the international community to draft a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said there was no doubt that today's society was a sick society, in which the weakest and most vulnerable sectors in rich and poor countries alike were victims of violence.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said not only was Costa Rica a country of transit and origin, it currently hosted more immigrants and refugees than any other Latin American country.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) said that the draft resolution departed significantly from the text approved by the Commission on Human Rights and expressed regret that it had not given rise to more consultations.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica)(spoke in Spanish): My delegation has taken the floor to thank you, Mr. President, the Working Group and all those directly involved for their efforts to reach this agreement.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica), after thanking the delegation of Estonia for sponsoring the draft resolution and the other delegations for their support, reaffirmed Costa Rica's well-known commitment to refugees and its determination not only to defend their interests but also to ensure that the Executive Committee established best practices.
Mr. Ballestero(Costa Rica) asked the Special Rapporteur to discuss in more detail the practice of using evidence that might have been obtained under torture when pronouncing death sentences and to indicate what measures might be taken to prevent such actions, which were in violation of article 15 of the Convention against Torture and could not be tolerated.