UN General Assembly
2013

forays of Guatemalans into our country. Input from the international community will be vital in assisting with the development of income-generating enterprises in the border regions to ameliorate the poverty there, which is what compels Guatemalans to trespass in those regions. Border conflicts are dangerous by nature. In his memoir, Interventions: A Life in War and Peace, former Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrote: “[Conflicts] suck in their neighbours, send thousands of refugees spilling into other countries, create havens for armed groups and terrorists, and they cause the spread of criminal networks and cross-border lawlessness, including piracy. In short, conflicts ... are inherent generators of global insecurity, the causes of which need to be addressed by wealthy and poor States alike.” I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Organization of American States and the group of friends who support the efforts of Belize and Guatemala to resolve the Guatemalan claim peaceably and, in the interim, to ensure that peace is maintained between our two countries. Climate change is another existential threat,