I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
At the outset, CARICOM reiterates its steadfast support for the recent and consequential decisions of the Security Council in relation to Haiti. We welcomed the adoption of resolution…
The self-determination of a people is sacrosanct. It is because of the exercise of that right to self-determination that each nation enjoys the privilege of sitting in the Hall. Our nations exist by the will of our people, by virtue of their right to determine their political status and pursue their…
The adoption of the Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations (resolution 79/1) must be seen not as an end but rather as a beginning. While those outcomes lay a foundation for action, they represent only a floor for a much greater ambition that is need…
I have the honour to introduce draft decision A/78/L.102, entitled “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction”, on behalf of Australia and my own country, Belize.
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I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
At the outset, CARICOM aligns itself with the statements to be delivered by the representatives of Samoa and Uganda on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States and the Group of 7…
Belize aligns itself with the statements delivered earlier (see A/78/PV.24) by the representatives of Saint Lucia, on behalf of the Caribbean Community; El Salvador, on behalf of the Central American Integration System; Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, on behalf of the Community of Latin American …
Belize would like to reply to the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala at the conclusion of the General Assembly’s 13th plenary meeting, on 23 September. The assertion made in Guatemala’s statement about deaths of Guatemalans at the hands of Belize’s armed …
It is with immense pride that Belize offers its heartiest congratulations to Mr. Dennis Francis as a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) national unanimously elected to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session.
The theme for our general debate, “Rebuilding trust and reigniting glob…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Helen La Lime, for her briefing and appreciate the efforts of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti in the co…
I take this rostrum with a heavy heart, more pessimistic than I was last year and more cynical and disappointed. We have come to depend on the multilateral system that has the Charter of the United Nations at its centre. Where is the collective will to adequately address the challenges of our time? …
The Government and the people of Belize are mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of State of Belize. In her role as the Head of State of Belize, Her Majesty accompanied the people of Belize through some of the most consequential developments in our modern history, including o…
I congratulate Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his election as President of the General Assembly. It is a great pleasure to see a representative of a fellow small island developing State (SIDS) presiding over the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session.
For a small island and low-lying coastal State li…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on agenda item 42, entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by United States of America against Cuba”. I wish to acknowledge the presence of His Excellency Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign…
I have the honour to introduce a pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Wilfred Peter Elrington, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize, on the occasion of the general debate at the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement of His Excellency Mr. Wilfred Elrington, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belize, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). First, I would like to thank Her Excellency Mrs. Adela Raz, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, and His Excellency Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Permanent Representative of Croatia, for their stellar efforts throughout t…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
We align ourselves with the statement just delivered by the representative of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The year 2019 was a critical one for climate change, as it presented pe…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). Let me begin by welcoming the reports of the Secretary-General (A/74/70 and A/74/350) that have been prepared under this agenda item and by thanking Singapore and Norway for leading the consultation…
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the Government and the people of Belize in support of agenda item 39, entitled, “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”. We do so, fortified by the universall…
Let me thank all members for the decision to adopt the political declaration today (resolution 74/3).
At the outset, on behalf of the members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), I want to extend our appreciation to the co-facilitators, the Ambassadors of Fiji and Ireland, for their hard…
