On behalf of the Government and the people of Belize I would like to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy- fourth session. Unlike any other, this session represents a critical turning point for multilateralism, as appropriately capture…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting of the Security Council to receive a briefing on the latest developments in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Belize also thanks the Foreign Minister of Venezuela for his participation in this briefing and for helping to provide balance to t…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
Allow me to congratulate the Dominican Republic, a fellow small island developing State (SIDS), on its election as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, and to commend you, Mr. President,…
We have addressed the General Assembly on this issue before and we will continue to return to express our unwavering support for Cuba and its people and our unstinting support for the resolutions that have been adopted year after year on the lifting of the blockade against Cuba. Belize aligns itself…
At the outset, I would like to express the sympathies of the Government and the people of Belize with the Government and the people of Indonesia in the light of the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami that has killed more than 400 people. I also want to express our solidarity with Barbados and…
Belize welcomes this opportunity afforded by the presidency of Italy to reaffirm our full commitment to combating trafficking in persons and to most emphatically condemn trafficking in persons in areas affected by armed conflict.
Notwithstanding the adoption of resolution 2331 (2016), reports on th…
I would like to begin by expressing my delegation’s deep appreciation to Ms. Grizelda Grootboom, whose strength and courage in standing before the world and sharing a story that she would no doubt rather banish from than burnish in her memory is unfathomable (see A/72/PV.24). But her story must be t…
On behalf of the Government and the people of Belize, I extend our heartfelt condolences to the populations of our sister countries in the Caribbean for the destruction and loss of life and property caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Belize stands united with other friendly countries of the world …
Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election to preside over the seventy-first session of the Assembly. I wish to assure him of Belize’s fullest support.
Thirty-five years ago, Belize became a State Member of the United Nations. Membership confirmed o…
I would like to thank the representative of the Netherlands for his comments. It has indeed been a privilege and honour to serve as Rapporteur of the First Committee during the General Assembly’s historic seventieth session.
I would like to add that despite the inaccurate and unfortunate observatio…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventieth session and to assure you of Belize’s steadfast support and cooperation. I deem it both fortuitous and fitting that I am accorded the privilege of addressing the Assembly o…
Today marks another historic milestone in the United Nations global development journey. The identification and pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals were the defining first leg of that journey. Those goals galvanized international solidarity in an unprecedented fashion and laid the foundation…
On behalf of the Government and the people of Belize, I thank the President and the members of the Council for continuing to place importance on the issues of Haiti’s stability, progress and democracy.
Belize acknowledges the Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2180 (2014) to extend the mand…
On behalf of the delegation of Belize, please permit me to congratulate Argentina on assuming the presidency and to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting.
The problem of Palestine has been on the agenda of the Security Council since the end of the British Mandate in 1948. It was incl…
On behalf of the Government and the people of Belize, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I would also like to take this opportunity to register Belize’s thanks to your predecessor, our own son of C…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, which includes countries in the areas of the
Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean and South China Seas.
We welcome the convening of the sixth High- level …
I am once again privileged to address the General Assembly on behalf of my country, Belize.
It is with great delight that I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. You are a testament to all the peoples of the Caribbean and the …
I am pleased to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.53, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community”, on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and all our friends who have sponsored the draft resolution.
As documented in the Secretary-Genera…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.41, entitled “Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade”, on behalf of the 54 mem…
Speaking for Belize in its capacity as Chair of the Latin American Council of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.11, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System”.
I…
