It is my distinct honour to address the Assembly on behalf of the Government and people of Belize. I wish to congratulate Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I am confident that he will guide the deliberations of the Assembly in a forthr…
It is an honour for me to deliver this address on behalf of the people and the
Government of Belize. It is a particular privilege to do so with Mr. Al-Nasser at the helm of the Assembly. I say so because Belize has the distinct pleasure of having him as the Ambassador of Qatar to Belize, a role in …
We meet today, three decades after the first cases of a disease we now know as AIDS were first reported in June 1981, to undertake a comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (resolution S-26/2) and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV…
Please permit me, Sir, on behalf of the Belize delegation to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly. As much as our peoples share common values of peace and democracy, your country and my own could not be more different. …
Let me first salute the Co-Chairs and everyone else for their endurance on this very long day.
Twenty-nine years ago to this very day, Belize became an independent country. I was a child then and for me, as for every other child of that time, the concept of independence was foreign. For our parents…
Please permit me to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, on behalf of the Prime Minister, Government and people of Belize, on having assumed the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session and to wish him every success in his stewardship. Permit me also to extend my Government’s…
Belize associates itself with the statements that have been delivered on behalf of the Caribbean Community, the Rio Group and the Non-Aligned Movement.
We take this opportunity, as a member of the Central American family, to express the full solidarity of the people and Government of Belize with ou…
On behalf of the Government and people of Belize, I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. It is a distinct honour for all Central American and Caribbean peoples. I assure you of Belize’s fullest support during your t…
For more than 20 years we have been talking about rising atmospheric temperatures, the depletion of the ozone layer, rising sea levels and the impending inundation of low-lying coastal areas. Now that the climate change debate has finally become the rage, those of us who see the change and worry abo…
Belize unreservedly supports Taiwan’s application for membership of the United Nations. As we have heard, the issue before us is essentially a question of the rule of law. It is a question of the rule of law from two separate angles. It is a question of the rule of law in terms of procedure, wherein…
I stand before the Assembly and renew the commitment of the Government and people of Belize to the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter. We reaffirm the pledge made by the father of the Belizean nation, the Right Honourable George Price, when he said from this rostrum:
“Belize, with t…
It affords me particular pleasure, Madam, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty- first session, which once again proves the adage that women hold up half the sky.
Allow me to commend the preparatory work conducted by Member States, the United Na…
We congratulate the President of the General Assembly on the assumption of his office. His extensive experience in multilateral affairs will undoubtedly be an invaluable asset in our work.
The 2005 world summit has clearly demonstrated that, in five years, we have not given poverty eradication the …
Five years ago, I stood at this very rostrum, committing my country and my Government to a global compact for development. As leaders, we agreed to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve ma…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which also aligns itself with the statements made on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and the Non-Aligned Movement.
CARICOM member States continue to reiterate their unequiv…
First, I join you, Mr. President, and colleagues who have spoken before me in expressing sincere condolences to all Roman Catholics and others throughout the world on the loss of a great Pope, John Paul II. He was a great example for us as Members of the United Nations, and for all peoples of the wo…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Barbados on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
My delegation also thanks the Secretary-General for presenting the comprehensive report we have before us today. The report shows that there have been m…
My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency. We have every confidence that the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly will enjoy success under your leadership. We would also like to acknowledge the good work of your predecessor, Minister Julian Hunte of Saint Luci…
Belize fully subscribes to the joint statement made earlier by the representative of Jamaica, speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community. We also associate ourselves with the statements delivered by Mauritius on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States and by Morocco on behalf of the Group o…
Belize welcomes, Sir, your proactive approach to and interest in the reform and revitalization of the United Nations. Such leadership is indeed exemplary and is in part fundamental if we are to achieve more than mere incremental progress in the process at hand. It would be remiss of me not to recogn…
