The Government of Bolivia has given me the task of conveying its most sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session, which is a recognition of your personal merits and a tribute to your country. At the same time, I thank Mr. The…
It is my great pleasure to introduce the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on agenda item 90, entitled “Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects”, contained in document A/54/577/Add.1, for consideration a…
I have the pleasure to introduce to the General Assembly, for its consideration and approval, the reports of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee.
These reports refer to each of the 14 items allocated to the Fourth Committee by the General Assembly. They indicate the documents which w…
I wish, Sir, to renew my delegation's congratulations on the recognition the General Assembly has offered you in electing you its President. I wish also to congratulate the Secretary-General and to thank him for his report on the work of the Organization, contained in document A/54/1. As always, it …
I should like to refer to the comments made by the Ambassador of Chile earlier today.
I was surprised that Chile exercised its right of reply with reference to the comments made by the Foreign Minister of Bolivia this morning, although I have no objection to its doing so. Representatives have the t…
The men of the Andes scrutinized the skies to decipher and predict the future. If they were looking at the skies today, they might not manage to understand the message written there. On the one hand, there is the promise of unlimited prosperity, with man in apparent control of nature and his environ…
My delegation wishes to express its support for the draft resolution adopted by the Fifth Committee and now by the General Assembly concerning the financing of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo.
My delegation notes also that the recent proliferation of peacekeeping operations is h…
The border differences with Chile were caused precisely by the treaty of peace and friendship of 1904, which Chile, through military occupation of our territory and its customs houses, forced us to sign after we had rejected it for 20 years. That is not consent. The treaty of 1904 sealed our landloc…
This morning, in the statement I made on behalf of my delegation, I was somewhat reticent and euphemistic and did not mention Chile, but alluded only to “a country”. I am grateful that the representative of Chile has acknowledged that it was Chile to which I referred, thus placing on record that Chi…
The delegation of Bolivia is honoured to speak on agenda item 38, “Oceans and the law of the sea”.
The delegation of Bolivia welcomes the Secretary- General’s report, contained in document A/53/456, on oceans and the law of the sea, which allows us to assess the balanced implementation of the Unite…
On behalf of the delegation of Bolivia and on my own behalf, I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for submitting the report contained in document A/53/458 of 5 October, in which he gives a detailed account of the cooperation activities between the United Nations and th…
It is truly imperative for me to comment on the statement just made by the delegation of Chile, because we believe that all matters brought before and debated in the Assembly should be subject to great historical accuracy.
First, the representatives of Chile, at these kinds of meetings, invariably …
The election of the Foreign Minister of Uruguay as President of this session of the General Assembly is a source of great pride to Latin America. It is also a fitting tribute to Mr. Opertti, whose diplomatic experience and skills augur well for the success of this fifty-third session.
Just when it …
I wish to extend my country’s congratulations to Mr. Opertti on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. It is my pleasure to commend him on the thoughtful analysis he delivered this morning to all participants in this high-level dialogue.
The…
This year, the international community has displayed awareness and determination in joining its efforts to promote a worldwide process whose decisive step was the opening for signature of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and o…
My delegation fully endorses the statement made on the item under consideration by the Ambassador of Uruguay on behalf of the States members and associates of the Southern Cone Common Market.
The work of the United Nations, in coordination with the various agencies of the system, as well as with in…
The delegation of Bolivia would like to explain its vote on the resolution entitled “Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, in particular in occupied East Jerusalem”.
The delegation of Bolivia voted in favour of the resolution considered under General Assembly agenda i…
The delegation of Bolivia signed a fair and fraternal agreement with the delegation of Costa Rica to the effect that support would be given to the delegation obtaining the larger number of votes in the first round.
It is an honour for the delegation of Bolivia, in its capacity as coordinator of the Rio Group, to make this statement on behalf of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica — representing the countries of Central America — Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The Ri…
Allow me to convey the congratulations of the Government and the people of Bolivia, President Razali Ismail, on your unanimous election, which is a token of the admiration and esteem in which the peoples of the world hold Malaysia and constitutes just recognition of your merits.
My delegation is gr…
