It is my honour to inform the General Assembly that Bolivia has also made the necessary payment to reduce its arrears below the amount specified in Article 19 of the Charter. It therefore has the right to exercise its vote.
However, I have been informed that, for internal administrative reasons, th…
This morning I had the honour of informing you, Mr. President, and the General Assembly that the Bolivian delegation had made the necessary payment to reduce its arrears and was therefore able to exercise its right to vote, but the Secretary-General had informed us that for administrative reasons so…
On behalf of the Government of Bolivia, I convey our greetings to the President of the United Nations General Assembly and congratulate him on his outstanding leadership of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. I also thank the Secretary-General for introducing his report on public administr…
Bolivia attaches particular importance to the item on the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin and to the preservation of the cultural heritage of nations. That is why we were a co-sponsor of resolution 48/15, adopted by the General Assembly on 2 November 1993.
Impo…
I should like to inform the General Assembly that the delegation of Bolivia is withdrawing its candidature in the second round of balloting. But, for the record, I want to express Bolivia’s appreciation to those delegations that honoured us with their vote and their confidence in us. We are very mov…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States for the month of November 1995, I have the honour to inform the General Assembly that the region has five candidates for election to the Economic and Social Council: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana and Nicaragua.
In my capacity as Chairman of the Latin American and Caribbean Group for the month of November, I wish to inform the General Assembly that the Group has endorsed the candidature of Chile for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for the period 1996-1997.
As Chairman of the Regional Group of Latin American and Caribbean States for the month of November 1995, it is my honour to speak on agenda item 162 entitled “Universal Congress on the Panama Canal”.
For many years, Latin American and Caribbean countries have followed with common interest items rel…
Allow me to convey to the President of the Assembly a message of friendship from my country’s National Secretary for Sport and a warm greeting from the youth of Bolivia. I would also like to greet the Ministers of youth and sport attending the General Assembly at this session and the President of th…
I should like, on behalf of the delegations of the Latin American and Caribbean States, to express profound sorrow at the tragic death of the Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin.
The assassination of this distinguished statesman has deprived the international community of a leader committed to …
Bolivia welcomes the opening of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People. The indigenous peoples, estimated to number over 300 million, are a significant component of the international community. That is why the United Nations has been promoting the development of international rule…
The delegation of Bolivia wishes to share with members some of its thoughts on the Agenda for Development and the Secretary-General’s report on the subject.
We note that there is a broad consensus in the Assembly to the effect that “development should be recognized as the foremost and most far-reac…
The Bolivian delegation is pleased to initiate our consideration of the report presented by the Secretary- General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, on the work of the Organization.
In the course of our debate the Ambassador of Indonesia will report on the joint views of the Movement of Non-Aligned Count…
I am honoured to convey the greetings of President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and of the people of Bolivia to the Heads of State and Government in attendance at this the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly; to the Foreign Ministers; to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Amara Essy, an…
I am pleased indeed to address this plenary meeting to consider aspects of international cooperation in the control of narcotic drugs.
The presence of distinguished personalities from Member States highlights the importance of this forum; our Organization seems at last to have resolved to deal in d…
It is
from this eminent universal forum that great changes are expected changes
consistent with the new times upon which humankind has embarked. A historian
who in the future looks back upon the present century will surely emphasize
the events of the last decade.
It is precisely at this session…
Mr. President, it is an honour to come to this important rostrum to repre- sent a Government born of the people's will. Your personal qualities and experience ensur(; the success of this Assembly's deliberations and the continuance (J1f outstandin~ leadership such as was given by the previous PreSid…
The people and Government of Bolivia have constantly and faithfully supported the Argentine cause in regard to its claim of sovereignty ovc;r the Mal- vinas Islands. This support does not stem from a mere rhetorical solidarity between two sister peoples linked by geography and history; rather, and a…
My delegation had not intended to participate in the vote on draft resolution A/36/L.23/Rev.I and Add.I.
III favour: Afghanista~, Albania, Algeria, Angola, ~r gentina, Bahamas, Ba.hram, Ba~gladesh, Barbados, .Behz~, Benin, Bhutan, BrazIl, Bulgana, Burma, Burundl, Bye- lorussian Soviet Socialist Re…
The delegation of Bolivia voted in favour of the amendments to draft resolution A/36/L.IO, but we do not consider that those amendments reallv fit in with the rest of the text, and we think it would have been preferable, for the sake -of consensus, to retain the original wording of the draft resolut…
