On behalf of its 80 sponsors, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/55/L.40, entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the special session of the General Assembly in this regard”. The following countries have joined the original sponsors li…
First, Mr. President, I would like to thank your predecessor, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab of Namibia, and the two Vice- Chairmen of the Open-ended Working Group, Ambassador John de Saram of Sri Lanka and Ambassador Hans Dahlgren of Sweden, who have attempted to achieve real advances on this issue.
The Chi…
I am very pleased to speak on behalf of Chile regarding the special session of the General Assembly in 2001 for follow-up to the World Summit for Children.
Chile’s commitment to children and infants has found expression in efforts to decrease poverty, improve equity and increase access to opportun…
After a successful special session held in Geneva we are now back in New York to continue our work on social development.
Before making a brief statement about the Special Session, may I first of all express my gratitude for the generosity and the hospitality of the Swiss Government. They were real…
The recently concluded Millennium Summit places the debate on the Secretary-General’s report on the work of the Organization at a very different level from that of previous years. We must recognize that more than 150 heads of State made statements on the main priorities to be dealt with by the inter…
First of all, Mr. President, permit me to congratulate you on your election to preside over the Assembly’s fifty-fifth session, the first of the new millennium. I wish you every success in your presidency, and promise you Chile’s full cooperation as you carry out your important duties. I would like …
Let me preface my statement by reiterating what was stated in the declaration signed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile, Ms. Soledad Alvear, and 12 other distinguished women Ministers for Foreign Affairs this past 12 September here in New York:
“The HIV/AIDS pandemic is an urgent foreign-…
I am delighted, Sir, to see you presiding over our work today. My delegation is pleased with the draft resolution prepared by the President of the Assembly, which provides a basis for broad consensus.
The chairpersons of the round tables have already been agreed upon, as have, to a large extent, th…
First of all, I should like to thank the President of the General Assembly, on behalf of the delegation of Chile, for his initiative to consider in the Assembly agenda item 38, “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters”. I sho…
As in previous years, my delegation wishes to state that the position of Chile on the situation in the Middle East is strictly to abide by principles of international law. We recognize the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and we also recognize Israel’s right to exis…
My delegation is pleased to address the General Assembly on the agenda item entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”. We view this as crucial for the United Nations, since it is part of the great purpose of p…
For my country, all activities related to humanitarian assistance hold particular significance. This is due to the fact that we have always had to deal with difficult and quite often painful crisis situations caused by natural disasters of various forms and extents. We have also witnessed complex cr…
On behalf of the 116 sponsors listed in the draft resolution, I have the pleasure to introduce the draft resolution entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development”, contained in document A/54/L.16, under the General Assembly’s agenda item 37. Guinea and Togo shoul…
Allow me, first of all, to express my delegation's gratitude to Ambassador Sergey Lavrov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation and President of the Security Council for the month of October, for his valuable presentation to the Assembly of the Council's annual report. We would also lik…
Allow me at the outset to convey to you, Sir, the congratulations of my delegation on your election to preside over the General Assembly at this session. Your major tasks will include tackling the important social agenda of the follow-ups to the World Conference on Women and the World Summit for Soc…
We celebrated the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October, and we reaffirmed our commitment to the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, adopted in 1982 at the World Assembly on Ageing. That Plan of Action is a clear example of how an organized international community can contribute…
I should like to refer to the statement made this morning by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bolivia. I reiterate that there is no territorial or border problem pending between Chile and Bolivia. The borders between the two countries were
I should also recall that diplomatic relations between o…
I would like first of all to express to you, Sir, our warm congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We join the earlier delegations in wishing you success in the important task of guiding our debates.
I would like to express to your predeces…
The Customs Cooperation Council, better known by its working name, the World Customs Organization, is an intergovernmental organization of 150 member countries. The organization was established in 1947. Its mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of customs administrations in the area…
The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is particularly significant to the people of Chile. It is not a question of mere rhetoric or declaratory statements. For various reasons, Chile and its people are particularly happy to be commemorating this even…
