Let me congratulate you, Sir, on pursuing during your presidency this good idea of convening open Security Council debates. In the light of our experience in the Council’s work, we can now say that we find it most enriching to hear the views of non-member delegations on the various items before us. …
We are grateful to the representative of Rwanda for his statement, and particularly for the conviction with which he told us of his country’s determination to overcome the legacy of the tragedy it has suffered in recent years.
One of the most difficult decisions that the Security Council faces in t…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency. Your extensive experience in the United Nations, your personal communications skills and your substantive knowledge of the issues thus all become available to the Council, for which we are most grateful to you.
I had the oppor…
As you come to the end of your term as President of the Security Council, I congratulate you, Madam, on your
I welcome the representative of Haiti to the Security Council. I salute the clarity of his statement and I am particularly grateful to him for having kindly made mention of me personally.
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I should like first of all, Madam, to express my delegation’s satisfaction at seeing you preside over the Council. Needless to say, you can count on Chile’s unwavering cooperation in the fulfilment of your important tasks.
I wish also to express my delegation’s appreciation to Ambassador Weston for…
In its report to the United Nations in 1991, my delegation stated that
“The Government of Chile unequivocally condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, irrespective of the place in which terrorist acts occur, of the persons who perpetrate them or of the causes or motives for their com…
I wish first to congratulate you, Mr. President, on having put on the Council’s agenda the item on the situation in Liberia, thus giving us the opportunity to hold this debate,
We are grateful for the very thorough report of the Secretary-General, which contains a very interesting paragraph on the …
This my delegation's first speech at a formal meeting of the Security Council since becoming a non-permanent member of the Council for the period 1996 to 1997. I thank all those representatives who have addressed words of welcome to the new members of the Council.
I wish also to put on record Chile…
On behalf of the co-sponsors listed in document A/50/L.66 and of Algeria, Austria, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tunisia, Turkey and Zambia, it is my pleasure to introduce …
Today the General Assembly is dealing with the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development. We have reason for satisfaction as we undertake the task of ensuring that the United Nations system contributes to the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken there.
For the first time in the history…
It is a signal honour for the Chilean delegation to co-sponsor the draft resolution on institutionalizing cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). We decided to do so because Chile firmly believes in the value of democracy as a cornerstone of peace and internat…
The delegation of Chile fully shares the concern about the difficult financial situation of the United Nations expressed by the Secretary-General in his statement at the close of the general debate, on 12 October; we also agree with him that there is a need to re-establish a viable financial base fo…
It is an honour and a source of satisfaction for me to speak on this occasion in celebration of this significant event, which inaugurates the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People.
The recommendation of the World Conference on Human Rights for the proclamation of an International De…
It is very important for my country that the Assembly should be considering the item on support by the United Nations system for the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. We believe that the subject of democracy and its promotion and development is of great i…
The subject before the General Assembly today, democracy and human rights in Haiti, has special significance for Chile. We are discussing a State in our region that is linked to our country with deep and historic bonds of friendship.
The recent return to Port-au-Prince of Haiti’s Constitutional Pre…
I should like at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for your introductory remarks and for your reference to your opening statement to the General Assembly, in which you so clearly signalled the importance of the discussion we are beginning today. I should also like to express appreciation for t…
The recent International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo from 5 to 13 September highlighted the importance of this question at the present time. Similarly, it made it clear that the United Nations is able to face the challenges brought about up by the new realities.
We should…
We are less than a year away from the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. For the Government of Chile, the commemoration of this anniversary is an act not only of justice but also of hope.
In the mid-1960s, Pope Paul VI, addressing the General Assembly, issued this emotional appeal:
“Never…
For a number of years the Latin American and Caribbean countries have been sponsoring a draft resolution establishing the basis for increasingly useful cooperation between the Latin American Economic System (SELA) and the United Nations system.
Ever since that body was set up to coordinate regional…
I am honoured to represent Chile before the Assembly, for it was the wish of President Eduardo Frei to entrust the National Women’s Service with the task of coordinating and implementing all activities involving women and promotion of the family as the key to the nation’s overall development. After …
