I am going to speak in Portuguese, but interpretation into all six official languages is available.
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the member States of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP): Angola, Brazil, Guinea- Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Por…
It is with great honour that I speak on behalf of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) to express our strong support for the adoption of draft resolution A/78/L.108, on multilingualism. This draft resolution, the result of a collaborative negotiation process, reaffirms the fundament…
Cabo Verde aligns itself with the statement made yesterday on behalf of the Group of African States (see A/78/PV.105). We will now make these brief remarks in our national capacity.
It has been 15 years since December 2009, when the General Assembly unanimously declared 29 August as the Internation…
The Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, adopted by the General Assembly in 2001 (resolution S-26/2), represents a critical milestone in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
It marked the first time that global leaders collectively recognized it as a global emergency requiring a coordinated interna…
I would like to extend my greetings to you on behalf of the people of Cabo Verde, Mr. President. We have engaged in this session’s general debate with a view to accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The theme of the general d…
Allow me, Mr. President, first of all, to extend to you warm and cordial greetings from our West African and Sahelian islands of Cabo Verde. I would like to express my feelings of honour and pleasure to be in the Security Council Chamber, at the centre of global multilateral security diplomacy, at t…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the States members of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP): Angola, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste and my own country, Cabo Verde.
I want to highlight the re…
I have the distinct honour and privilege to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. José Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime Minister and Head of Government of the Republic of Cabo Verde, at the general debate of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
I have the distinct honour to introduce the pre-recorded video of the statement by His Excellency Mr. José Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime Minister and Head of Government of the
Republic of Cabo Verde, on this auspicious occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations.
It is my honour to deliver this statement on behalf of all States members of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP): Angola, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste and my own country, Cabo Verde.
I begin by expressing our gr…
It is a privilege for me, as a Cabo Verdean, to greet all the peoples of the United Nations represented here by their highest dignitaries. I extend a special greeting to Secretary-General António Guterres in recognition of how he has been leading and elevating the United Nations system to new height…
I have the honour to introduce, under agenda item 128, draft resolution A/73/L.111, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries”, on behalf of the member States of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP): Angola, Brazil, Guinea-Bi…
Cabo Verde welcomes the adoption of resolution 73/304. The resolution is an
example of the best the United Nations can do to better promote and protect human rights for all.
Torture is universally recognized as a serious crime, and is therefore prohibited under international law. As a State party …
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this high-level meeting to celebrate the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, as recommended in the resolution 73/127. The Government of Cabo Verde has the honour to associate itself with the occasion …
It is my honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Angola, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Timor-Leste and my own country, Cabo Verde — all States members of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP). Let me begin by expressing …
Trafficking in persons is a matter of concern for the Government of Cabo Verde in many respects. It represents a real threat to human dignity and to human development. It is a
denial of human rights and fundamental freedoms. It is a source of wounds and suffering for its victims. It is also a crime…
I am very pleased and honoured to be taking part in this meeting of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. I bring with me the warm greetings of the Cabo Verdean people both living in the country and in the diaspora.
I want to assure Secretary-General António Guterres of the full suppo…
I have the honour to deliver this statement in my capacity as Chair of the Group of African States for the month of March.
Every year, around March 25, we assemble to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, established by resolution 62/…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States.
The Group thanks the President of the General Assembly for convening this commemorative plenary meeting today to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, under the theme “Racia…
In my capacity as the Chair of the Group of African States for the month of March 2017, I wish to thank the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson, for convening today’s formal meeting in honour of our late colleague Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, whose untimely demise shock…
