This morning’s adoption of the United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning represents a historic step in the international community’s efforts to promote human rights and to guarantee respect for human dignity in all circumstances. Indeed, in calling upon States to prohibit all forms of human clonin…
Fifty-six years ago, the General Assembly united in a declaration of hope and common sense. In a clear- sighted response to a period of shame and barbarism, it recognized that the inherent dignity of human beings and the respect for the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for your excellent leadership of the work of the General Assembly.
On 31 July 1997, the representatives of Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, El Salvador, the Philippines, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, Senegal, Venezuela and Costa Rica called…
Allow me, first of all, to thank the President of the Security Council, the permanent representative of the United Kingdom, for having introduced the report of that body to the General Assembly. We commend the efforts of the Security Council to make
this report a more concise and analytical documen…
Allow me to begin by thanking Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz, Permanent Representative of Chile, for his briefing on the work of the sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al Qaeda and the Taliban and for the list submitted pursuant to paragraph 23 of resolution 1526…
I am pleased to be here on behalf of my country to speak about a subject that is of such sensitivity in today’s world. Roads are the constant scene of death, and this is something we are all obliged to correct. Costa Rica has demonstrated its firm political commitment to addressing the issue of road…
With respect to the resolution on the scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations that has just been adopted, I would like to thank all delegations that participated, with generosity and in good faith, in the negotiations leading to the more appropriate distribut…
My delegation would like to orally amend draft resolution I, entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”, contained in document A/58/463.
As the delegation of Cuba has already said, the eighteenth session of the General Confere…
At the outset, It is my pleasure to add to the list of sponsors of draft resolution A/58/L.16 the following countries: Greece, Monaco, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste and Ukraine.
Convinced that it was necessary to co…
It is an honour for me to speak on behalf of the countries of the Central American Integration System: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic and my own country Costa Rica.
Please allow me first to congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Permanent Mission of Oman for assuming this important initiative.
In the early days of the automobile, some people made fun of those slow moving vehicles by calling out “hitch a horse to it” as they passed by. Others welcomed the prospect that such an innova…
I am honoured to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States to lend our support to the extension Mr. Ruud Lubbers’ term of office as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a period of two more years.
This being the first time that I have taken the floor …
Allow me at the outset to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Julian Hunte on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are convinced that his well-known personal and professional qualities will allow him to lead our work to full success.
We particularly welcome the fact …
Notwithstanding the fact that it is a developing country, Costa Rica has a very good public health record. Not having an army or the expenses that an army entails has made it possible for us in Costa Rica to devote those resources to developing a health infrastructure that is appropriate to the nati…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 19 members of the Rio Group — Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and, of course, my own country, Costa Rica.
Th…
I have the honour to speak in my capacity as the Acting President of the Central American Integration System (SICA). I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for the presentation of the report we are now considering.
The recent history of Central America is a living example of the ti…
Allow me to thank the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General for the preparation and presentation of the report on the strengthening of the United Nations (A/57/387 and Corr.1).
Without any doubt, 57 years after its creation, the United Nations requires thorough reform. The Organization…
At the outset, I should like to thank the International Court of Justice for its report and Judge Guillaume for presenting it to us. I should also like to congratulate Judges Shi and Koroma on their well-deserved re-election, as well as Ambassadors Tomka and Owada and Professor Simma on their recent…
The pursuit of security poses a dilemma. As the Secretary- General wisely noted, no State can increase its level of security to the detriment of others. Inevitably, other States construe as a veiled threat any unilateral action aimed at acquiring greater guarantees of security. Absolute security for…
Last Friday, in introducing his report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, the Secretary-General sounded an alarm. The Goals and objectives adopted by our heads of State at the Millennium Summit are more distant than ever. The action of the international community has been inadequat…
