The protection and support of children has always been part of Costa Rica’s social policy. That goal was established in the 1920s with the creation as a government agency of the National Board for Children, which is still very active today.
Like all the delegations that have participated in the deb…
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, Costa Rica is pleased to express its satisfaction at your excellent and innovative performance, Sir, in the exercise of the presidency of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly.
The Group of 77 and China welcome the Bureau’s decision to allocate this…
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I wish to convey my congratulations to the President of the General Assembly on his election. We are certain that his knowledge and experience will contribute significantly to the success of the work of this session of the General Assembly.
The Group of 77 an…
It is a great honour that a countryman from our extended homeland is presiding over the work of this body this month. We would like to extend to you, Mr. President, our heartfelt greetings and congratulations. We would also like to thank Ambassador Alfredo Lopes Cabral of Guinea-Bissau for having pr…
The delegation of Costa Rica is pleased to extend its warmest congratulations to the President of the General Assembly on his election. In addition to his distinguished personal and professional qualities, we are inspired by the respect and friendship that we share with Malaysia, a living example of…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
It is the understanding of the Group of 77 and China that the decision of the Secretary-General, which has just been announced by Under-Secretary-General Connor, means that no letters of involuntary separation will be sent until suc…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of 77 and China regarding the adoption by the Assembly at its fiftieth session of the report of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on an Agenda for Development.
In this regard, allow me to make the following comments. As indi…
On behalf of the Costa Rican Government, and in my capacity as Chairman of the Group of 77 and China, I wish to express my feelings of deepest sorrow and solidarity in connection with the natural disasters that have caused such enormous harm in Bangladesh in recent days. To the Government of Banglad…
On instructions from my Foreign Ministry, my delegation would like to explain Costa Rica’s vote in favour of draft resolution A/50/L.70. Costa Rica is a country with a long democratic and pacifist tradition. Its actions in international forums are guided by principles and involve the search for harm…
Mr. President, I thank you for calling on me to present the draft resolution now before the General Assembly in document A/50/L.61/Rev.1. The purpose of the draft resolution is to present to the plenary General Assembly for approval the recommendation of the Conference of States Parties to the Conve…
I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak on this occasion, which is of great importance to my delegation.
I wish to express my deep and sincere appreciation to the General Assembly for adopting draft resolution A/50/L.42/Rev.1, entitled “University for Peace”, and to the delegations that wer…
I shall begin by stating the obvious: the World Summit for Social Development, held in March of this year in the city of Copenhagen, constitutes one of the most important events of our times and is surely an authentic milestone in the history of the United Nations. In the future — and I am sure time…
Let me begin by congratulating the President of the General Assembly on the fine way in which he is guiding the work of this body.
The report of the Secretary-General on the item before us (A/50/438) provides a good summary of the level and degree of cooperation between the specialized agencies and…
It is the honour of the delegation of Costa Rica to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this historic session marking the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. We are extremely pleased that a distinguished son of Portugal, a country so closely l…
I wish to extend once again Costa Rica’s gratitude to the President of the General Assembly for his wise and efficient leadership of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session.
We are a few weeks away from the solemn occasion when Presidents and Heads of State and Government from all over the …
The delegation of Costa Rica, on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Central American States — El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama — wishes to associate itself with those who have expressed condolences on the death of Ambassador Bradford Morse, who served as the Administrato…
Costa Rica attaches great importance to this agenda item, and we sincerely thank the delegation of the sister Republic of Nicaragua, and especially Ambassador Erich Vilchez, for the care and diligence with which they have brought to the Assembly’s attention the Managua Declaration and Plan of Action…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly, on behalf of Costa Rica and the sister countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, under agenda item 42, “The situation in Central America: Procedures for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashion…
A few moments ago, when I spoke in the debate as a co-sponsor of the draft resolution, I pointed out that, taken separately, each one of its paragraphs would not have sufficient force to reverse the situation in Bosnia. I insisted
If the situation in Bosnia is to be dealt with, we cannot and must n…
