We regret that, once again, we have to participate in a debate on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I say "regret" because, since the last occasion on which we discussed the question, the situation in that unfortunate region of the world has not improved at all. Indeed, it has worsened consid…
The head of my delegation earlier expressed to Mr. Insanally Costa Rica’s great pleasure at seeing him presiding over the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. It is a pleasure for me as well to take advantage of this opportunity personally to congratulate him, as I participate in the consid…
For many years the delegation of Costa Rica has spoken on the item "University for Peace", as most members of the General Assembly will be aware. The impression may even have been created that Costa Rica has appropriated - so to speak - the University for Peace for itself. But that is not the case. …
Allow me, in speaking for the first time in the General Assembly at this session, to congratulate you most cordially, Sir, and the other officers of the Assembly on the outstanding manner in which our work is being guided and to express my delegation’s best wishes for your success.
The San Juan Riv…
It has been four years since the end of the cold war and the fall of the old ideological order. Four years ago we were told that war and global confrontation had ended and that history itself had come to an end, giving
These meetings are taking place at a time when a feeling of hope animates the he…
Costa Rica took great pleasure in supporting the election of Mr. Stoyan Ganev
to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. His
election bears witness to a new era in the history of Bulgaria, an era of
freedom and pluralistic democracy.
My delegation sincerely congratul…
My
delegation i s participating i n this commemoration of the International Year of
Shelter for the Homeless with a l l the conviction and interest due to one of the
most pressing issues facing the united Nations, which gave 1987 that eloquent
t i t l e .
With the passage of time this issue has…
When the item on the situation in Central America was included in the agenda, the delega- tion of Costa Rica expressed its concern to the effect that a debate in the United Nations might do more harm than good to the peace-making activities of the Contadora Group. Today, faced with what we had so mu…
The people and Government of Costa Rica welcome the accession of a new State, Saint Chris- topher and Nevis, to independent life and to the United Nations. We were pleased to be present at the solemn celebration of its independence. We extend to its people and Government our wishes for prosperity in…
Costa Rica appreciates the presentation of the comprehensive and detailed reports of the Secretary- General (A/65/69, A/65/69/Add.1 and A/65/69/Add.2). We also express our gratitude to the two coordinators of the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea and on sustainable fisheries (A/65/L…
Costa Rica learned with great sorrow today of the raid carried out by South African commando forces against Lesotho, in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and all resolutions of the Organization concerning the per- sistent and defiant attitude of South Africa and its policy of a…
My delegation joined in the consensus on all the draft resolutions, including draft resolution IV, entitled "Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas". We fully agree with the spirit and aims of that resolution, since we believe it contains very valuable elements that will help to improv…
I wish to associate myself in what I am going to say with all my col- leagues from Latin America who have spoken and also with the representative of the .Philippines, who so eloquently referred to this significant event. But I should like to stress one thing: we cannot deny that Christopher Columbus…
Costa Rica's position on apartheid is well known and has been reiterated firmly year after year, and this was also made clear during the voting on the draft resolutions on apartheid in South Af- rica.
81. I should like to recall that Costa Rica participated actively in the Special Committee against…
The delegation of Costa Rica voted in favour of all except one of the draft resolutions on the question of Namibia. We very much regret that we had to abstain on draft resolution A/36/L.24, although we share the COnCeril of the international community about the failure of Member States to act in com…
The delegation of Costa Rica, faithful to the position which it has repeatedly expressed on the question of Palestine, voted in favour of draft resolutions A/36/L.3l/Rev.1 and Add.l, L.33/Rev.1 and Add.}, and L.51 and Add. I, on whose content we need not add any- thing further to what we have said o…
The delegation of Costa Rica has always supported initiatives aimed at the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones throughout the world, because we are parties to the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which prohibits nuclear weapons in Latin America, and we would wish other regions to enjoy the same safeguar…
On behalf of the delegation of Costa Rica, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/36/L.29/ Rev. I. concerning the declaration of a Peace Year, a Peace Month and a Peace Day. We are really dealing with two draft resolutions which have now been redrafted in the form of a single one. There w…
My delegation joins in the ex- pressions of appreciation in this debate, which have em- phasized the patient and energetic work of the Secretary-General of this Organization since the time when the question of Cyprus veered towards courses dangerous for international peace and security. My delegatio…
I bring from the Govern- ment of Costa Rica, and especially from Costa Rican children, a very respectful greeting to all the represen- tatives of sovereign States here in this General Assembly, where views are put forward and efforts are made to find solutions to the major problems which af- fect ma…
