Costa Rica

Mr. Calderon Fournier A/34/PV.19 Oct. 3, 1979

On behalf of my country and my delegation, I am pleased to extend to Mr. Salim our most cordial and sincere congratulations for the well-deserved tribute paid to him by the international community represented here on his election to the pres- idency of the present session of the General Assembly. We…

Mrs. De Barish A/33/PV.63 Nov. 29, 1978

Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to explain my vote on this item which we believe to be of great importance. 34. As my delegation has repeatedly said on every occasion when we have participated in the discussion of item 82, we support all the efforts by the United Nations in…

Mr. Ortiz Martin A/33/PV.49 Nov. 9, 1978

I am speaking in this Assembly on behalf of my country, Costa Rica, a small country with modest resources-a fact which puts it in the category of a developing country; that means that we must devote all our efforts to material and moral progress and that we cannot spend any of our budget on the acqu…

Mr. Carazo A/33/PV.11 Sept. 27, 1978

As I address this Assembly of the Organization in which mankind has placed its highest hopes for the 76. This year marks the thirtieth. anniversary of the unanimous adoption of both the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man,' 3 signed on 2 May 1948 in Bogota-the cultured capital of C…

Mr. Facio A/32/PV.7 Sept. 26, 1977

May I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the thirty-second session of the General Assembly. It is a just recognition of your great merits as a diplomat and a political leader of your country. It is also a well-deserved tribute to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, who…

Mr. Ortega A/31/PV.59 Nov. 9, 1976

Costa Rica has followed a policy of supportingall United Nations resolutions which condemn the practices of racism and all other kinds of discrimination and, in particular, the policy of apartheid. My delegation has voted in favour of the various draft resolutions on this item. The substance of the …

Mr. Salazar S/31/PV.39 Oct. 21, 1976

The delegation of Costa Rica has always taken a firm position in support of the self-determination, indepen- dence and sovereignty of peoples and the process of decolonlzation. 62. Consistent with that position, my delegation voted in favour of the resolution which hasjust been adopted. None the le…

Mr. Facio A/31/PV.6 Sept. 27, 1976

The election of Mr.lLanilton Shirley Amerasinghe to preside overthis session of the General Assembly has been a source of satisfaction to the delegation of Costa Rica. The outstanding work which he carried out as President of the ThirdUnited NationsConference on the Law of the Seahas already establi…