I wish first of all to clarify the fact that this draft resolution was introduced in the Assembly on 5 October, in one of the four plenary meetings held as follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons. Today we simply wish to make a minor oral revision to the text, the need for which was bro…
On behalf of the delegations of Antigua and Barbuda, Bangladesh, Benin, Colombia, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, Malta, Mongolia, Panama, Peru, Romania, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and my own delegation, which were the original sponsors, as well as the delegations of A…
The delegation of the Dominican Republic has the honour of addressing the General Assembly at its meeting dedicated to the follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons. Much has changed since the World Assembly on Ageing, which was held in Vienna in 1982, when it was first acknowledged in an…
Allow me to express the appreciation of the delegation of the Dominican Republic for the excellent initiative of holding this open meeting on the Fourth Geneva Convention, whose objective is the protection of civilian populations in armed conflicts, thus offering non-members of the Council the oppor…
With my first words I wish to express the admiration and respect with which my country, the Dominican Republic, associates itself with the observance of this important commemoration.
It was at our ancient university, the oldest in the New World, where the first humanists in the Americas were traine…
In one of the best-informed and most valuable works about the Caribbean region, entitled El Caribe, frontera imperial, the writer and former President of the Dominican Republic, Mr. Juan Bosch, analyses the sensitive historical relationship of the peoples of the Caribbean with the great imperial Pow…
I am honoured to make this statement as Chairperson of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States for the month of October.
The history of the Caribbean region has been characterized by survival through resistance to various forms of adversity and by willingness to face difficult situations. …
In its capacity as Chairman of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, the Dominican Republic endorses the draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States”, contained in document A/53/L.10/Rev.1.
Now that the cold war is over, the …
It is a great honour for me to speak on behalf of the States of Latin America and the Caribbean on such a very special occasion for the United Nations, the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of peacekeeping operations.
Over the last 50 years, the countries of our region have not remained ind…
The Dominican Republic wishes to express its gratitude for the gestures of solidarity expressed by friendly countries with regard to the passage of the terrible hurricane, Georges, which struck our country yesterday. Furthermore, we appeal to the generosity of the international community to provide …
The Dominican Republic joins the other Member States that have spoken in support of the sister Republic of Haiti. As a neighbouring country, the Dominican Republic is the first to be concerned at the Republic of Haiti's political situation and democratic stability. For this reason, my delegation wel…
The Dominican Republic, as a sponsor of both draft resolutions, associates itself fully with what has already been stated by the representatives of El Salvador and Mexico.
The triumph of freedom and democracy and the restoration of peace in the Latin American and Caribbean nations has marked a hist…
On behalf of the Dominican Republic and its President Mr. Leonel Fernandez Reyna, I wish to convey to our President our warmest congratulations on his well deserved election to preside over this fifty-second session of the General Assembly, at a time when the Organization is taking important steps f…
May I first of all on behalf of the Dominican Republic and on behalf of its Constitutional President, Mr. Joaquín Balaguer, express our sincerest congratulations to the President of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly.
Secondly, I wish to express our profound gratitude to the Minister for …
On behalf of the Dominican Republic and its Constitutional President, Mr. Joaquin Balaguer, I offer to the President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session, Mr. Amara Essy, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire, our congratulations on his well-deserved election.
Likewise, our de…
The delegation of the Dominican Republic takes great pleasure in extending its warmest congratulations to Mr. Samuel Insanally on his well-merited election to preside over the General Assembly at this forty-eighth session. A man from our America - and, more specifically, from the Caribbean region, w…
The Domi- nican Republic deplores and condemns the situation that exists in South Africa in connection with the practice of apartheid, as this practice constitutes a flagrant violation of fundamental human rights, which must exclude discrimination among human beings on any grounds.
189. The Dominic…
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3. I should like at the same time to express my admira- tion for Mr. Riidiger von Wechmar's outstanding, correct and vigorous direction of the session just ended.
4. Th…
The Dominican Republic will abstain in the vote on draft resolution N36/L.59. We consider that the agreements rejected in its operative para- graph 5 constitute true contributions in the lengthy pro- cess of the search for peaceful solutions to the Middle East problem. Since we feel that the rejecti…
On behalf of my Government and the Dominican delegation and on my own behalf, it is my privilege to offer congratulations to the President of the thirty-sixth session of the General As- sembly on the efficient way in which he has conducted proceedings.
79. Since the Dominican Republic was one of th…
