I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Asian and Pacific States.
Today, as we pause to observe the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, it is only proper and fitting that the General Assembly pay solemn tribute to the millions o…
Allow me to congratulate Mr. Deiss on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session. He has taken on that formidable task at a crucial period for our United Nations. I assure him of Micronesia’s full support. I would also like to pay tribute to his esteemed predec…
I am deeply honoured to share with the Assembly today the experience of my country in pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This is a story of achievements as well as challenges for my country, the Federated States of Micronesia. During the 2000 Millennium Summit, we committed ourselve…
As we mark the fifteenth anniversary of the International
Conference on Population and Development, I am pleased to make this statement on behalf of the Pacific Island Forum countries — Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Gu…
I wish to express my appreciation to the President of the General Assembly for organizing this meeting to discuss the important issue of climate change. It is not only fitting, but indeed appropriate that we do this.
The Human Development Report 2007/2008 addressed the clear link between human deve…
As this is the first time that my delegation has addressed the General Assembly under your leadership, Mr. President, permit me at the outset to take this opportunity to offer our congratulations to you.
Once again, we are faced with a discussion on whether Taiwan should be accorded membership in t…
I am honoured and grateful to address the General Assembly at its sixty-first session, and in so doing I join other Members in congratulating you, Madam, on your historic assumption of the presidency of this body.
Let me assure you of my country’s full support. We are confident that under your lead…
I take this opportunity to congratulate President Eliasson on his election to lead our deliberations during this very important session of the General Assembly. I would also like to pay tribute to our outgoing President of the fifty-ninth session, His Excellency Mr. Jean
Ping, and our Secretary-Gen…
My remarks will be brief, but their brevity does not diminish my delegation’s concerns with respect to the agenda item under consideration. Those concerns are deeply held.
Micronesia agrees and fully associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Samoa on behalf of …
I wish to make a brief comment on agenda item 53. The brevity of my statement is not intended to minimize either the importance of the issue before the Assembly today or my delegation’s appreciation of the important and daunting task facing our Organization. Rather, it is in recognition of the fact …
I am honoured by the opportunity to speak before the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session on behalf of the people of my Pacific island nation, the Federated States of Micronesia, and on behalf of our President, Joseph J. Urusemal.
Allow me to extend my congratulations to you, Mr. President, …
No one will be surprised to learn that my delegation is participating again in the debate on this important agenda item here at the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly.
The ocean is especially critical to my country, the Federated States of Micronesia. For hundreds of years, our culture and…
Once again, we meet to consider equitable representation on the Security Council and an increase in its membership. The Council’s mandate to preserve international peace and security makes it one of the most pivotal organs of the United Nations. While we are mindful that there must be no haste in th…
I have the honour to address the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly and to make this statement on behalf of the following South Pacific countries that are Members of this body: Australia, my own country, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Fiji Islands, Kiribati, the Rep…
The delegation of the Federated States of Micronesia has the very high honour to address this body today in its capacity as the Chair of the 16 member States of the Pacific Island countries known as the South Pacific Forum. Most particularly, I speak here on behalf of the 10 Forum members that are a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 10 South Pacific Forum member countries represented here at the United Nations in New York (SOPAC): Australia, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, New Zealand, the Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands…
Once again, it is my honour as Secretary for External Affairs of the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia to address the General Assembly.
First, I wish to thank the former President, His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral, for his enlightened and skilful leadership during the histo…
I am honoured to address the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. I wish at the outset to extend to His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral my congratulations on his election to preside over the General Assembly. We are pleased that the stewardship of this anniversary session is entrusted to…
I am pleased to speak in support of the draft resolution contained in document A/49/L.62/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community”.
A small nation, particularly a small island nation, faces problems which, when faced by that nation alone, may prove insurmo…
We join you, Mr. President, and previous speakers in expressing our sympathy to the people and Government of Egypt on the loss of life and destruction suffered as a result of the recent flood.
The Ambassador of Australia has spoken for all the Pacific Forum countries, including the Federated States…
