The delegation of Guyana is pleased to associate itself with the constructive statements of preceding speakers on agenda item 20, “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”.
We welcome the report of the Secretary-Gener…
I am grateful for the opportunity to share some reflections on behalf of the delegation of Guyana in the joint debate on agenda items 55, 57, 58 and 59. In so doing, I associate my delegation fully with the statements made by the representatives of Algeria, Morocco and Suriname, speaking respectivel…
At this late stage in the debate on this item, my words will be few.
First, they are words of appreciation for the efforts of the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session, Mr. Jan Kavan, to advance the process of Security Council reform. They are also words of appreciation for…
As we have done on many occasions in times past, Guyana is pleased once again to stand in solidarity with Africa, a continent with which we share not only lasting ties of history and culture but also common aspirations for durable peace and sustainable development for our peoples. My delegation appl…
My delegation commends the Secretary-General for his reports and for his statement to the General Assembly on 23 September on the work of the Organization. The reports paint a chequered picture of progress and setbacks in addressing the challenges facing the United Nations and the wider internationa…
The countries of the Caribbean, including Guyana, are pleased and proud to see a native son of Saint Lucia presiding over the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session and, particularly, over this high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS. We offer the President our warmest congratulations and good wishes. …
First of all, I want to associate my delegation with the statement made earlier by Jamaica on behalf of the delegations of the Caribbean Community. It is a great honour for my delegation to participate in this special meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the op…
Throughout the three and- a-half decades of its existence as an independent State, Guyana has stood in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle for the exercise of their inalienable rights, including the right to self- determination and to a homeland of their own. Today, we once agai…
Guyana is pleased to join sister South American republics in co-sponsoring draft resolution A/57/L.7, on the South American zone of peace and cooperation. We welcome and support the timely initiative of the delegation of Peru to include this item on the agenda of the present session of the General A…
The subject of HIV/AIDS is of great importance and concern to Guyana. Being part of the Caribbean region, which has the second highest incidence of HIV/AIDS infection in the world, and faced with a very serious problem in our own country, we are pledged to exerting every effort at all levels — natio…
It is an honour, on behalf of the sponsors, to introduce draft resolution A/57/L.10 on the role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order.
In doing so, I wish to avail myself of this opportunity to highlight some of the considerations that have led my Government to pursue this ini…
Over the Assembly hangs a cloud of uncertainty — indeed, of unease — about the future of multilateralism and of international relations generally. The tragedy of 11 September 2001, which we commemorated just three days ago, has so numbed our minds that we have yet to fully understand its consequence…
Although the embers from the towering infernos which resulted from the attacks on 11 September have not fully died, it may nevertheless be possible to analyse the impact which that horrific disaster has had on international relations and, more particularly, the political, economic, and social conseq…
The Guyana delegation associates itself with the statement that will be made by the representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica on behalf of the Caribbean Community.
Guyana vehemently deplores the criminal and monstrously destructive terrorist acts of 11 September, which have had the effect of c…
I should like first of all, on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, to express sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. You are bringing to that post a wealth of experience and skills from an illustr…
I take the floor to introduce draft resolution A/55/L.15/Rev. 2, entitled, “The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order,” on behalf of the sponsors.
As we stated before the Assembly when this item was debated on 25 October, the concept of a new global human order is aimed a…
Like my colleague the Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda, who spoke earlier on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I would like to thank the President of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group, and his two Vice-Chairme…
On behalf of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member States, I have the honour to speak on agenda item 37, “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the special session of the General Assembly in this regard”.
The important contribution made by the World Summit f…
It is my honour to initiate this morning, upon the instructions of my Government, a discussion of agenda item 174, relating to the role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order. As delegations will have gathered from our past statements on this theme, as well as from the informati…
Still fresh in our minds is the strong plea made by the leaders of the world at their historic meeting on the eve of this fifty-fifth Assembly for a universal recommitment to multilateralism and to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. Their Declaration at the Summit’s end was unanimous…