I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. The adoption of the draft resolutions on which we have just taken action concludes protracted, arduous, intense and painful negotiations. During the entire negotiating process, the Group of 77 and China participated in a spirit of mu…
It is a distinct honour for me, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, Mexico and sponsors, to introduce draft resolution A/54/L.74, entitled “International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters from relief to development”, for consideration and adoption by the As…
It is not my intention to interrupt the flow of discourse on this issue. I would like to raise a point of order in relation to the report just presented by the Rapporteur, whom we thank profoundly for the excellent work he has done in that capacity in the Second Committee.
I just wish to draw the a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suri…
Guyana joins the international community in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their continuing struggle for their inalienable rights, including the right to a settled homeland.
It is unacceptable that in this era of democratization, a population of over 3.6 million is still without a land o…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China in explanation of vote on agenda item 119, entitled “Programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999”.
The Group of 77 and China welcomes the conclusion of the deliberations on the issue of modalities and sustainability of the Developmen…
I am pleased, on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), to introduce draft resolution A/54/L.18 for the consideration of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session.
As can be seen from the long list of sponsors, the document enjoys widespread …
Less than a year from now, the special session of the General Assembly on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and further initiatives will be convened. Member States of the United Nations will then have the opportunity to assess the achievement of the goals s…
In commemorating the International Year of Older Persons in 1999, the last year of the twentieth century, and indeed of the second millennium, we cannot fail to recognize the important contribution which older persons have made to shaping the present century and, indeed, to shaping our civilization …
First of all, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and of my own Government, let me offer my sympathy to the royal family, the Government and the people of Morocco.
It is with great pleasure that the Group of 77 and China has joined the consensus on resolution A/53/L.78. The issues of environmen…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Group of 77 and China appreciates the efforts by the Secretariat to follow the procedure in respect of the acceptance of gratis personnel in accordance with resolutions 51/243 and 52/234. However, we would like to raise two poin…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Group of 77 and China would like to express its support for the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and to thank those delegations that supported the draft resolution.
The Group of 77 and China welcomes the conclusion of the deliberations on the utilization of the development dividend, in the amount of $13 million, which will allow the Secretariat to implement the seven approved projects.
Recognizing the ad hoc nature of this exercise, the Group emphasizes that a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. The Group of 77 and China notes with concern the issues raised in the statement made by the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management on paragraph 22 of section
The Group of 77 and China is of the view that implemen…
The Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, on whose behalf I have the honour to speak this afternoon, joins in this public expression of sympathy to the royal family, the Government and the people of Bahrain in their sad loss of His Highness Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, the Amir of Bahra…
I would like to express, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, our sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the nomination of Mr. Rubens Ricupero for a second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The Secretary-…
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the peoples of the world determined that they would tolerate no more man's cruel inhumanity to man. Accordingly, when their representatives met in San Francisco to create the United Nations, they resolved, in the Charter,
“to reaffirm faith in fundamental h…
Unlike past occasions when we have met to consider the question of Palestine, there is this time a prevailing sense of cautious optimism about its eventual resolution. The Wye River Memorandum that was signed in Washington, D.C., on 23 October 1998 by the Prime Minister of Israel and the President o…
In 1984, during the thirty- ninth session of the General Assembly, Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar exhorted delegations to
“look back at the road we have travelled, distil the experience and set out again refreshed and with a new determination. The purposes for which the United Nations wa…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/53/L.15, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community”, on behalf of the 14 member States of that Community — Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sa…
