The 14 members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Members of the United Nations fully support draft resolution A/53/L.10/Rev.1, which has just been presented by the Ambassador of Honduras to the General Assembly for adoption. We hope that, with its passage, cooperation between the United Nations a…
Created in August 1995, the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is, by comparison with other regional institutions, a relatively new forum. Despite its brief existence, however, it has already demonstrated its great potential for promoting consultation, cooperation and concerted action among its m…
Guyana, currently chairing the group of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) delegations in New York, has the particular honour to speak on this item regarding draft resolution A/53/L.2/Rev.1, entitled “Emergency assistance to Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Saint Kit…
The impressive number of delegations that have spoken so far in the debate on the issue of Security Council reform clearly shows that, although general agreement continues to elude us, there is no lack of determination on the part of the general membership to advance our consideration of this matter…
Draft resolution A/52/L.23/Rev.1, of which Guyana is a sponsor, calls for the building of a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic Ideal. At the Olympics, the best of our youths in the field of sports converge in a friendly atmosphere to compete in various events which test their en…
The agenda item we are now considering, “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”, has great significance for my country. Five years ago, in October 1992, Guyana became a newly restored democracy, after the first free …
My delegation wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his concise report on the work of the United Nations over the past year. Certainly, it makes us more aware of how global events, particularly in the developing countries, have had an impact on us. We can
Guyana shares the concerns of all the M…
For some time now the United Nations has been engaged in a process of reform and restructuring with the aim of improving its capacity to address the many challenges which the world now faces. It has been an arduous and time-consuming exercise which, if truth be told, has diverted us, to some degree,…
It is a great tribute to you, Sir, to our two Co-Vice-Chairmen, Ambassador Mangoaela of Lesotho and Ambassador Powles of New Zealand, and also to the spirit of cooperation and compromise which generally existed among participants of the Working Group that we have now concluded our work on an agenda …
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, and other members of the General Assembly for the moving tributes paid to the memory of Mr. Cheddi Jagan, late President of the Republic of Guyana, who passed away on 6 March 1997 after a brief illness. It is with a deep sense of humility and gratitude that…
I am once again honoured to address the Assembly, on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters, on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) that are Members of this Organization.
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development is a matter of great interest to the Government and people of
Our own commitment to social development has been clearly demonstrated, not least by our decision, despite limited resources, consistently to increase — both in abs…
As the United Nations faces the beginning of its second half-century and the dawn of a new millennium, we look to the Organization for the continuing fulfilment of the high purposes of its Charter: the maintenance of international peace and security and the achievement of international cooperation i…
It was very kind and thoughtful of you, Sir, to refer to the disaster which recently struck our country. The heavy rains and flooding which have occurred over the past few months represent a severe blow to our economy and a threat to the health and safety of our citizens. Not only have crops and liv…
We have all come to realize that effective and efficient public administration is a key element in the promotion of development. My Government is therefore pleased to see that it is being accorded such
high priority in the deliberations of the General Assembly. We welcome the opportunity afforded u…
Let me thank you, Sir, and the General Assembly for acceding to our request and our sister delegation of Antigua and Barbuda for allowing us to speak in its stead.
The countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) represented here at the United Nations — Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bel…
I should like, first, to take this opportunity to extend the condolences of the Government and people of Guyana to the Government and people of Israel and to the bereaved widow and other relatives of the late Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated last Saturday. It is our hope…
In another two weeks we will be commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of this Organization. We shall do so with much ceremony. I would hope, however, that we will go beyond the ceremonial to take the opportunity which the occasion provides us to reflect further on the role of the Organization and o…
One year after we observed the International Year of the World’s Indigenous People we meet again today for the inauguration of the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. As we are all aware, the Decade is being launched as part of an ongoing process to promote awareness of the rights…
On 25 October last year, the General Assembly adopted two resolutions of special significance. I refer to the resolution on the International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal and the resolution on the observance of the Olympic Truce. The one served to mark the centenary of the International Olymp…
