Mr. President, it is a distinct honour for me to greet you and to address this high-level meeting on agenda item 92, “Agenda for Development”. I do so in the name of the 12 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations - Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, …
I wish first to extend condolences to the Government and people of Egypt on the recent occurrences that have resulted in the tragic loss of life and suffering in that country.
My delegation is happy to register its concurrence with the statements delivered by the delegation of Barbados on behalf of…
The rapidly evolving circumstances of the current international context continue to present a host of challenges, as well as new opportunities, for the United Nations. As the Secretary- General’s report shows, over the past year the Organization has actively sought to address the manifold critical g…
I am very pleased to be able to speak on agenda item 29 and to commend for the Assembly’s unanimous adoption of draft resolution A/49/L.7, which is now before it. I do so on behalf of the twelve States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are members of the United Nations - namely Antig…
It is indeed a great honour for me to address this meeting on a matter of considerable importance to my country and to the international community of nations. I bring with me the hope that this debate will assist in the furtherance of our work in the International Year of the Family, and particularl…
My delegation very much welcomes the opportunity which item 33 presents us for
The brief, even laconic report presented by the Working Group to the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly does not do justice to the extensive and enlightened discussions which took place on all the issues that a…
Permit me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. I am confident that under your skilful guidance the Assembly will move forward in responding to the many complex issues on our agenda. You are equally assured of th…
It is with a feeling of immense pride and satisfaction that I speak today on behalf of the Government of Guyana, to welcome the delegation of the new, democratic and non-racial South Africa to this resumed session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Our pride is equally great, with the kn…
The Guyana delegation wishes to express its profound sorrow at the tragic situation existing in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are gravely concerned at the agony and extreme suffering of the peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is regrettable that after almost five decades since the end of the Second W…
The representative of Trinidad and Tobago has spoken on behalf of the 12 member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and Guyana entirely associates itself with her statement. However, given Guyana’s special role heretofore in the struggle and the utmost importance we have always attached …
I have the honour to speak on agenda item 31, "The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti", on behalf of the 12 States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevi…
It is with a deep sense of satisfaction that I take the opportunity to speak on agenda item 40 - "The situation in Central America: procedures for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development".
I say this because it w…
The draft resolution (A/48/L.15) that is before us today, which deals with the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin, is of great importance to a large number of countries, which, through the ages, have been deprived of cultural property created and/or owned by earlie…
In this post-cold-war era the United Nations is both challenged and stimulated by the opportunities afforded it to transform the adverse conditions under which so many of the world’s inhabitants labour.
The challenges range from the more recent preoccupation with peace-keeping, peacemaking and prev…
Like many other delegations in the
Assembly, Guyana had great concern about the lack of a clear legal basis for
the resolution that has just been adopted. We were hard put, in the
circumstances, to understand fully its legal implications and possible
conseguences. Standing as it does against the…
I had been trying to catch your eye, Mr. President, even before you called on the representative of Democratic Yemen. However, I am not going to make an issue of that.
47. I have asked to speak not, certainly, to contest the right of any delegation present in this Assembly to intro- duce an amendme…
Guyana will vote in support of all the draft resolutions now before us on the question of apartheid.
159. A numberofdelegations have expressed concern about the singling out in the draft resolutions of indi- vidual countries by name. As a general rule, in the drafting of resolutions on apartheid an…
The delegation of Guyana would like to take this opportunity to welcome the newly independent nation of Antigua and Barbuda to member- ship of the United Nations. It is with a special sense of pride that we do so, as Antigua and Barbuda, like Guyana, is a member of the Caribbean Community. The deleg…
My delegation has lis- tened carefully-or tried to do so-to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela speaking in exercise of the right of reply.
454. We have received the documentation which the del-:- egation of Venezuela was kind enough to make available to members of the Assembly. I should …
