We are pleased to address the Security Council as part of the open debate under the Luxembourg’s outstanding presidency, with a view to contributing constructively to the consideration and discussion of a topic of such importance that touches such a sensitive chord at the Organization: the situation…
The delegation of Honduras would like to express its gratitude to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea and its new Director, Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, for the support provided throughout the negotiations on the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea (A/68/L.18) and on su…
The Government of Honduras extends its warmest congratulations to Mr. Ashe on his election to preside over the proceedings of the General Assembly, and we wish him every success.
I am grateful for the honour that the President of Honduras conferred upon me by asking me to represent him in this worl…
We are extremely pleased to participate in this important debate devoted to oceans and the law of the sea, especially as we consider the adoption of two important draft resolutions on the subject (A/67/L.21 and A/67/L.22). My delegation also wishes to express its satisfaction with regard to the cere…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Member States members of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States in order to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić of the Republic of Serbia on his election as President of the General
Assembly at its sixty-seventh se…
My delegation welcomes the reports of the Secretary- General (A/66/70, A/66/70/Add.1 and A/66/70/Add.2), which contain important information on the socio-economic, environmental and legal aspects of the conservation, protection and sustainability of the oceans and marine biodiversity in areas beyond…
We thank the president of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Hisashi Owada, for the presentation of the Court’s most recent report (A/66/4). We also express our gratitude to the other distinguished members of the Court.
Honduras, as a peace-loving and law-abiding country, has relied on the Cou…
We congratulate the Secretary-General on his reports (A/66/280 and A/66/273) on the topics being discussed today, which complement each other and are of vital importance to many countries, including Honduras. Peace, development, culture and sport are legitimate aspirations of our peoples, and they u…
I am happy to extend warmest greetings to the Assembly on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Honduras, led by President Porfirio Lobo Sosa, at today’s meeting on a subject of the utmost importance.
My country has followed this process from the outset, conscious of and steadfast in our comm…
Allow me at the outset to convey our heartfelt condolences and solidarity to the brotherly nation of Norway.
I represent a country that is at the heart of Central America. Though rich in diversity and endowed with nature’s gifts, my country’s greatest treasure is its people. Of the nearly 8 million…
The Secretary-General’s reports on the issue of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance clearly show us the problems and challenges that we all must face individually and jointly.
Our heartfelt appreciation goes to all humanitarian workers, men and women of extraordinary self-sacrifice and exce…
My delegation would like to express its gratitude for the presentation of the report of the Economic and Social Council (A/65/3) to the Assembly. We would also like to acknowledge the work of the President and members of the Council and reiterate our commitment to supporting and cooperating with the…
On behalf of the people and Government of Honduras, I wish to recognize Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki for his leadership during the previous session. I also congratulate President Joseph Deiss on his election to the Assembly presidency and the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on his wise leadership of our…
First of all, the delegation of Honduras would like to echo the thanks that have been expressed to the President of the General Assembly for his decision to organize this debate on human security, in line with the mandate of the 2005 World Summit.
In presenting his first report (A/64/701), the Secr…
I would like to express our warm thanks for the solidarity of Assembly President Treki with the constitutional President of the Republic of Honduras, whom I represent with the greatest honour and pride. I would also like to congratulate the Bureau on its skilful conduct of the work of this Assembly.…
Our President is surrounded and isolated by military forces. The Embassy of the Republic of Brazil is under threat of invasion. We have heard the forceful call of President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales, and we are here to tell the Assembly about the scale and the terrible impact of the repression bein…
For the past three years the President of Honduras has come to this global forum to propose simple, honest,
straightforward ways of responding to the great challenges that face our societies, because of the need to do more to contribute to the survival of the human species and to decrease the injus…
Having read out only the revisions to the document originally submitted, I shall now read out the entire text, incorporating the revisions that I read out previously. The draft resolution is entitled: “Situation in Honduras: democracy breakdown”.
“The General Assembly,
“Deeply concerned by the cou…
I have the honour to address the Assembly to introduce draft resolution A/63/L.74 on behalf of the following countries, which have sponsored the draft resolution: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Repu…
I would very briefly like to note that we are in the process of reaching consensus on a draft resolution that we will be ready to introduce later today or as soon as possible, so that it might reflect the opinions of all of those of us who have condemned the events in our country.
