I am here at a tragic moment in the history of Honduras, but we are certain that this is a time of transition from which the country’s democratic order will emerge strengthened. I am also here to represent the legitimate President of the Republic of Honduras, Mr. José Manuel Zelaya Rosales. It is a …
Allow me first of all to commend you, Mr. President, and the Secretary-General on your excellent work in your respective posts. Allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to address this Assembly, on behalf of the countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA).
I am her…
On behalf of the Government and people of Honduras, I wish to express our sincere appreciation of the efforts made by the United Nations in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic’s challenges to the development and survival of mankind.
We pay public tribute to our friend Peter Piot and all those other…
It is an honour for me to take part, for the first time, in a Security Council meeting, one focusing on small arms and light weapons and their negative impact on economic and social development in many
developing countries, on a consideration of this complex problem and on a review of our action to…
My delegation, Honduras, as other delegations have done, expresses its thanks to Ambassador Natalegawa, Permanent Representative of Indonesia, for his introduction of the report of the Security Council covering the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007. We have on other occasions had an opportun…
My delegation is grateful for the presentation of the report of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by its President, Judge Rosalyn Higgins. In thanking her, my country also wishes to thank her and the other judges who make up the Court for their continuous efforts in the application of interna…
My country, Honduras, very much welcomes the opportunity to participate in this High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace. We are of the view that this is one of the most pertinent subjects today and that it is of particular importance to humanki…
Allow me to commend you, Madam President, for having organized these important meetings of the General Assembly to follow up the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session on HIV/AIDS, an issue to which my country attaches the highest priority. We wish also to thank the Secretary- General of his re…
We have listened very attentively to the important statements that have been made at this
meeting. All of them have largely agreed that, five years after the Monterrey Consensus, there has been progress and some success, but, at the same time, that the overall aspirations and objectives of the Cons…
Today, we have participated in the adoption of a Convention that we regard as historic. Honduras is very pleased to have the honour to be a sponsor of the draft resolution by which the Assembly adopted this important Convention. We believe that we have taken a very significant step forward in intern…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his report on revitalization of the General Assembly (A/61/483) as the principal organ for discussing international problems. We wish to express our views in order to contribute to the debate on this important issue.
Honduras believes that revitalizati…
On this occasion, my delegation wishes to raise several points that are of particular importance for my country, taking into account their connection with the maintenance of international peace and security and the process of reform within our Organization. We are founding members of the Organizatio…
We would like to say how gratified we are to be able once again to resume our discussion of the important items entitled “The question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters” and “Follow- up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit”.
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I wish to commend your efforts and to congratulate you, Mr. President, on having organized this meeting to discuss the Millennium Development Goals and the world economic crisis, which also enables us to consider in depth the need for genuine democratization of the United Nations and the internation…
I wish, on behalf of the Government and the people of Honduras, to express our sincere thanks for the important work the United Nations has done, under the leadership of the Secretary-General, to mobilize Member States to exercise greater diligence in pooling their best efforts to confront the HIV/A…
Honduras welcomes the convening of this High-level Dialogue. Without doubt, it provides an excellent opportunity to address the phenomenon of migration from a holistic and multifaceted perspective, by identifying and defining the elements of the migration agenda, as well as the necessary follow-up m…
On behalf of my delegation, allow me to express our appreciation for the convening and preparation of this important meeting. We strongly support the ideas put forward on behalf of the Non- Aligned Movement by the Ambassador of Jamaica, Mr. Raymond Wolfe.
When the General Assembly — acting simultan…
My first words are directed to the Government and people of the Kingdom of Jordan to express our feelings of solidarity and condolences with regard to the terrorist attacks in the capital of Amman and upon the occasion of the loss of precious human life. Honduras repeats its condemnation and rejecti…
Multilateralism is a political necessity. Honduras feels protected by an effective multilateral system based on full respect for international law and built on the foundations of the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
As we assess these 60 years of our Organization’s history — an annive…
At the outset, I wish to express, on behalf of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, our sorrow and
condolences to the countries affected by this natural disaster.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States on agenda item 39, “Strengthening…
