With all due respect, I cannot begin my statement without requesting that the Assembly observe a minute of silence on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of people who lost their lives in this natural disaster.
I speak before this Assembly on behalf of the sponsors of the draft resolution contained in document A/59/L.27/Rev.1, entitled “Public administration and development” under agenda item 12. The draft resolution has been prepared taking into account the report presented to the Assembly by the Secretar…
First of all, allow me to thank all those delegations that have supported us in this electoral process, which has proved to be extremely complex in view of the circumstances established in the statute of the Tribunal.
I am grateful for the information provided on electoral procedures in the Interna…
My statement will relate to item 12 of the agenda: the report of the Economic and Social Council (A/59/3 and Add.1). Allow me first to express my thanks to Ambassador Marjatta Rasi of Finland for her introduction of the report and for the excellent job that she has been doing at the head of the Coun…
My delegation is grateful for the presentation of the report of the Economic and Social Council for 2011 (A/66/3), the resolutions approved, the description of the high- level meetings and the ministerial declaration adopted. Moreover, the work of its President, Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe, and of …
Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate the President on his election to preside over this special session of the General Assembly devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. We also appreciate the report of the Secretary-General on th…
For reasons that are not worth mentioning, Honduras came late to the commemoration of the International Year of Volunteers. However, Honduras, perhaps more than any other county in the world, can testify to the importance and value of volunteerism.
Four years ago, during the disaster caused by hurr…
The recognized leadership of Mr. Jan Kavan will guarantee the success of our debates. Together with congratulating him on his election to the presidency, I should like to assure him that he can count on my Government’s full cooperation in his work.
I come to this universal forum on behalf of a peop…
Honduras is proud to be the coordinator of the Central American Integration System (SICA), and it is in this capacity that I appear before the Assembly.
Allow me, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of this fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly and to offer…
There is no doubt that the subject we are considering today is one of the most important that the General Assembly must address. We would therefore like to make some remarks in the broadest possible constructive spirit, as we believe that the United Nations was founded as a response to the need to s…
It is an honour for me to address the General Assembly, which will complement the recent Millennium Summit by providing a fundamental contribution to the current stage of transition towards a United Nations in tune with reality.
International peace and security, along with cooperation and solidarit…
Allow me, Sir, through you and on behalf of the Central American countries Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and Honduras to thank the States sponsors of the draft resolution entitled “The situation in Central America:
We also convey our thanks to the Per…
As the Assembly is aware, on 5 January we submitted a request to the President of the General Assembly that Honduras be exempted from the provisions of the first part of Article 19 of the Charter relating to the suspension of the right to vote in the General Assembly.
Our primary justification at t…
I am deeply honoured to address this lofty forum of the international community and to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your eminent guidance of the activities of this session.
We are commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an international document t…
Allow me first of all to express my gratitude for the opportunity to speak on the resolution on emergency assistance to Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, which was adopted this morning by the General Assembly. The resolution was initially co- sponsored by Belize, Costa R…
My delegation would like to thank Secretary- General Kofi Annan for submitting his report dated 17 October 1998 on item 21 of the agenda of the General Assembly, “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States”, in compliance with resolution 51/4 of 24 October 1996.
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I am honoured to address the General Assembly to introduce draft resolution A/52/L.43/Rev.1, “International assistance to and cooperation with the Alliance for the Sustainable Development of Central America,” under item 20 (b) of the agenda. I should like to express our gratitude to Ambassador Sucha…
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its annexes constitute the most important international instrument, and the most difficult to implement, ever signed for the achievement of peace in that region of the world. Its main goals are the achievement of national reconc…
My delegation views with concern the delays in the implementation of the provisions of the Lusaka Protocol and the commitments undertaken by the Government of Angola and by the União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA).
Although we recognize that certain positive developments have…
My delegation has taken note of the fact that the Government of Haiti is continuing its efforts to consolidate democracy in the country and to resolve the various economic, social and institutional problems which impede its development. Nevertheless, the efforts made in the transition to democracy i…
