Jamaica aligns itself with the statement made this morning by the permanent representative of Morocco, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Our review of the work of the United Nations over the past year comes at a significant time in the history of the Organization. The events over the…
Your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, Sir, is a source of great pride and considerable satisfaction to Jamaica and the entire Caribbean. We regard it as a tangible acknowledgement of the region’s active engagement on the global stage. I am confident tha…
The grave implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic for long-term human survival and for the socio-economic development of countries all over the world require us to come together to find urgent solutions. Against that background, my delegation views with grave concern what is reflected in the Secretary…
I wish to thank the members of the Security Council for convening this open debate at the request of the Permanent Representative of Malaysia, acting on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. This is a critical time for the world community. We are involved with the question of war and peace, an issue t…
My delegation is well aware of the important role that has been played by the Council of Europe in a number of areas of concern to the mandate of the United Nations. We therefore fully support ongoing cooperation between both organizations.
While, in previous years, Jamaica has been pleased to join…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations, on this, the twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
CARICOM member States also …
The annual debate on the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine is an occasion that reminds us of the historic responsibility of the United Nations with regard to these questions, which over the years have had such a painful history. The past year has been one particularly full o…
I have the honour to introduce, for the consideration of the General Assembly, the draft resolution entitled, “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community”, which is before the Assembly as document A/57/L.26. I do so on behalf of the following sponsors: Antigua and Barbuda, Ba…
The special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS marked a significant milestone in our collective response to what has been agreed as constituting a “global emergency”. In the absence of a truly effective global response to this epidemic, through meaningful efforts to achieve the goals and ta…
My delegation supports the statement made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Group of 77 and China earlier in this debate. The Jamaican delegation would like to add a few comments of its own, having studied the report of the Secretary-General on “Strengthening of the United Nations:…
I wish to thank the Secretary- General and the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole for their reports on the final review and appraisal of implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s.
Ten years ago, the General Assembly decided that Africa wou…
I join other delegations in extending condolences to the Government of Indonesia and to the families of the victims of the bomb attack in Bali, Indonesia, on 12 October, which we strongly condemn.
The work of the Security Council is of great importance to the functioning of the multilateral system.…
I wish to thank the Secretary- General for the presentation of the two reports before us, which are connected substantively in their various themes. The report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/57/1) provides a comprehensive review of the performance of the United Nations o…
On behalf of the delegation of Jamaica, I express congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. We pledge our full cooperation with you in the work of this session. We also express our deep gratitude to the outgoing President,…
I have the honour to speak on agenda item 30 (a) on “Oceans and the Law of the Sea” on behalf of the 14 coastal States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations.
We welcome the reports of the Secretary-General, which address comprehensively developments in the rang…
My delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the Central
African Republic and the briefing by General Cissé. The report is sobering, yet it impels us and the international community as a whole to be more committed to the aims of post-conflict peace-building and economic recovery in…
First, I extend my congratulations to you, Sir, to Ambassador Valdivieso, your delegation and to Colombia for the excellent manner in which the affairs of the Security Council were conducted during the month of August. I also thank Ambassador Valdivieso for providing guidelines for today’s wrap-up s…
Allow me, Mr. President, to congratulate you for convening this informational meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This meeting is a logical follow-up to our last comprehensive review in July and serves to measure what progress has been achieved since then on all
aspects of the peace pr…
I thank the Under- Secretary-General, Mr. Guéhenno, for briefing the Council on the latest developments in Kosovo. There has been steady progress on the development of a multi-ethnic society in Kosovo, but there remains much to be done. That is quite evident from reports of violence in the territory…
It is with a great deal of disappointment that we note that events in the occupied Palestinian territories have made it necessary for the Security Council to convene this meeting. My delegation was heartened by the seemingly positive developments in the Middle East peace process, which only a year a…
