Mr. President, your election to preside over the fifty-second session of the General Assembly is a fitting and well-deserved result of your distinguished service for your country in the international community.
I also wish to convey our appreciation to Ambassador Razali Ismail of Malaysia for so ab…
In welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on agenda item 34, “Assistance in mine clearance”, we must state that we are deeply troubled by the suffering caused by the effects of landmines in conflict and post-conflict situations around the globe.
The report provides chilling statistics that d…
The agenda item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” is once again before the General Assembly for consideration.
In his statement during the recent general debate, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister f…
Let me first, on behalf of the members of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, extend to the Government and people of India
On behalf of the members of the Latin American and Caribbean Group, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for the report (A/51/299) on cooperation between …
I have the honour to introduce for the consideration of the General Assembly the draft resolution contained in document A/51/L.2, under the agenda item entitled “Observer status for the International
It will be recalled that the General Assembly, in its decision 49/426 of 9 December 1994, decided t…
I wish to express my Government’s support for the statement made yesterday by Costa Rica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and to join previous speakers in thanking the Secretary- General for the report contained in document A/51/348.
The report is very thorough in its description of follow-u…
I wish to join previous speakers in thanking the Secretary-General for the report contained in document A/51/256. That report gives a very detailed and clear analysis of the background to the World Summit for Children, the end-decade and mid-decade goals that were set at the Summit and the enormous …
May I, on behalf of the delegation of Jamaica, convey to Mr. Razali Ismail our warmest congratulations on his election as President of the fifty-first session of the General Assembly. In so doing we pay tribute to his country, Malaysia, which is linked to Jamaica by close ties of friendship and coll…
The item before us, “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, has been discussed at all sessions
Jamaica’s national policy of peaceful engagement has followed a different course to the one advocated in the embargo. We,…
Ten years ago the United Nations, recognizing the need for international attention to be focused on the situation of the world’s youth, particularly their increasing problems, designated 1985 as International Youth Year, with “Participation, Development, Peace” as its theme. The objectives of that s…
On behalf of the Government and the people of Jamaica, I congratulate Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. As a distinguished representative of Portugal, we are assured that he will be able to bring his undoubted skills to the…
It is my great honour and pleasure to introduce the report of the Preparatory Committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations and to summarize its essence.
The first chapter of the report, “Background and introduction”, recalls in paragraph 1 that the General Assembly in its decision 4…
May I, on behalf of the Government and the people of Jamaica, convey warmest congratulations to Mr. Amara Essy on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. I wish to assure him of the full support and cooperation of the Jamaican delegation in the deliberations on …
This resumption of the forty- eighth session of the General Assembly is of historic significance. It serves to confirm the fundamental role of the United Nations in finding solutions to questions of universal concern, and it serves to confirm that the principles of the common heritage of mankind on …
On this historic occasion, it is a great honour and privilege for my delegation to speak on behalf of the States Members of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Today’s meetings of the General Assembly are a signal victory for the fundamental principle on which the United Nations was founded, namely,
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My delegation welcomed resolution 47/62 on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council. The unanimous adoption of that resolution last year now enables this important issue to be at last
It was 30 years ago that the General Assembly first addre…
Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to see you, a son of the Caribbean, presiding over the General Assembly at this forty-eight session with the skill, competence and wealth of experience we have come to associate with you. My delegation is confident that under your leadership this session of …
On behalf of my Government and the people
of Jamaica, I take this opportunity to congratulate you. Sir, on your election
to the presidency of the General Assembly. I am confident that your vision
and energy will guide this session to a successful conclusion.
I must also take this opportunity to …
Jamaica abstained in the vote on the resolution
before us, and our reasons are as follows.
The recommendation of the Security Council is based on the assertion that
the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has ceased to exist, as stated in
the relevant Security Council resolution. An asserti…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which are Members of the United Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinida…
