Very few speakers have observed the time limit; I will be among them, as I will be very brief.
In the past two weeks, a lot of us have been to a lot of meetings. Ministers of Health recently returned from Geneva, where we had a Commonwealth health ministers’ meeting, and HIV/AIDS was a major issue …
The Group of 77 and China agreed to the adoption, without a vote, of the resolution on the biennium budget for 2006-2007 and the accompanying appropriations resolution. However, we have to express some serious concerns and reservations.
First, as to process, as you yourself have said frequently, Mr…
It is my special honour to congratulate you, Madam, on your recent election as President of the General Assembly. The United Nations mission to ensure gender parity is clearly bearing fruit.
This Dialogue on migration and development is quite timely, and Jamaica wishes to associate itself from the …
I have the honour, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, to introduce two draft resolutions under agenda item 66, “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support”.
I should like to indicate that, since the formal submission of both texts, additional…
My delegation would like to compliment you, Sir, on the work you have done in elaborating the compromise text placed before us. The text has many positive elements.
We would also like to commend and thank the co- Chairs, the Permanent Representatives of Denmark and Tanzania, for their work.
The de…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement on the related agenda items regarding the activities of the Peacebuilding Commission.
The General Assembly, as we well know, is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations, and the Non-Aligned Movement welcomes the opportunity t…
I have the honour to introduce, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, draft resolution A/60/L.39, entitled “International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development”.
We are pleased to announce that in addition to the sponsors listed in th…
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I have the honour to introduce for the consideration of the General Assembly the draft resolution entitled “Deferral of the smooth transition period for the graduation of Maldives from the list of least developed countries”, which has been issued as document A…
I have the honour today to speak on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). We thank the Secretary- General for his report (A/60/63), which, as usual, provides a comprehensive overview of recent and ongoing activities relating to oceans and the law of the sea.
We also take…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on agenda item 73, “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance”, and sub-tem (a), “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency human…
I speak on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. The Group of 77 and China is opposed to unilateral, coercive measures against developing countries. The most prominent example is the one we are discussing today: the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba,…
First of all, let me apologize for my tardiness in reaching the General Assembly this afternoon. I was delayed in the Fifth Committee,
dealing with the item on the budget for the biennium 2006-2007.
The Group of 77 and China joins in expressing our solidarity with the people of Pakistan and the ot…
The Charter of the United Nations enjoins us, as Member States, to promote friendly relations based on peace and cooperation. International mechanisms to promote those objectives have their proper place and functions, seeking to regulate relations between States through the adoption of rules and nor…
I would like, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, to thank you Mr. President, for your opening statement this morning, which has set the tone and established the focus for this debate.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his third consolidated report on progress in implementati…
My delegation wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his lucid and candid World Youth Report 2005 (A/60/61). We also wish to extend our congratulations to the President and the other members of the Bureau on your election.
Since the genesis of the World Programme of Action for Youth in 1995, lit…
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his report on the work of the Organization over the past year (A/60/1). It gives us a wide survey of the many activities in which the United Nations is engaged and illustrates its extended reach and coverage in promoting international cooperation…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly. May I also express our deep appreciation to Mr. Jean Ping for so ably guiding the work of the General Assembly during its fifty-ninth session.
I am honoured to address the Gen…
Five years ago, we adopted a Declaration revealing our vision for the shaping of international society in the new millennium. The record shows that the results have fallen far short of our expectations.
We have failed to meet the targets we set; poverty and infectious disease remain rampant; tensio…
Mr. Co-Chairpersons, the Group of 77 and China, on whose behalf I speak today, is most pleased to have you both preside over this very important meeting. We gather here to assess our effort to provide the financing necessary for the development of the developing countries in the context of our joint…
On behalf of the States members of the Group of 77 and China, I have the honour this afternoon to introduce for the consideration of the General Assembly the draft resolution entitled “International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Sm…
