I wish to express the warm congratulations of the delegation of Saint Lucia to Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to serve as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. With his vast diplomatic experience, we are most confident that this session will yield significant resul…
I do not believe that we had a quorum when we took a decision on the request relating to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and I would like a clarification as to the status of that decision.
Saint Lucia welcomes this forum, convened to examine progress made in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. Events such as this not only allow us to share and learn from the experiences of others, but also fuel our drive to redoubl…
Saint Lucia is pleased to join the other Members of the United Nations family in congratulating His Excellency Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. We wish him every success as he guides these important deliberations at this m…
The pleasure is mine at this juncture, to join the other Members of the United Nations family in congratulating you, Mr. President on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. We wish you success in all your efforts and assure you of our full cooperation. We als…
The delegation of Saint Lucia would like to register its disappointment at the General Committee’s decision not to fully consider the inclusion of item 165 of the draft agenda regarding the application for membership of Taiwan in the United Nations.
Many, if not all, of us here celebrated our indep…
I wish to express to you, Madam President, the warm appreciation of the Government and the people of Saint Lucia for this opportunity to pay tribute to our late Prime Minister, The Right Honourable Sir John George Melvin Compton, who passed away on 7 September 2007. I also wish to thank the represen…
At the outset permit me to congratulate you, Madam President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session, and to express Saint Lucia’s appreciation to your predecessor, Mr. Jan Eliasson of Sweden, for the excellent manner in which he spearheaded the work of…
On behalf of Saint Lucia, I wish fully to endorse the statements made by several delegations and, more importantly, by civil society.
Saint Lucia is a small island — 238 square miles — with a population numbering 160,000. It is subject to all the vulnerabilities and external shocks that developing …
I am making this statement after the adoption of draft resolution IV, on small Territories. My delegation joined the consensus on the resolution on small Territories because it serves to reiterate the call for the international community, including the wider United Nations system, to fulfil its obli…
With regard to the vote just taken on the resolution entitled “Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations”, my delegation voted in favour of the …
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) aligns itself with the statement just made by the Permanent Representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. In the light of the importance of this issue to the Caribbean region, I address the Assembly on behalf of the States members of the Caribbea…
Saint Lucia supported your unanimous election, Sir, to be President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session, confident that your diplomatic skills and experience are just what we need to ensure a positive outcome of this historic sixtieth anniversary session. I congratulate you and the Gover…
At the dawn of a new millennium, the heads of State or Government of our United Nations convened in this very Hall to reaffirm our faith in the Organization and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world. They resolved to create at
the national and global…
Saint Lucia supported your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session, Sir, as it shares the view of Member States that you will provide important leadership to this General Assembly. I extend sincere congratulations to you and to the Government and people of …
I have the honour to present the views of Saint Lucia in this debate on matters relating to the reform of the United Nations, strengthening of the United Nations system and revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.
The delegation of Saint Lucia associates itself with the statement made by…
I wish to express my appreciation and that of the Government of Saint Lucia to the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States for its endorsement of Saint Lucia’s candidature for the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. I wish also to thank members of this Assembly for t…
I have the honour to present a statement today on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), that is, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Surina…
My delegation wishes to associate itself with the statement made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Group
of 77 and China. But we also wanted to put forward some of our views on the Secretary-General’s report (A/57/387 and Corr.1). First let me compliment the Secretary-General on h…
As Chair of the Special Committee of 24 on decolonization, I have the honour to welcome the Democratic Republic of Timor- Leste to the membership of this Organization and to convey the profound pleasure of the members of the Committee in so doing.
On this day, momentous for the people of East Timor…
