I should like at the outset to express to the fraternal people and the Government of Algeria the condolences of the people and the Government of Nicaragua and our condemnation of yesterday’s barbaric attack involving reprehensible acts perpetrated against the United Nations in which innocent civilia…
Sir, allow me first of all to associate myself with the statement made by the Ambassador of Cuba, His Excellency Mr. Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
At the same time, I want to express my delegation’s support for the work carried out during this session by the C…
My delegation considers this item one of the most important on the agenda of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, since we are referring to the principal deliberative policymaking and democratic organ of the United Nations. Revitalization is an integral part of the comprehensive reform …
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its gratitude to Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, for trading the tranquillity of The Hague for the bustle of this city to introduce the Court’s report.
The presence of the President at the meetings of the Ass…
I would like at the outset to welcome this High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. It has special significance because it is part of the preparatory process for the Monterrey Consensus follow-up, which will be held in Doha in late 2008. We hope that the Conference will be the beginning of …
The world today is one in which many actors and forces intersect. It is a world where new problems and contradictions are emerging and old ones are reappearing, where conflicts of all kinds arise as a result of a variety of causes, where environmental
crisis seems inevitable and where the scourges …
Allow me to begin by congratulating the 192nd Member State, Montenegro, upon its accession to membership of the United Nations.
On 5 November, elections will be held in Nicaragua to elect its new Government. This session is therefore occurring at an appropriate moment for taking stock, before our o…
Permit me at the outset to congratulate the Secretary-General and his collaborators on the drafting of the report on the prevention of armed conflict (A/60/891) before us at this meeting. That document meets a very deeply felt need in today’s world, because prevention is one of the main obligations …
First, I would like to thank the President for convening this meeting, which enables us to debate the reform of this main body of the United Nations, the Security Council. The Council has the primary responsibility of maintaining international peace and security and acting on behalf of all Member St…
Nicaragua is attending this important United Nations forum with determination and enthusiasm to reaffirm its political commitment regarding a threat which
knows no borders, which makes no human distinctions of any kind, and which directly affects the incipient development of our Central American re…
We wish to associate ourselves with the statement made by the delegation of Guyana on behalf of the Rio Group and with the statement made by the representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77.
Nicaragua welcomes this High-level Dialogue on Migration and Development and deems it particu…
My delegation was pleased to join the consensus on the resolution just adopted. We would like, however, to express one reservation with regard to the text. The
fourth preambular paragraph of the resolution contains the term “sexual and reproductive health”. The Republic of Nicaragua would like to r…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Central American Integration System: Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and my own country, Nicaragua.
I wish first to thank the Secretary-General for his consolidated report, entitle…
I would like to say that I share the pain of the people and Government of El Salvador in connection with the difficulties caused by the hurricane. I hope that they will be able to overcome those problems.
Nicaragua is not only a country of lakes and volcanoes; it is also a country full of young peo…
The struggle for democracy being waged by Nicaragua has transcended our borders, arousing feelings of solidarity and support in different parts of the world. The Nicaraguan people raised their voice and they were heard by Central America. From there, with the added strength of the seven fraternal co…
We support the process of fully reforming the United Nations. Reform for reform’s sake is not what this is about, nor is it about increasing or reducing the membership of specific bodies to fill or save physical space. What we need are tangible results, otherwise we will have lost precious opportuni…
On behalf of the Central American Integration System, I extend our condolences to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama after the disastrous events that have caused such suffering. We express our solidarity with the families affected and with the people and Government of the United States of America.
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We have listened very closely to the various statements that have been made regarding future prospects for international cooperation and its link to the Millennium Development Goals. We have also heard about the international financing mechanisms that must be perfected to improve living standards, t…
For the twentieth year in a row, the General Assembly will deliver its judgement and demand an end to the criminal and inhumane blockade against the heroic, generous people and Government of Cuba. Yet again, we have heard a representative of the United States of America attempt to justify that which…
Nicaragua will explain why it is going to vote in favour of draft resolution A/65/L.3, presented by comrade Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, whom we thank for having updated the General Assembly on the harm and damage that President Barack Obama’s Administration contin…
