I wish to announce that the delegation of Panama is withdrawing the candidacy of Mr. Oscar Ceville, while reaffirming that of Mr. Cesar Pereira Burgos.
All of those who have spoken before me emphasized the fact that we have spent seven years going to and fro in the hope of reforming the Security Council. Listening to our discussions one could get the impression that we all agree that we must undertake a profound transformation of this United Nation…
Allow me to convey to you, Mr. President, the warm congratulations of Her Excellency, Mireya Moscoso, President of the Republic of Panama, together with those of her Government and the people of my country, on your election to serve as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. Yo…
Designated by Her Excellency Ms. Mireya Moscoso, President of the Republic of Panama, I would like to convey sincere greetings and congratulations to the Co- Presidents of the Millennium Summit and to His Excellency Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose efforts for this Organization we would like to a…
The delegation of Panama endorses the statement delivered by the delegate from Guyana, who spoke on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on the issue of the International Year of Older Persons. We would like, in our turn, to report to the Assembly on the policies we have developed in our country for …
In its capacity as this year’s Coordinator of the Rio Group, the delegation of Panama is honoured to speak on agenda item 160, “Global implications of the year 2000 date conversion problem of computers”. The member States of the Rio Group wish to express their appreciation to the Secretary-General, …
At the outset, we wish to express our heartfelt condolences and solidarity to the peoples of the Caribbean because of the suffering being experienced today in places such as Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Maarten, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic due to Hurricane Georges, whic…
The President of the Republic of Panama, Mr. Ernesto Pérez Balladares, invited the entities using the Canal, private-sector shipping concerns and the Governments interested in the use of the Canal to contribute ideas regarding the future of the Panama Canal at a gathering called the Universal Congre…
Panama has co-sponsored draft resolution A/52/L.4, thus reiterating our support for the ideas and purposes that are the basis for the UNESCO initiative
Since the wise opinion that wars begin in the minds of men was incorporated in the Constitution of UNESCO in 1946, reality has shown that eradicati…
The tragedy of the millions of human beings who are suffering the ravages of poverty affects Panama very deeply. This is a deplorable scourge which has reached intolerable levels. Those of us present here are facing the shameful paradox of having produced the highest level of wealth ever known to ma…
The Government of Panama has faithfully supported United Nations actions for the development of Africa. Today’s discussion of the mid-term review of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the l990s (UN-NADAF), gives my delegation an opportunity once agai…
By resolution 50/12, the General Assembly supported the convening of the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal and requested the Secretary-General to report on
During the debate on the resolution, which took place during the fiftieth session of the General Assembly, on 7 November 1995, delegations…
The delegation of Panama wishes to join in the very warm congratulations that the President has already received from the speakers who have preceded me. His well-deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session attests to his skills and personal merits, and at the sa…
I am grateful to you, Sir, for your initiative in convening this meeting of the Security Council.
The delegation of Panama sees today’s debate as a good opportunity to express its support for including the question of anti-personnel land-mines in the consideration of peace-keeping, in both conceptu…
My delegation welcomes the fact that the General Assembly at its fiftieth session is returning to agenda item 40, “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”. This item has always been of interest to my delegation; that interest is the expression of the value we place …
The unfortunate events and suffering inflicted upon Lebanon in recent days prompt us to turn to the victims and their bereaved with expressions of deep solidarity and sorrow. We transmit those feelings to the people and the Government of Lebanon through His Excellency the President of the Lebanese R…
The peoples of the United Nations that participated in the World Summit for Social Development at Copenhagen
Our participation in the Copenhagen Summit left us with a realization based on social ethics: that we cannot solve social problems while allowing the vulnerable, the most disadvantaged and t…
The item entitled “Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic” is of interest to my delegation because Panama is a maritime country flanked by two seas, including the Atlantic, and because the Government of Panama is preparing for the holding of a Universal Congress on the Panama Canal. On …
Our colleague from Peru has given us an excellent introduction to draft resolution A/50/L.16, of which Panama is a sponsor and which we hope the General Assembly will adopt by consensus.
My delegation’s statement on this item is in keeping with Panama’s adherence to the goals of the Latin American …
It is a great honour for me to speak before the General Assembly, as representative of my country, on
This is a doubly significant honour because this is the year that the United Nations is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, 50 years during which it has accomplished a very difficult though noble…
