Last March we attended the conference in Copenhagen. Together, we decided on priorities and goals, and the Social Summit formulated a consensus strategy that generated the political will indispensable to the promotion of the human dimension of development as a priority objective, in particular in or…
My delegation has attached great importance to the commemoration of the United Nations Year for Tolerance. In 1994, we co-sponsored resolution 49/213,
As the Charter of the United Nations states in its preamble, “to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours” …
Practically since the very beginning of independence, in the nineteenth century, Latin America has demonstrated a clear desire for development of the institutions of the region. We can say, without exaggerating, that in many cases the region has been an active pioneer in the promotion of an importan…
The coming weeks will see the third anniversary of the work of the Open-ended Working Group. The delegation of Peru would like to stress the considerable progress achieved during this time, as we are convinced that, between the adoption of resolution 47/62 in 1992 and the second report before us tod…
My name is Enrique Otero, and I am President of the National Sports Council of Peru.
My country has a rich tradition dating from the era of the Inca empire, an empire which occupied a large part of South America and which maintained its unity for many centuries thanks to a system of communication b…
Over the last 10 years, the objectives of International Youth Year have not changed. However, owing to political, economic, social and cultural changes, the relevant needs and interests are now different.
My delegation is aware that the best way of celebrating the tenth anniversary of International…
I shall be very brief at this stage in the debate.
It is important for the General Assembly to have the following clarification.
The accords which may exist in terms of demarcation between Peru and Ecuador were in due course submitted to arbitration agreed upon by both countries. The arbitration t…
In his statement to the General Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Galo Leoro, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, referred to incidents that had taken place between our two countries at the beginning of the year and to the continuing differences between us in our bilateral relations. In this regard,…
Mr. President, on this important occasion, allow me to extend the congratulations of the people and Government of Peru upon your distinguished and well-deserved election to preside over the work of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. We are confident that your broad experience and ability …
My delegation welcomes the submission of draft resolution A/49/L.66. We wish to state that we attach special importance to the World Week of Peace to begin
For international peace and cooperation to be achieved among peoples, in conformity with respect for the principles of the Charter, the interna…
I have the honour to introduce to the General Assembly for its consideration a draft resolution entitled “The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti”, contained in document A/49/L.40. I do so in my capacity as Chairman of the Latin American and Caribbean Group of States, which is a sponsor…
My country is serving as current Chairman of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States. We would like to inform the members of the General Assembly that our candidates are Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica and Panama.
I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Peru, Mr. Fernando Guillén.
I take pleasure in introducing draft resolution A/49/L.7, "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Latin American Economic System", which is sponsored by all the me…
At the outset allow me to express our support for the statement made by the Ambassador of Paraguay on behalf of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
We have come here today to reaffirm the importance of the family as the basic building-block of society, the social group in which the hu…
I should like sincerely to congratulate Mr. Essy on his election as president over the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. His country and mine maintain friendly diplomatic relations and close links strengthened by the historic ties between Africa and Latin America. I wish him success in hi…
The gathering that we are attending today is designed to gauge the true dimensions and political significance of the issue of the campaign against drug trafficking on the overall agenda of the United Nations. We are here to give fresh political impetus to the issue of drugs within the General Assemb…
Yesterday, 5 October, the Foreign Minister of our sister Republic of Ecuador, Mr. Diego Paredes Peña, made a statement in which he rightly made extended reference to the cordial relations between our two countries and to recent initiatives by the Governments of Peru and of Ecuador in their shared de…
I am pleased to
introduce the draft resolution "Cooperation between the United Nations and the
Latin American Economic System", in document A/47/L.7, sponsored by 27 States
members of the Latin American Economic System (SELA).
The main objective of the draft resolution is to strengthen and broad…
My delegation voted in favour of all the draft resolutions with regard to the question ofNamibia, con- sistent with its position in favour of putting an end to South Africa'silteg.~1occupation of Namibia and of enabling the Namibianpeople to accede to indepen- dence. We should like, however, to poin…
The delegatioI) of Peru ".,.'ill vote in favour ofdraft resolution A/37/L.48. However, we shou'd like to register our objection regarding the meaning that might be attributed to paragraph 5-even in its new version-and to paragraph 9. In view of the gravity and the continued deterioration ofthe situa…
