Today’s world is truly in a process of transition towards a new world order. Global change is accelerating, and the financial, energy, social and environmental crises have revealed the contradictions, conflicts and strategic interests of the great Powers, as well as the weaknesses of dependent count…
Our shared need and responsibility to strike the right balance between the development of our peoples through sustainable economic growth and respect for the Earth as a source of life have created a situation where action is urgent. We therefore recognize the importance of the concept of harmony nec…
I take the floor in order to voice, on behalf of the Group of Latin American States and Caribbean States, our great sadness and condolences at the tragic loss of the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his First Lady, the Deputy Foreign Minister, as well as other leaders and fig…
Allow me to express the satisfaction of the group of landlocked developing countries for the holding of the fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development, which is especially important in the light of the upcoming summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), to be held in September i…
Allow me to begin by extending the thanks of the delegation of Paraguay to Ambassador Thomas Mayr- Harting, Permanent Representative of Austria, for his introduction of the annual report of the Security Council (A/64/2) in his capacity as the President of the Security Council. We commend the Council…
We are pleased to be here as further testimony of the importance that my country and its Government attribute to the culture of peace.
Paraguay would like resolutely to uphold the noble mission of the United Nations and its Members in achieving a broad and in-depth understanding among the different…
At the outset, on behalf of the delegation of Paraguay I would like to say how pleased we are that Mr. d’Escoto Brockmann is presiding over this high-level plenary devoted to the midterm review of the Almaty Programme of Action, knowing that he comes from one of the three vulnerable groups of this O…
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the basis for Paraguay’s national goals as contained in our 2001 plan for growth with equity and our national strategy to reduce poverty and inequality. Paraguay has formulated its national policy for children and adolescents with the participation of soci…
At the outset, allow me to extend my delegation’s congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at the present session. We wish you every success and assure you of our support.
The Government of Paraguay expressed its traditional position on the issue befor…
The delegation of Paraguay welcomes the adoption of resolution 61/295, “Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”. Through our vote in favour, we supported that outcome, which was the culmination of a long negotiation process in which Paraguay participated in a constructive and supportive spi…
It is an honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean Group on this occasion, when we are paying posthumous tribute to two outstanding former Presidents of the Assembly. I am referring to Ms. Angie Elisabeth Brooks and Ambassador Gaston Thorn, Presidents of th…
It is an honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean Group as we pay a posthumous tribute to The Honourable John
Compton, who was Prime Minister of Saint Lucia for several terms.
Sir John Compton, whose career took him beyond the borders of Saint Lucia, beg…
This plenary meeting is devoted to consideration of agenda items 9 and 111, which pertain to the report of the Security Council (A/61/2) and the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council. Although both items are being considered independently, as …
At the outset, I should like to associate the delegation of Paraguay with the statement made this morning by the Minister of Health of Guyana on behalf of the Rio Group.
Paraguay has placed the HIV/AIDS problem on its national agenda, owing to the magnitude of the issue. In that connection, our 200…
Permit me at the outset to express, on behalf of the people and the Government of Paraguay, our heartfelt condolences to the people and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the criminal terrorist attacks committed on Wednesday in Amman, which claimed the lives of innocent civilians. …
I would like at the outset to welcome the efforts made so far to fulfil the commitments undertaken in the Monterrey Consensus of March 2002. We endorse the statement made by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and the statement …
On behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, over which I have the honour to preside, may I express our sincerest condolences at the recent passing of the President of Togo, Mr. Gnassingbé Eyadema, and the Prime Minister of Georgia, Mr. Zurab Zhvania, and to the people of Togo and …
Allow me at the outset, on behalf of the delegation of Paraguay, to thank Ambassador Andrey Denisov, Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), for his briefing and to congratulate him on the work he has been doing under the mandate entrusted to him by the Council on behalf of the States Mem…
It is an honour for Paraguay to participate in this important meeting commemorating the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The Paraguayan Government attaches special importance to the ICPD and follows it closely, because of its important recommend…
The Assembly is jointly considering agenda items 11 and 53, on the report of the Security Council and on the report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council.…
