On behalf of the people and the Government of Solomon Islands, I am honoured to address this forum. The Summit of the Future is convened against the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Progress is slowing. The multilateral system and the international financial architecture are out…
On behalf of the Credentials Committee, I have the honour to introduce the report of the Credentials Committee concerning the credentials of the representatives to the seventy- eighth session of the General Assembly, contained in document A/78/605.
The Committee had before it two communications, re…
At the outset, my delegation acknowledges the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, and thanks the Secretary-General for the report highlighting the impacts of the embargo on Cuba (A/78/84).
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the rep…
I bring greetings from the people of Solomon Islands to this Hall.
We reaffirm our commitment to the principles of this 78-year-old Organization for a world of peace and shared prosperity, progress through partnership and a sustainable future with dignity and liberty.
The people of Solomon Islands…
Solomon Islands aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Tonga on behalf of the States of the Pacific Islands Forum and by the representative of the Federated States of Micronesia on behalf of the Pacific small island developing States (see A/77/PV.64).
I have the honour …
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Asia- Pacific States. At the outset, we would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. We…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening us today to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This year we are also celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
I wish to thank the Secretary-General f…
On behalf of the Government and people of Solomon Islands, let me first convey my warmest greetings to the President and the members of the General Assembly. It is indeed very humbling to stand here today to address the Assembly at its seventy-seventh session as sovereign equals. I take this opportu…
It is my utmost honour and privilege to introduce the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, His Excellency Mr. Manasseh Sogavare, to address the United Nations General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session via a pre-recorded statement.
I wish to extend greetings to His Excellency Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba, who is in attendance here today.
I wish to say, in explanation of vote after the voting on agenda item 42, that Solomon Islands today voted in favour of resolution 75/289, entitled ““Nec…
At this opening debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, I have the pleasure of introducing a pre-recorded video statement by the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Mr. Manasseh Sogavare.
The Government and the people of Solomon Islands join me in congratulating Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. His wealth of experience will serve the United Nations well as he leads us through the Assembly’s agenda, and I wa…
At the outset, allow me, on behalf of my Government and the people of Solomon Islands, to convey our warmest greetings to
the President and the members of the General Assembly. We offer our warmest congratulations to the President on her election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-…
Amid all the challenges and calamities that have gripped our world, the hosting of a peace summit is fitting and timely and rightly marks the centenary of the birth of a beacon of humanity, Nelson Mandela.
As global leaders, we have the ultimate responsibility to ensure that the generations that su…
As Chair of the Asia- Pacific States Group, Solomon Islands has the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group, to express both our appreciation for the service of His Excellency Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, and our most heartfelt
congratulations to Her Excellency Ms. Michelle Bachelet o…
Solomon Islands also has something to share on peacebuilding and sustaining peace, thanks to our own experience of the atrocities of armed conflict following a lapse in security in the late 1990s. It was the result of a complex set of interrelated issues that included a fast-growing population, slow…
I would like to add to those of others the congratulations of my delegation to Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. His great experience and wisdom as a diplomat will guide our work going forward in this session. I assure him that fo…
I have the honour to deliver this explanation of position following the adoption of the United Nations Oceans Conference call for action (resolution 71/312) on behalf of the 12 Pacific small island developing States.
At the outset, I would like to offer our congratulations and heartfelt thanks to t…
Solomon Islands would like to exercise its right of reply to the statement made by the representative of Indonesia on 24 September, regarding the ongoing human rights violations of the Melanesian people in West Papua (see A/71/PV.21).
Solomon Islands notes Indonesia’s right of reply regarding the e…
At this seventy- first session, it is indeed an honour to see a fellow Pacific islander elected for the first time as President of the General Assembly. Mr. Peter Thomson brings to the position qualities of experience, personality and leadership that are known in this Hall. Solomon Islands would lik…
