Once again, we would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election.
My delegation wishes to register its regret and disappointment concerning the manner in which the proceedings of the General Committee were conducted on Wednesday 19 September on the question of Taiwan’s application to United Nat…
I would like to thank the President of the Assembly for convening this high-level meeting. We certainly recognize the vital role this gathering is playing as we work towards Doha.
My delegation would like, first of all, to associate itself with the statements presented by the State Minister for Eco…
I would like to begin by associating Solomon Islands with the statement delivered by the representative of Papua New Guinea on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum group of States. I would like to take this opportunity to make some general remarks in my national capacity in connection with sub-item (…
I bring warm greetings from the Government and the people of Solomon Islands. Allow me to begin by conveying my most heartfelt and sincere congratulations to you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Solomon Islands is confident that, as a result o…
I take this opportunity to congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her assumption of the presidency of the Assembly, and I assure her of the support and cooperation of Solomon Islands. My delegation would like to express its most sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report (A/61/…
First of all, as this is the first time we take the floor during this session, the delegation of Solomon Islands would like to congratulate you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session.
Solomon Islands would like to register its concern and disappoint…
My delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the prevention of armed conflict (A/60/891), for which we commend him. The report is comprehensive and
informative, as it presents the strengths of the Organization’s system as well as its gaps and identifies the responsibilities of Stat…
Security Council reform was one of the issues most referred to during the recent general debate. It has been with the
Assembly for the last 14 years, from the forty-eighth session to the sixty-second. My delegation is comforted by the current President’s commitment to take concrete action on Securi…
I wish to thank President Eliasson for having convened this meeting on reform of the Security Council.
The timing for this debate is right. Ten months ago, 170 of our Heads of State and Government met and called for reform of the Security Council.
Since the summit, we have adopted a number of impo…
Solomon Islands would like to associate itself with the statement made by the representative of Papua New Guinea on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum group of States and to take this opportunity to make some comments in its national capacity as a small island developing State with least-developed-…
My delegation would like to join others in congratulating you, Madam, on your election to preside over this important gathering.
International migration gives a human face to globalization. It defines and represents the global structure that divides the world between the industrialized North and th…
I bring warm greetings, Sir, from the Government and people of Solomon Islands, and I wish to congratulate the President on his election to lead the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I would like to assure him of Solomon Islands’ support and cooperation during his term in office as he guides…
My delegation wishes to refer to document A/60/250 and to register its disappointment in the manner in which the General Committee discussed the issue of the agenda. Solomon Islands, among other countries, was actually denied the opportunity to debate the inclusion of certain items on the agenda, an…
First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to extend our deepest sympathy to the Government and people of the United States for the tragic loss of life and property resulting from the recent hurricane in the Gulf States.
Allow me to congratulate Ambassador Eliasson on his assumption of the…
I would like to begin by associating this statement with the statement issued by Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on this agenda item.
This is the twentieth consecutive year that we have gathered in this Hall to urge our friend and partner the United States to lift its blockade agai…
I take the floor to speak on agenda item 41, “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”. My delegation begins first of all by associating this statement with the statement made by the representative of Yemen on behalf of …
I would like to begin by expressing the Solomon Islands’ condolences to the Holy See on the passing away of Pope John Paul II and to the Principality of Monaco on the demise of Prince Rainer III.
Thank you once again, Sir, for convening this series of meetings as we continue to pursue the challenge…
First, Palau wishes to associate itself with the expressions of condolence, sympathy and sadness for the loss to the world of His
Holiness Pope John Paul II and His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of the Principality of Monaco.
We also wish to associate ourselves now with the excellent statemen…
At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the Government and people of Solomon Islands, to convey to you our warm and sincere congratulations on your election as President of this session of the United Nations General Assembly. May I also take this opportunity to pay tribute to your predecessor, our col…
I present the warm wishes of the Government and people of Solomon Islands on the election of Mr. Julian Hunte as President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly. I also offer gratitude to his predecessor for presiding over the last session.
And we salute the Secretary-General for his …
