The Government of the Republic of El Salvador is convinced of the need to consider the subject of a culture of peace at this plenary meeting, bearing in mind the reaffirmation of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace and the World Programme of Action for a Dialogue among Civi…
El Salvador fully endorses the statement of the Rio Group on this item.
The Government of El Salvador was committed to sending a high-level representative to this meeting to review the 10 years of the World Programme of Action for Youth: the Secretary of Youth, who holds a national office created i…
On behalf of the Government of El Salvador, allow me to express our gratitude for the holding of this High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. We have come here to reaffirm our determination to speed up our national efforts towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals. We would also li…
Allow me at the outset to express, on behalf of the Government and the people of El Salvador, and on my own account, our most sincere and most heartfelt condolences to the Holy See on the passing of the Supreme Pontiff, His Holiness Pope John Paul II. We also express our condolences to the Governmen…
My delegation welcomes this opportunity to speak on agenda item 35, “Culture of peace”.
The Government of El Salvador has attached particular importance to this item since we signed the 1992 Peace Accords at Chapultepec, Mexico. Salvadorans have embarked on a process of learning how to translate th…
Allow me to express to you, Mr. President, the satisfaction and honour of my delegation to speak on item 44 of the agenda of the current General Assembly, entitled “Culture of peace”, on behalf of the member States of the Central American Integration System (SICA): Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican …
I should like at the outset fully to associate myself with the statement made by Ambassador Bruno Stagno Ugarte, the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, who addressed the plenary this afternoon on behalf of all the members of the Central American Integration System, of which we are a member.
Du…
I wish to begin my statement by congratulating you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation for the way in which you are presiding over this very important United Nations organ this month, at a momentous time for the future of international relations and, in particular, for the Organization, the highest exp…
The item on the situation in Central America has been under consideration by the General Assembly since 1983, at a time when the region was in the throes of a political crisis. Internal conflicts in certain countries had not only led to instability and confrontation within and among the countries of…
My delegation is pleased to be able to participate in the debate on agenda item 24, entitled “Culture of peace”, on behalf of the countries members of the Central American Group and of the Dominican Republic. Consideration of this item is particularly relevant today, at a time when the international…
While reaffirming our support for the statement made by Costa Rica on 14 October on behalf of the Rio Group, we would like to take this opportunity to make additional comments on the subjects under consideration.
My delegation believes that joint consideration of the report of the Security Council …
Allow me to express, on behalf of the people and the Government of El Salvador, our most sincere congratulations to the President on being elected to conduct the work of this session of the General Assembly.
Likewise, we would like to express our recognition to Mr. Han Seung-soo for the successful …
I should like, through you, Sir, to thank the Secretary-General for his important report on the situation in Central America, contained in document A/56/416, which sets out the progress achieved by the countries of the region in their efforts to promote peace, freedom, democracy and sustainable deve…
We congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at this session and wish you every success in fulfilling your mandate. Our appreciation also goes to Mr. Harri Holkeri for his work at the last session.
We wish to convey to our Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, our si…
Allow me to express the satisfaction of my delegation at having the opportunity to participate in the consideration of agenda item 28, “Culture of peace”. The Government of El Salvador believes that this issue is fundamental to advancing towards the construction of an international environment favou…
I take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Han on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. I wish him and the other members of the Bureau every success in carrying out their mission, especially since their term comes at the time of an exceptionally difficul…
I wish first of all, Mr. President, to thank you for your expression of condolences in connection with the second earthquake to shake my country in less than a month, and for your plea to the international community to furnish the needed emergency assistance. I take this opportunity also to thank th…
I should like to convey to you, Mr. President, the gratitude of the Government of El Salvador for the prompt convening of this meeting of the General Assembly to consider, within the framework of item 20(b) of the agenda of the fifty-fifth session, the draft resolution entitled “Assistance to El Sal…
Allow me, through you, Sir, to extend my thanks to the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Central America, contained in document A/55/465, which gives us important elements that contribute to the current debate.
When the General Assembly first considered the agenda item entitled “…
Reform initiatives to make the United Nations more effective, transparent and representative have been an almost permanent fixture on the agenda of our Organization since the earliest years. There have been some limited results, particularly in areas that do not run counter to the national, politica…
