I am here today on behalf of the Government and the peoples of my country, Suriname, to express, pledge and celebrate solidarity — solidarity with the Governments and the peoples of the African continent, our sisters and brothers, who — as their leaders stated during the general debate — are determi…
What a privilege it is for me to welcome the people and nation of the Swiss Confederation to the United Nations on behalf of the 34 States members of the Latin American and Caribbean Group.
To be admitted to the family of nations in the midst of the developments in today’s world is of extreme impor…
May I add my voice to those that have already, in the course of this debate, expressed words of praise and admiration for the President’s excellent leadership and initiative in organizing this timely and significant meeting. My delegation wishes also to associate itself with the statement delivered …
Suriname is very satisfied with the debate on agenda item 35 and its outcome, regarding the strengthening and consolidation of democracy, peace, security and the rule of law in our countries. Suriname attaches great importance to the strengthening and consolidation of new or restored democracies, an…
Having been involved in the preparatory process for the International Year of Volunteers, the Surinamese delegation is honoured and privileged to address the General Assembly today, on the occasion of the International Day of Volunteers and the closing of the International Year of Volunteers, 2001. …
My delegation cannot find the words to convey its sadness about the plane crash that occurred in a residential area in New York this morning. At moments like these, silence speaks for itself. The Government and the people of Suriname offer their heartfelt condolences to the families of all the victi…
On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Suriname, I would like first of all to join previous speakers in extending my congratulations to Mr. Harri Holkeri on his assumption of the presidency of the fifty-fifth Millennium session of the General Assembly.
Allow me also to pay tribut…
I take pleasure in informing the General Assembly that a new, democratically elected Government was recently installed in the Republic of Suriname, which I have the honour to represent at this unique occasion of the Millennium Summit of the United Nations, which has brought together the largest gath…
I apologize for taking the floor once more.
I would like to draw the Assembly's attention to the seventh and eleventh preambular paragraphs and to operative 8 of the resolution just adopted on the subject of globalization. In these paragraphs we again see the same mistake, namely, that the phrase “…
Let me first thank the Rapporteur for the excellent work that has been done, and take this opportunity to draw the attention of the Assembly to some matters that were previously raised in the Second Committee.
We are a little bit disturbed that although we twice took the floor in the Committee to p…
I have the honour to address the Assembly in this debate on agenda item 32 on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Allow me at the outset to express the appreciation of CARICOM to the representative of Peru for introducing draft resolution A/54/L.13, entitled “Cooper…
I have the honour to address this meeting on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts an…
The Republic of Suriname is, as it was last year, one of the sponsors of the draft resolution on support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote
In the short history of Suriname as an independent nation, the democratic process has been interrupted at least twice. These…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to extend sincere greetings and words of praise to the President of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch, and at the same time to thank him most heartily for all his efforts towards the sport movement in my country. Allow me, at the…
I wish, on behalf of my delegation, to take this opportunity during the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of International Youth Year to add the voice of our youth to the useful contributions we have heard so far. I am very impressed with the statements young people have made at these special c…
We were deeply shocked when we heard about the earthquake that took place last night in the Republic of Indonesia. On behalf of the Government and people of Suriname I offer our deepest sympathy to the victims and their families on this sad occasion.
On behalf of the Government and people of the Re…
The delegation of Suriname voted this year in favour of the
The decision to vote in favour was prompted by the positive trend prevailing in the world today, which is supported by the United Nations and subscribed to by the Government of Suriname, to solve problems through dialogue, cooperation and …
The proclamation by the United Nations of the International Year of the Family has offered all Governments and non-governmental organizations the opportunity to highlight the importance of the family, increase awareness of family issues, strengthen national efforts to respond to problems affecting t…
On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Suriname, I take great pleasure in welcoming you, Sir, to the presidency of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. You bring to your high office great experience as a skilled diplomat, experience which will be useful in this epoch-…
The delegation of the Republic of Suriname
congratulates you most warmly. Sir, upon your election to the presidency of
the forty-seventh session of the General Assembly. You bring to that high
post a wealth of experience and dedication, qualities that augur well for a
successful accomplishment o…
