That we are meeting at this level, in these unprecedented numbers, is an unmistakable manifestation of our belief in the capacity of the United Nations to be the effective catalyst for peace and progress, for freedom and justice, for inclusiveness and dignity for and among nations and for all people…
We thank you very much, Mr. President, for your revisions, of which we have taken note.
I should like, however, to refer to paragraph 11 and to make a very slight suggestion. I wish to put forward for the Assembly’s consideration the recommendation that in the third line of that paragraph, right af…
I am indeed pleased and privileged to participate in these plenary meetings of the General Assembly on the follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons. I also wish to associate myself with the statement of Guyana, made on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The aged have worked long and h…
I wish to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its final session of the twentieth century and would like to assure you of the fullest cooperation of the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago as you discharge the duties entrusted to you by the Member States of th…
It gives me great pleasure to extend to Mr. Didier Opertti warmest congratulations on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on his election as President of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly. Trinidad and Tobago is indeed heartened to see one of its regional ne…
On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, I have the distinct pleasure and honour to extend sincere congratulations to you, Sir, and to the Government of Ukraine on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this fifty-second session. I am confide…
In March 1995, over 100 Heads of State or Government attended the World Summit for Social Development at Copenhagen, affirming the importance of this issue as an item of the highest priority on the international agenda and their determination to deal decisively with the challenge of achieving social…
It is a great honour for me to extend to Mr. Razali Ismail our warmest congratulations, on behalf of the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago, on his election as President of this session of the General Assembly.
As the United Nations begins the second half-century of its existence, and as the interna…
Trinidad and Tobago supported the resolution contained in document A/50/L.70 to register its abhorrence at the recent emergence of human tragedy which is being inflicted upon the people of the region, leading to the loss of innocent life. The attack on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UN…
It is a great honour for me to extend to you, Sir, warmest congratulations, on behalf of the delegation of Trinidad and Tobago, on your election as President of this session of the General Assembly. The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations and the urgent need to respond to a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 12 States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which are members of the United Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and my own …
I should like to offer congratulations and special greetings to Ambassador Essy on his unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I am confident that under his able leadership this session of the General Assembly is well placed to address successfully the important issues on its a…
On this great day, it is a signal honour for me, on behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, to welcome a free and democratic South Africa as a full participant in the General Assembly and in the activities of the United Nations as a whole.
In celebrating this…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 12 members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, the Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, S…
It is with immense pride that I congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of the Government and the people of Trinidad and Tobago, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. Your election to this important position is a tribute to the active and construc…
On behalf ofthe Government and people ofthe Republic of Trinidad and Tobago I congratulate Mr. Jorge Illueca on his election to the office of President of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly. My delegation is confident that his vast experience and skill, particularly in the United Nati…
Approxi- mately one year ago the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 1982 International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions a~ainst South Africa [resolution 36/172 B]. This year, however, there has been a flurry of activity on the part of the regime in Pretoria and certain Western count…
It is with very great pleasure that, on behalf of the Commonwealth Caribbean, I today welcome the delegation of Antigua
and~Barbuda to the United Nations and offer congratula- tions to the Government and people of this sister Carib- bean State upon its membership of this world body.
49. It says mu…
The delega- tion of Trinidad and Tobago voted in favour of the draft resolution.
306. We adopted that position despite the fact that the resolution contains several elements with which we are not in full agreement.
I should like, first of all, to extend to Ambassador von Wechmar, on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and on my own behalf, sincere con- gratulations and best wishes on hiselection to the presidency of this Assembly. His task is no easy one, for at this time…
