I thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and the Director of the Coordination Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, for their timely and insightful briefings.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is delighted that, since assuming the chair of the Com…
At the outset, I would like to acknowledge the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mali, who will join us via video-teleconference. I thank Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for his insightful overview of the operations of the United Nations Multidim…
Before I begin, I would also like to express my country’s solidarity with the Government and people of Haiti 10 years after the devastating earthquake and express our condolences to the Government and people of the Niger.
We thank you, Mr. President, for acknowledging those events with moments of s…
Our decision to vote in favour of resolution 2504 (2020) was driven by a deep sense of urgency to provide much- needed humanitarian support to the Syrian people. There are no perfect solutions regarding this complex matter of competing concerns and interests. That calls for acute judgment in all cir…
The many-sided complexities, contradictions and challenges manifest in the global political economy and system of international relations conspire to demand, more than ever, a United Nations fit for the purpose of ensuring a multilateral, rules-based international order of peace, security, prosperit…
First, allow me to extend my warmest congratulations to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. Our thanks also go to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, for his insightful briefing. We express our su…
It is my honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the L.69 group — a diverse, pro-reform group of developing countries that are in favour of justice, sovereignty and equity in the reform of the Security Council, both in process and in outcome.
I wish to begin by expressing our gratitude for th…
Permit me to take this opportunity to extend fraternal greetings to His Excellency Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines reaffirms our unwavering support for and solidarity with him and the revolutionary Governmen…
As Robert Nesta Marley, a great poet of our Caribbean civilization, once paraphrased the Book of Psalms in song, “the stone that the builder refuse, will always be the head cornerstone”. As it was in biblical and musical verse, so it is in modern geopolitics. Small island developing States (SIDS), i…
Our delegation would like to express its gratitude to the Security Council and the Secretariat for the preparation of the annual report for the period 1 January to 31 December 2018, contained in document A/73/2.
The submission of the annual report speaks to the Security Council’s important duty to …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the L.69 group, a diverse, pro-reform group of developing countries in favour of justice, sovereignty and equity in the reform of the Security Council both in process and in outcome.
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting, the second plenary…
Permit me to take this opportunity to welcome His Excellency Mr. Jorge Arreaza Montserrat, Minister for Popular Power of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and to express to him solidarity with the people and the duly-elected Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela d…
At the outset, permit me the opportunity to convey appreciation to Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for the briefing on the situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has been monitoring very closely the recent developments in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezu…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines congratulates the Dominican Republic, a member of our Caribbean family, on raising this important discussion in the Security Council
We would like to align ourselves with the statement delivered by the representative of Barbados on behalf of the Caribbean Community,…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the L.69 group, a diverse group of countries — the majority of which are small States from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific — that are united by a common cause, namely, the need to achieve lasting and comprehensive reform of the Secur…
I come to the rostrum today to reiterate our well-known position in favour of draft resolution A/73/L.3, as presented by the Cuban delegation.
We align ourselves fully with the statements made earlier on behalf of the Caribbean Community, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, the Group of 77 and C…
One decade ago, the world was convulsed by a cataclysmic collapse of its economic order. The devastating global economic and financial crisis began in the boardrooms of greedy banks and spread worldwide, with a rapidity that exposed the shortcomings of an unethical and unregulated international fina…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is situated in what has been called a zone of peace, and we owe our continued peaceful existence to a robust body of international law and the United Nations. But it was not always so. The genocide of all native peoples by the colonial Powers and the atrocity of slav…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the L.69 group — a diverse group of countries made up largely of small States from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific that are united by the common cause of achieving lasting and comprehensive reform of the Security Council.
We appreci…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the L.69, a diverse group of developing countries from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and the Pacific that are united by the common cause of achieving lasting and comprehensive reform of the Security Council.
In your accepta…
