The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela fully aligns itself with the statements made by the representatives of Egypt and Yemen on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77 and China, respectively. Likewise, we thank the President of the General Assembly for convening thes…
At the outset, we wish to thank the Plurinational Republic of Bolivia for its initiative and its leadership. We should also like to thank all the States that have spoken in favour of resolution 64/292.
Today we have seized the opportunity to provide an adequate response to the 1.2 billion people wh…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) on the occasion of commemorating a special and historic event for the United Nations, namely, the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration on the …
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to express its appreciation to the delegations of the United Mexican States and the Republic of Italy for their commendable advocacy of this important meeting. We would also like to extend our words of appreciation to the President of…
The delegation of Venezuela aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Chile on behalf of the Rio Group.
Allow me, on behalf of the Venezuelan people and Government, to express our sincere gratitude for the convening of this plenary meeting on HIV/AIDS as an expression of the in…
I will be very brief because the explanation given by the representative of Cuba allows me to leave out major details. I should like, however, to reiterate our request to the Government of the United States to expedite the extradition requested by our Government on the basis of the treaties and conv…
Madam President, we would like to congratulate you on presiding over the work of the Council this month and to wish you every success in your work. We would also like to greet the Chairs of the subsidiary committees of this Council who today have given us their valuable briefings on the subject at h…
Today, as we celebrate the first anniversary of International Mother Earth Day, I express my gratitude to the brother Plurinational State of Bolivia for this initiative. A year ago, the General Assembly, by its resolution 63/278, proclaimed 22 April as International Mother Earth Day. Today, we not o…
The Government and the people of Venezuela are in mourning owing to the terrible catastrophe that Haiti is experiencing. We would
like to reiterate our condolences over the loss of the lives of thousands of Haitians and also the deaths of citizens of other nations and United Nations personnel.
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I would like to thank the President very much for facilitating this High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. My delegation would like to associate itself with the statements to be made by the representatives of Yemen, on behalf of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China, and Chile, on behalf of th…
Ten years after the World Summit at which the Millennium Development Goals were approved, the results are disappointing. The fulfilment of the Goals is seriously threatened. Most developed countries have not fulfilled the commitment of allocating 0.7 per cent of their gross national income to offici…
At the outset, the delegation of Venezuela wishes to congratulate and thank Namibia for its direction of the Kimberley Process during its chairmanship. We would also like to congratulate the Democratic Republic of the Congo on having been elected Vice-Chair of that mechanism.
My delegation has take…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to explain to the General Assembly its vote on resolution 64/72, adopted under agenda item 76, on sustainable fisheries, including in the context of the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Con…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela wishes to explain its vote on draft resolution A/64/L.18 and A/64/L.18/Corr.1, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its commitment to cooperating with efforts and initiatives to promote coordin…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela wishes to take this opportunity to reaffirm the importance it attaches to the subject of the oceans and the law of the sea. We cannot ignore the role played by the oceans and seas in meeting our food needs. Nor can we ignore the fact that they constitute a centra…
Venezuela supports the draft resolutions before the Assembly today and thus aligns itself with the statement by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (see A/64/PV.51).
The Government and people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela join in the clamour …
My delegation aligns itself with the statements made by the Algerian representative on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Mexican representative on behalf of the Rio Group (see A/64/PV.48).
We meet in this historic Hall to discuss one of the most important topics on the agenda of this Organ…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its most sincere gratitude to the delegations of Japan and Jordan for the constructive, open and flexible manner in which they conducted the negotiations on draft resolution A/64/L.61 and for their tireless efforts to accommodate the concerns of all del…
My delegation wishes to speak concerning resolution 64/199, entitled “Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States”.
We wish to confirm the commitment of the Boli…
We wish to support the proposal to defer consideration of this item for reasons that we have already sufficiently explained. Hence, we are also of the view that this item should be considered at the next regular session of the General Assembly.