The delegation of Venezuela did not think that the representative of the United States was going to try, as she has, to justify the unjustifiable, to try to show that the United States has carried out legal proceedings that allow a convicted and confessed criminal to remain on its territory.
Allow …
Our delegation would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. We acknowledge the work that is being done by this body in its commitment to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
Our …
I have the honour to speak on this occasion on behalf of the States members of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). The members of this new organization of solidarity and transformation, are the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Honduras, Ni…
We would like to reiterate the reservations and observations that we expressed in the Conference when this outcome
document was adopted. We would express our support for the observations just made by the delegation of Cuba in this connection. Venezuela stresses the need for reform of the internatio…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has submitted draft resolution A/63/L.22, entitled “The world financial and economic crisis and its consequences”, because it is concerned by the profound impact of the financial crisis on the world economy and, in particular, its effects on developing countries …
On behalf of my Government, I would like to convey the support of the delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the leadership shown by Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann and to offer him the cooperation necessary for the success of this and future meetings on such important issues as intern…
Mr. President, it is an honour to speak for the first time in this forum under your leadership.
Last October, 184 Member States, in this forum, voted in favour of draft resolution A/62/L.1, entitled “Neccessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of…
For Venezuelans, Latin Americans and Caribbeans, it is an honour, Sir, to have you as President of the General Assembly at this session. No one is a more authentic Christian than a progressive Christian. It is a risky position and one which requires sacrifice for a person like yourself, whose life h…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela requests that this statement be fully included in the official records of this meeting. We also request that a footnote be included in the resolution to refer to the symbol of the corresponding record.
As this is the last meeting of the sixty-third session of th…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has joined consensus on draft resolution A/62/L.41/Rev.1, taking into account the changes mentioned earlier, and wishes to make the following comments.
We should like to underscore our concern at the trend for the Assembly to attempt to give an intergovernmental…
My delegation wishes to point out some differences between the Spanish version and the English version of draft resolution A/62/L.41/Rev.1.
The title in Spanish should conform to the English text, “Strengthening transparency in industries”, with the word “industries” in the plural. The sixth preamb…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela thanks the President of the General Assembly for holding this timely and important meeting. It gives us an opportunity to stress issues of principle and to make a number of observations in this Hall that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has already expressed …
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is delighted to take part in this current exhaustive review since it allows us, in a constructive spirit and out of a sense of social commitment, to refer to the achievements we have made as well as the challenges faced by our Government in seek…
We are here at this meeting of the General Assembly to hold a debate on human security, and the report of the Secretary-General (A/64/701) makes it possible for us to do so. Before I discuss some of our thoughts on the issue, I would like to express our concern about procedures used to carry out hum…
At the outset, our delegation associates itself with the important statements made by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by the representative of Mexico on behalf of the Rio Group. However, we wish to make several comments.
The Government of the Bol…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having granted me the floor — I do apologize. However, I feel obliged to speak again, despite the length of the meeting.
My delegation simply cannot understand why the United States is failing to comply with an extradition treaty. This is all the Bolivarian Republic of…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, upon your skilful presidency of the Security Council during March, and would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on the threats to international peace and security caused by terro…
My delegation would like to refer to the draft resolution contained in A/62/L.27 on agenda item 77 (a), “Oceans and the law of the sea”, on which the Assembly will soon be voting.
On this matter, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reaffirms its commitment to cooperating with efforts to promote co…
My delegation is taking the floor to explain its position with regard to the resolution 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”, as contained in do…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to refer to draft resolution A/62/L.24, entitled “Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating…
