The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela wishes to take the floor of the General Assembly to thank the Secretary- General for his report on the work of the Organization (A/60/1).
We also take this opportunity to express our support for the statement made by the delegation of Jamaica o…
At the end of the first five years of the third millennium, this Organization must go through a phase of maturity after sixty years of life, enough time to have formed a collective understanding of the major problems still facing mankind and to find the most effective ways to address them. Recent fa…
These have been very bright, warm days in New York. In contrast, however, the decision with regard to the outcome document, which may very possibly be endorsed in the next few minutes, will be a rather grim one. It was conceived in darkness and brought forth from the shadows to be approved here, in …
The assessment that we can make today of the Millennium Summit and the Monterrey Consensus in the light of the facts is not
very encouraging. Poverty and inequality continue to grow unchecked in many countries, and inequality grows, in particular, between countries and between regions. One horrifyi…
The delegation of Venezuela has been truly astonished at the surprising manner in which a document of 35 pages — provided only in English, thereby making it impossible to familiarize oneself with its contents in any other language — has been adopted. It would seem physically impossible to adopt such…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela supported draft resolution A/59/L.65. We would like to state for the record, however, that we are already in the process of implementing national plans in the area of human rights education. The World Programme for Human Rights Education, as adopted through the p…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is prepared to endorse draft resolution A/59/L.63, which is before us for adoption, with a deep sense of solidarity with small island developing States.
Our delegation wishes to state that it dissociates itself from the content of operative par…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to invoke the preamble of the Charter of the United Nations. Its authors spoke not just of States and nations, but of “We the peoples of the United Nations”. Let us therefore heed the voice of the socio-political actor who, after centuries of colonial …
Through summit diplomacy, the 1990s created a framework for diagnosing, establishing and implementing a body of international conclusions that focused strictly on issues relating to development. Throughout the entire decade, the developed and developing countries moved towards consensus, sometimes r…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela endorses the statements made by the Permanent Representative of Egypt on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, the representative of Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and the Permanent Representative of Uruguay on behalf of the Southern…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela aligns itself with the statements made this morning by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, by the representative of Yemen on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by the representative of Brazil on behalf of the Southern Common Ma…
Although it joined in the consensus adoption of draft resolution A/59/L.61, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela wishes to put on record that the matters to which paragraph 4 (b) refers as subjects to be focused upon by the interactive round tables do not adequately reflect the key issue that cuts a…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in speaking today on the subject of terrorism, would like to reiterate its condemnation of that perennial global scourge. We have expressed our categorical condemnation of such acts, whether acts of State terrorism or other types of terrorism committed by non-St…
First of all, we wish to express the condolences of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
to the authorities of the Vatican and the Holy See as well as to Catholic peoples the world over. We also express our condolences to the head of State of Monaco and to his family on the passing of Prince Rainie…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in connection with agenda item 77. I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the
Government and the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to convey our most heartfelt condolences …
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to be part of the consensus on draft resolution A/59/L.38, entitled “A Fair Globalization: Creating Opportunities for All; report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization”. However, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela considers…
The fifteenth Andean Presidential Council, which brought together Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and my country, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, instructed the Foreign Ministers of our countries, through the mandate of the Declaration of San Francisco de Quito, to include an additional subject on the…
First of all, I should like to reaffirm to the Palestinian people the solidarity of the people and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the light of their deep sorrow following the death of President Yasser Arafat, who was their example in the struggle for a free and sovereign S…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is in full agreement with the statement made by Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the statement made by the representative of Brazil on behalf of the Rio Group. Nonetheless, we would like to add some considerations
on the important subject present…
My delegation would like to refer to draft resolution A/59/L.22, under agenda item 49, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, which is before the Assembly for consideration and on which a vote will shortly be taken.
The delegation of Venezuela wishes once again to underscore its commitment to co…
