First of all I wish to convey a cordial and warm greeting to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, who is present today — both on my own behalf and on the behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has firmly and repeatedly rejected the …
The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela wishes to express its view that outer space should be considered the common heritage of humankind, with respect to which no nation has or should have authority to claim subjective rights or to seek to create unilateral privileges. We are of the …
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela fully supports the statement made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We would like, however, to make a few comments regarding our Government’s position on this important agenda item.
The report of the Secretary-General contain…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela fully agrees with the attention being given to issues involving threats to international peace and security such as the situation in Iraq, the situation in the Middle East, the question of Haiti and the general situation in Africa. Not only have those issues char…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for introducing his report on the work of the Organization (A/59/1). The report is an outstanding and useful document, and I shall refer to some of its contents momentarily.
I would once again li…
On behalf of the Government of Hugo Chávez Frías and the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I wish to pay tribute to the President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly and wish him every success in his leadership during the session.
I also take this opportunity to place o…
There are moments we can describe as historical turning points, when nations and peoples must decide which side they are on. This is one of these moments, when history will judge us and examine if we were democratic leaders that represented the will of our peoples.
It is clear that the peoples of t…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has carefully examined the draft resolution under consideration, which we sponsored. We believe that it reflects the principles and objectives underpinning and guiding the development of the Non-Aligned Movement, of which we are a member. From that perspective, i…
The harmful impact of traffic of rough diamonds on fuelling armed conflict is increasingly evident. Since the topic was first considered by the United Nations, significant progress has been made in the fight against the illegal trade of diamonds. Undoubtedly, the most important element has been the …
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela would like to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Wang Guangya, for having convened this important meeting to address the grave situation besetting our sister Caribbean country, Haiti. We are pleased that the Secretary-Genera…
My delegation wishes to explain its position in the forthcoming voting on the draft resolution entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, contained in document A/58/L.19.
The delegation of Venezuela wishes once again to place on record its commitment to supporting, as it has always done in the past,…
On behalf of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report entitled “Necessity of ending the
economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”.
Allow me at the outset to endorse ful…
Yesterday the delegation of Venezuela addressed the Assembly to acknowledge the Security Council’s efforts to improve the preparation of its report to the General Assembly, as many previous speakers have highlighted at this very meeting.
Today we intend to focus in the second part of our statement …
On behalf of my delegation, I thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador John Negroponte of the United States, for his introduction this morning of the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
The submission of the Council’s report always raises great expectations for my…
I would like first of all to express appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having designed the programme of work related to items allocated for discussion in plenary meetings in such a way as to ensure a comprehensive overview of the issues with which we are concerned. This is particularly true as…
I begin this speech with mixed emotions — happiness over the election of our friend Julian Hunte — Minister of our sister country in the Caribbean, Saint Lucia — as President of this body; and pain, because our United Nations lost one of its best people, as did Brazil, an exemplary member of one of …
The Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, a transcendental milestone in the collective effort to deal with a world scourge, is an example of cooperation in which the initiative of the United Nations demonstrates how multilateralism can contribute to combating scourges of global dimensions that affe…
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela welcomes the holding of this debate on an issue to which my country attaches singular importance, since it is part of a broader approach to the prevention and solution of conflicts and, at the same time, promotes the realization of the objective…
On behalf of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I would like to express my gratitude to the members of the Security Council for supporting the request made by a group of countries with regard to holding this open debate at a crucial moment that casts a shadow on the future of th…
My delegation would like to draw the attention of the Assembly to an omission in paragraph 76 of document A/C.5/57/L.49. It is true that my delegation, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, introduced draft resolution A/C.5/57/L.38. But, also in a formal meeting, we presented amendments to the dra…
