The topic we are considering today is from a political and institutional point of view one of the most important for the future of the United Nations. All of us are aware of
The United Nations has no substitute as a focal point for dialogue, cooperation and the promotion of a legal order capable of…
Allow me first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Central America, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 53/94. I share his analysis of the progress made by the Central American countries in the areas of peace, freedom, democracy and development.
In…
Multilateralism, represented by this Organization, is universally recognized as one of the best ways to promote solutions to common problems that, because of their nature and scope, require collective responses. It is for this reason that Venezuela shares the belief that there is a need for the Gene…
Venezuela, as a country that has the privilege of serving as headquarters for the Latin American Economic System (SELA), would like to reiterate its appreciation for the efforts made by the United Nations, through the specialized agencies of the system, to strengthen the cooperation and coordination…
My delegation would like to thank Ambassador Sergey Lavrov for introducing the report of the Security Council for the period June 1998 to June 1999 in his capacity as President of the Council for the month of October.
With regard to its substantive work, Venezuela reaffirms its support for the Secu…
We endorse the statements made by Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by Mexico on behalf of the Rio Group. Venezuela would like to emphasize the priority that it attaches to focusing on social issues, both at the national and international levels.
We are pleased that social issues ha…
Venezuela fully supports the statement made on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and is pleased to join in the expressions of gratitude to Ambassador Julia Tavares de Alvarez for her extraordinary contribution to policies benefiting older persons.
Venezuela is also very pleased to participate in…
Although Venezuela joined consensus on the resolution just adopted by the General Assembly, we wish to note our concern about the lack of precise information on the use and final purpose of these resources. We hope that this will be quickly rectified with a view to meeting the legitimate concerns of…
Venezuela and its Government are rightly pleased to participate in this commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I bring a message renewing our people’s commitment to the provisions of this great code of human civilization, whose moral and legal force i…
On behalf of all the members of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General for Haiti — Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, the United States and Venezuela — I have the pleasure to introduce draft resolution A/53/L.57, which is now before the Assembly. The following countries have also become sponso…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
My delegation would first of all like to express its thanks to the Secretary-General for his report on steps taken within the United Nations system to resolve the year …
Five years ago, the Member States of the Organization decided to undertake one of the most important tasks related to the reform and revitalization of the United Nations as a result of the profound changes stemming from global politics. The General Assembly, through resolution 48/26, created the Ope…
At a time when our Central American brothers are mourning the victims claimed and the desolation wrought by hurricane Mitch, Venezuela reiterates its condolences over this terrible tragedy and to express its solidarity with the peoples and Governments of Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemal…
Venezuela, in keeping with its constitutional principles of peace and peaceful coexistence among nations on the basis of respect for the norms of international law, once again rejects the application of unilateral coercive measures that violate sovereignty and affect the legitimate interests of enti…
We are particularly pleased that the General
With regard to the text adopted, we wish to state here our understanding of one of the components of paragraph 26. The fourth element mentioned in that paragraph refers to the idea of establishing a Special Commission at the ministerial level to examine …
I should like to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/52/L.70. The draft is not new to the members of this Assembly, particularly those who took part in the debates in the Second Committee, because the text before the Assembly, which my country has the honour to sponsor, is in fact…
The delegation of Venezuela is very pleased to join in sponsoring this draft resolution aimed at granting observer status to the Andean Community in the General Assembly.
The Andean Community has enabled its member countries — Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela — to promote balanced ha…
The delegation of Venezuela wishes to express its particular interest in co-sponsoring the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and Latin American Economic System (SELA), which was introduced by the delegation of Peru.
We are firmly convinced that SELA has been and will contin…
While fully endorsing the statement made by the delegation of Paraguay on behalf of the Rio Group, the
From the time of the Copenhagen Summit to date, the international community has maintained an ongoing dialogue to promote social development. Today more than ever, we are united by the challenge o…
On behalf of the group of Friends of the Secretary-General for Haiti, I am pleased to introduce draft resolution A/51/L.77/Rev.1 to the Assembly. Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Port…
