The report (A/50/1) of the Secretary-General is the best possible summary of the successes, realities and frustrations of our Organization. My Government is firmly convinced of the enduring usefulness of the United Nations, strengthened by the indisputably favourable balance of the cumulative record…
Mr. President, allow me first to congratulate you on the way in which you have discharged your duties at the helm of the Security Council during the month of April.
The issue now before the Council is, unlike so many others, a source of particular satisfaction for our Organization. As everyone has …
Any peace process requires the parties to be committed to ending their conflict and to have the political will to negotiate the terms under which the peace is to be consolidated. In Guatemala, a promising stage has been reached. As a member of the Group of Friends of the Guatemalan peace process, Ve…
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is firmly committed to the fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, whatever its origin or motivation, pursuant to its obligations under international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, and the relevant international conventions…
I wish to extend cordial greetings to His Excellency Mr. Nahas Angula, Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Namibia. Venezuela and its delegation are pleased to see that our Organizations’s long-term efforts in helping the people of Namibia have today reached another milestone, parti…
The delegation of Venezuela thanks the Secretary- General for his statement on the financial difficulties facing the Organization. We studied with great interest that statement to the Assembly on 12 October and the annexed document distributed then.
As new economic and social priorities are set, Ve…
The progress made in Central America in the field of peace, democracy and development, which is properly reflected in the report of the Secretary-General, is a source of special satisfaction to Venezuela, which has actively supported the attainment of that objective in the subregion.
The Central Am…
There is an extraordinary difference between the pessimistic tone of the debate on this subject at the last session of the General Assembly and the optimism with which we are taking it up today. Democratic institutions have been restored in Haiti and President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has resumed his …
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on an Agenda for Development, in keeping with the General Assembly’s request to submit his recommendations on this important sphere of international relations.
Many observations have been made about development: what it is; what affects it…
I should like to convey Venezuela’s condolences to the people and the Government of Egypt following the tragic natural disaster in their country.
The outcomes of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, which took place in Bridgetown, Barbados, earlier…
The report of the Security Council is one of the most important documents that the General Assembly has before it. As the Secretary-General points out in his report,
“The vastly enhanced activities of the Security Council have generated a justifiable interest ... among the Member States ... and the…
In recent years, the international system has made substantial strides towards peace and a healthier climate of trade through dialogue and direct negotiation. We all agree on the need to encourage those initiatives and to promote a climate of confidence and friendship among States in every sphere pr…
The Government of Venezuela attaches particular importance to the discussion of social matters. When we speak of social matters we necessarily look to the major agent in the building of society, which is, of course, the family.
The International Year of the Family, as one of the major political and…
Venezuela has on four occasions had the privilege of being a member of the Security Council. That experience certainly served to reaffirm our belief that any change that might take place in the membership of the Council should aim at increased regional participation and also at improving the effecti…
Venezuela would like first of all to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the excellent way in which you have conducted the proceedings of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Your contribution does honour to you, to your country, Guyana, and to all the countries of Latin America and the…
Venezuela, in accordance with its constitutional principles and the foundations of its foreign policy, wishes to reiterate its commitment to the restoration of democracy in Haiti by peaceful means. To that end, Venezuela has participated in the Group of Friends of the Secretary- General of the Unite…
Since the beginning of the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Venezuela has sought to do its part in the quest for a solution to this problem, which is, without any doubt, one of the most complicated and difficult problems the United Nations has had to face; and over the last two years, the situation…
Venezuela will vote in favour of the draft resolution on Israeli nuclear armament. This reflects the firm and consistent position traditionally held by Venezuela against the proliferation of nuclear weapons and in support of nuclear disarmament. This position is not new and we have stood by it in th…
Since this Assembly adopted resolution 47/20 A on 24 November 1992 and resolution 47/20 B on 20 April 1993 the situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti has been getting progressively worse. There was a brief glimmer of hope with the deployment of the International Civilian Mission to Haiti (…
The subject now under consideration by the General Assembly is one of the most important items for the future of our Organization. Resolution 47/62, adopted by the Assembly last year, has generated a broad and diverse response, a fact which illustrates the importance of the subject and the widesprea…
