More than twelve years ago, the General Assembly decided to proclaim 2004 the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition. The choice of today’s date, which marks the bicentenary of the proclamation of Haitian independence, was intended at the same time to be a g…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the Secretary-General for the quality of his report (S/2015/157) on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
The Haitian Government has considered with great interest the contents of the report, which follows the Secretary-General’s field…
The Group of Latin American and Caribbean States learned with shock and regret of the sudden death, on 27 January, of our esteemed colleague, His Excellency Mr. Mårten Grunditz, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations in New York. This news had the effect of a cold shower on the ent…
It is a great honour for me to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States in expressing our heartfelt sadness at the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s plunge into mourning with its loss of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. In this time of sorrow, the Latin American and Caribbean …
It is a great pleasure for me to be here again in this Hall to participate in the follow- up to the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. On behalf of the Haitian Government, I would like to express the profound gratitude of my country to all of th…
On behalf of the Government of Haiti, allow me to commend the Secretary-General on the quality of his report (S/2014/617) on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The report was submitted pursuant to resolution 2119 (2013) and complements and expands upon the one issued on 7 …
Seven years ago, the General Assembly designated 25 March 2007 as the International Day for the Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The international community thus chose to honour the memory of the millions of men, women and children who…
At the outset, I should like on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Haiti to thank the Secretary-General for his excellent report (S/2014/162), submitted to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 2119 (2013), extending to 15 October 2014 the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization M…
