Saint Vincent and the Grenadines welcomes the adoption of resolution 2507 (2020). Sanctions are indeed an imperfect tool, but among the basket of corrective options currently available, such measures are likely to yield some intended results, with minimal collateral effects. To be clear, our desire …
We thank the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for convening this very useful and timely discussion. We extend our gratitude to the Secretaries-General for their insightful remarks on a topic that is dear to the hearts of many across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Regional and subregional organiza…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines thanks Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), for his very sobering briefing on the recent developments in Libya. We applaud his unrelenting efforts to bring about a peace…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Lowcock for his vivid briefing.
It has been recognized repeatedly in different ways this morning that, for almost a decade, the people of Syria have had to endure the perils of war and the resulting effect of living through one of the worst humanitarian crises the w…
I would like to thank Deputy Special Envoy Matar for her briefing this afternoon.
It has been said many times before in this Chamber that there is no military solution to the conflict in Syria. The only solution is through a Syrian-owned, Syrian- led, credible, balanced and inclusive political proc…
I thank our briefers, Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General Mueller.
I first would like to join my colleagues in acknowledging the important commemoration of the Holocaust this year. Never again must such atrocities be endured by humankind.
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I thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and the Director of the Coordination Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, for their timely and insightful briefings.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is delighted that, since assuming the chair of the Com…
At the outset, I would like to acknowledge the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mali, who will join us via video-teleconference. I thank Mr. Jean- Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, for his insightful overview of the operations of the United Nations Multidim…
Before I begin, I would also like to express my country’s solidarity with the Government and people of Haiti 10 years after the devastating earthquake and express our condolences to the Government and people of the Niger.
We thank you, Mr. President, for acknowledging those events with moments of s…
Our decision to vote in favour of resolution 2504 (2020) was driven by a deep sense of urgency to provide much- needed humanitarian support to the Syrian people. There are no perfect solutions regarding this complex matter of competing concerns and interests. That calls for acute judgment in all cir…
It is my honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the L.69 group — a diverse, pro-reform group of developing countries that are in favour of justice, sovereignty and equity in the reform of the Security Council, both in process and in outcome.
I wish to begin by expressing our gratitude for th…
Permit me to take this opportunity to extend fraternal greetings to His Excellency Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines reaffirms our unwavering support for and solidarity with him and the revolutionary Governmen…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the L.69 group, a diverse, pro-reform group of developing countries in favour of justice, sovereignty and equity in the reform of the Security Council both in process and in outcome.
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting, the second plenary…
I come to the rostrum today to reiterate our well-known position in favour of draft resolution A/73/L.3, as presented by the Cuban delegation.
We align ourselves fully with the statements made earlier on behalf of the Caribbean Community, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, the Group of 77 and C…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the L.69 group — a diverse group of countries made up largely of small States from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific that are united by the common cause of achieving lasting and comprehensive reform of the Security Council.
We appreci…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the L.69, a diverse group of developing countries from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and the Pacific that are united by the common cause of achieving lasting and comprehensive reform of the Security Council.
In your accepta…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines welcomes the adoption of the political declaration on the Implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (resolution 72/1), and we appreciate this opportunity to share some of what we are doing to combat human trafficking.…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the L.69 group, a diverse group of countries made up largely of small States from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific that are united by the common cause of achieving lasting and comprehensive reform of the Security Council.
We would li…
Few attributes of human performance have as much impact on our lives and our world as creativity. Outstanding achievement in the arts and science is held to depend on creativity. Creativity has been linked to the development of new social institutions and the leadership of extant institutions. Moreo…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines aligns itself with the statements delivered today on behalf of the Caribbean Community, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of
77 and China, and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (see A/71/PV.32).
When President Obama elaborated his normalization…
