The head of my delegation earlier expressed to Mr. Insanally Costa Rica’s great pleasure at seeing him presiding over the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. It is a pleasure for me as well to take advantage of this opportunity personally to congratulate him, as I participate in the consid…
My
delegation i s participating i n this commemoration of the International Year of
Shelter for the Homeless with a l l the conviction and interest due to one of the
most pressing issues facing the united Nations, which gave 1987 that eloquent
t i t l e .
With the passage of time this issue has…
My delegation joined in the consensus on all the draft resolutions, including draft resolution IV, entitled "Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas". We fully agree with the spirit and aims of that resolution, since we believe it contains very valuable elements that will help to improv…
I wish to associate myself in what I am going to say with all my col- leagues from Latin America who have spoken and also with the representative of the .Philippines, who so eloquently referred to this significant event. But I should like to stress one thing: we cannot deny that Christopher Columbus…
Costa Rica's position on apartheid is well known and has been reiterated firmly year after year, and this was also made clear during the voting on the draft resolutions on apartheid in South Af- rica.
81. I should like to recall that Costa Rica participated actively in the Special Committee against…
The delegation of Costa Rica has always supported initiatives aimed at the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones throughout the world, because we are parties to the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which prohibits nuclear weapons in Latin America, and we would wish other regions to enjoy the same safeguar…
