I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/53/L.15, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community”, on behalf of the 14 member States of that Community — Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sa…
The 14 members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Members of the United Nations fully support draft resolution A/53/L.10/Rev.1, which has just been presented by the Ambassador of Honduras to the General Assembly for adoption. We hope that, with its passage, cooperation between the United Nations a…
Created in August 1995, the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is, by comparison with other regional institutions, a relatively new forum. Despite its brief existence, however, it has already demonstrated its great potential for promoting consultation, cooperation and concerted action among its m…
The impressive number of delegations that have spoken so far in the debate on the issue of Security Council reform clearly shows that, although general agreement continues to elude us, there is no lack of determination on the part of the general membership to advance our consideration of this matter…
It is a great tribute to you, Sir, to our two Co-Vice-Chairmen, Ambassador Mangoaela of Lesotho and Ambassador Powles of New Zealand, and also to the spirit of cooperation and compromise which generally existed among participants of the Working Group that we have now concluded our work on an agenda …
I am once again honoured to address the Assembly, on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters, on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) that are Members of this Organization.
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Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development is a matter of great interest to the Government and people of
Our own commitment to social development has been clearly demonstrated, not least by our decision, despite limited resources, consistently to increase — both in abs…
It was very kind and thoughtful of you, Sir, to refer to the disaster which recently struck our country. The heavy rains and flooding which have occurred over the past few months represent a severe blow to our economy and a threat to the health and safety of our citizens. Not only have crops and liv…
We have all come to realize that effective and efficient public administration is a key element in the promotion of development. My Government is therefore pleased to see that it is being accorded such
high priority in the deliberations of the General Assembly. We welcome the opportunity afforded u…
Let me thank you, Sir, and the General Assembly for acceding to our request and our sister delegation of Antigua and Barbuda for allowing us to speak in its stead.
The countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) represented here at the United Nations — Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bel…
One year after we observed the International Year of the World’s Indigenous People we meet again today for the inauguration of the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People. As we are all aware, the Decade is being launched as part of an ongoing process to promote awareness of the rights…
I am very pleased to be able to speak on agenda item 29 and to commend for the Assembly’s unanimous adoption of draft resolution A/49/L.7, which is now before it. I do so on behalf of the twelve States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are members of the United Nations - namely Antig…
My delegation very much welcomes the opportunity which item 33 presents us for
The brief, even laconic report presented by the Working Group to the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly does not do justice to the extensive and enlightened discussions which took place on all the issues that a…
Like many other delegations in the
Assembly, Guyana had great concern about the lack of a clear legal basis for
the resolution that has just been adopted. We were hard put, in the
circumstances, to understand fully its legal implications and possible
conseguences. Standing as it does against the…
