On behalf of Venezuela and the Member States that sponsored the draft resolution — Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Gabon, Grenad…
I should simply like to say that the Government of Venezuela greatly appreciates the message of solidarity and sympathy that you, Mr. President, have just expressed on behalf of all the members of the General Assembly regarding the tragic losses suffered in my country. As you said, Sir, a very great…
The draft resolution that the General Assembly has before it represents both the end of a cycle of activities in which our Organization has been engaged in support of Haiti and the beginning of another process. With the Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) and the International Civilian Missio…
The topic we are considering today is from a political and institutional point of view one of the most important for the future of the United Nations. All of us are aware of
The United Nations has no substitute as a focal point for dialogue, cooperation and the promotion of a legal order capable of…
Allow me first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Central America, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 53/94. I share his analysis of the progress made by the Central American countries in the areas of peace, freedom, democracy and development.
In…
Multilateralism, represented by this Organization, is universally recognized as one of the best ways to promote solutions to common problems that, because of their nature and scope, require collective responses. It is for this reason that Venezuela shares the belief that there is a need for the Gene…
Venezuela, as a country that has the privilege of serving as headquarters for the Latin American Economic System (SELA), would like to reiterate its appreciation for the efforts made by the United Nations, through the specialized agencies of the system, to strengthen the cooperation and coordination…
We endorse the statements made by Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by Mexico on behalf of the Rio Group. Venezuela would like to emphasize the priority that it attaches to focusing on social issues, both at the national and international levels.
We are pleased that social issues ha…
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 …
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…
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…
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 attaches particular importance to the item on the situation in Central America, because of its traditional ties of friendship and solidarity with all the countries of the area, and because of its permanent commitment to seeking solutions to the serious political, economic and social diffic…
Nicaragua’s urgent need for rehabilitation and reconstruction has been acknowledged by successive resolutions of this Assembly and in the statements of various political and economic bodies of the Latin American and Caribbean region. On 16 October the Heads of State and Government of the Rio Group, …
I am grateful
to you. Sir, for the time you have allowed us to hold consultations with
interested delegations on the text of the draft resolution we are now
considering. As a result of these consultations I should like to propose,
with the assent of all the parties concerned, the replacement of …
