Let me at the outset congratulate you, Sir, on assuming your role as President of the General Assembly. I
also congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Peter Thomson of Fiji, for a job well done over the past year. I must also mention the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres. Since assuming the…
I am pleased to speak in support of the draft resolution contained in document A/49/L.62/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community”.
A small nation, particularly a small island nation, faces problems which, when faced by that nation alone, may prove insurmo…
We join you, Mr. President, and previous speakers in expressing our sympathy to the people and Government of Egypt on the loss of life and destruction suffered as a result of the recent flood.
The Ambassador of Australia has spoken for all the Pacific Forum countries, including the Federated States…
For a newly-emerged island country such as the Federated States of Micronesia there can be no higher priority than development, and we are not alone. It is the most widely and constantly discussed subject here at the United Nations. The world itself is divided in many ways, but in no way more famili…
