The events in Nicaragua during the past four decades culminated in the armed conflict that reached its climax in May to July of this year, which caused enormous loss of human life and material goods and resultant hardships at the economic and social levelsand brought to power the Government of Natio…
The President of the Republic of Panam2- Mr. Aristides Royo, has honoured me by asking me to read at this commemorative meeting the message addressed by him on behalf of the Government and people of Panama to the thirty-third session of the General Assembly on the occasion of the celebration of the …
The Government of Panama has faithfully supported United Nations actions for the development of Africa. Today’s discussion of the mid-term review of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the l990s (UN-NADAF), gives my delegation an opportunity once agai…
By resolution 50/12, the General Assembly supported the convening of the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal and requested the Secretary-General to report on
During the debate on the resolution, which took place during the fiftieth session of the General Assembly, on 7 November 1995, delegations…
The delegation of Panama wishes to join in the very warm congratulations that the President has already received from the speakers who have preceded me. His well-deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session attests to his skills and personal merits, and at the sa…
My delegation welcomes the fact that the General Assembly at its fiftieth session is returning to agenda item 40, “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”. This item has always been of interest to my delegation; that interest is the expression of the value we place …
The unfortunate events and suffering inflicted upon Lebanon in recent days prompt us to turn to the victims and their bereaved with expressions of deep solidarity and sorrow. We transmit those feelings to the people and the Government of Lebanon through His Excellency the President of the Lebanese R…
The peoples of the United Nations that participated in the World Summit for Social Development at Copenhagen
Our participation in the Copenhagen Summit left us with a realization based on social ethics: that we cannot solve social problems while allowing the vulnerable, the most disadvantaged and t…
The item entitled “Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic” is of interest to my delegation because Panama is a maritime country flanked by two seas, including the Atlantic, and because the Government of Panama is preparing for the holding of a Universal Congress on the Panama Canal. On …
Our colleague from Peru has given us an excellent introduction to draft resolution A/50/L.16, of which Panama is a sponsor and which we hope the General Assembly will adopt by consensus.
My delegation’s statement on this item is in keeping with Panama’s adherence to the goals of the Latin American …
For many reasons related to the history of Panama, from the time of its discovery by Spain until our day, it is a special honour for me to introduce draft resolution A/50/L.13, “Universal Congress on the Panama Canal”, which my delegation has submitted to this fiftieth session of the General Assembl…
The General Assembly is today paying tribute to the Olympic Ideal as a force for international understanding among the youth of the world through sports and culture, with the aim of promoting the harmonious development of mankind. It is a fortunate coincidence that this debate is taking place in 199…
Panama has a historic position on the agenda item concerning the promotion and consolidation of new or restored democracies, dating from the meeting of the Amphictionic Congress convened by the Liberator, Simon Bolivar in 1826 on the Isthmus of Panama. At that meeting the Latin American republics th…
To speak for Panama is a special circumstance for me which might, in a sense, be secretly symbolic especially in reference to the item under consideration at this meeting.
I have long travelled the corridors leading to this rostrum. The United Nations is a powerful reality for me. My country and I …
Panama, as a maritime country with an inter-ocean canal that is vital for world navigation, would like to join in the General Assembly's deliberations in order to give its firm support to draft resolution A/49/L.18/Rev.1 which is designed to reaffirm the aims and strengthen the purposes of the zone …
The delegation of Panama wishes to welcome before the General Assembly the achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development. The Government of Panama had an opportunity to do so at the closing meeting of the Cairo Conference, when, as Chairman of the regional Group, it spok…
My very first words from this rostrum are meant to hail as President, Ambassador Amara Essy, an illustrious son of Côte d’Ivoire, and someone who truly reflects the superb calibre of men and women in Africa dedicated to the service of great causes. I also wish to hail those eminent personalities who…
The consideration of the question of Cyprus at this session marks another stage in the long trials of the noble people of Cyprus. The Assembly and the Security Council are behindhand in fulfilling their duty to put an end to the foreign military occupation and the continued violation of human rights…
The del2gation of Panama continues to maintain that the situation in Cyprus demands the most serious conaideration by this Assembly and the Security Council. It is quite clear that time has not resolved md will not resolve the painful crisis in Cyprus, whi~h is being prolonged by the illegit.imate p…
The key-stone of the foreign policy of the Republic of Panama is the principle of the territorial integrity of States and their fun sovereignty over their national territory. That is why, from the very beginning of the tragic events in Cyprus, my delegation has been emphasizing the fact that any set…
