We thank the Secretary-General for his report contained in document A/55/489. We have carefully analysed it and we believe it provides the framework for a substantive discussion of the issue.
In our opinion, democracy means real, everyday participation in the exercise of power and in the decision-m…
Security Council reform is without doubt the most delicate task related to the overall reform of the United Nations, and its result will probably have the biggest long-term impact on the future of the Organization.
The Security Council is not democratic, fair or representative. It is not effective,…
There is no task more urgent and more important than the democratization of international relations. Without it, efforts for peace, development and cooperation would be futile. The United Nations has the fundamental responsibility to attain that objective.
The parliamentarians of the entire world r…
During the special session of the General Assembly held at Geneva last June to consider, five years on, the implementation of the commitments undertaken by a great number of heads of State at the Copenhagen World Summit for Social Development, we sadly realized that the real possibility of meeting t…
We thank Ambassador Martin Andjaba of Namibia for introducing the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. We also
thank the other members of the Security Council and the Secretariat for the work they did to prepare this large amount of material.
Without failing to recognize …
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting.
I must confess my delegation’s confusion about what is happening at this meeting. This is a formal meeting of the General Assembly at which a draft resolution has been presented, and it was my delegation’s understanding that action would be taken on it …
We are extraordinarily pleased that the General Assembly has been able to adopt this resolution at this time, after 18 months of consultations and numerous meetings.
As we stated on 27 April of this year, the fact that we have been able to adopt these important decisions puts us in an excellent pos…
The Security Council neither reflects today’s international realities nor represents the interests of the membership of the United Nations. The Security Council does not act on behalf of Member States, to which it is answerable under the Charter. The Security Council is not democratic, not equitable…
The question of Palestine, which has been on the General Assembly's agenda for decades, has brought us together again today. As always, Cuba reiterates its total rejection of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian and other Arab territories and raises its voice to call for an end of abuses and for th…
I should like to express my appreciation for the convening of this meeting and to welcome the opportunity afforded us by the Secretary-General to reflect collectively on the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law.
Let me also express our recognition to all of those countries — so…
Although for many of our delegations it is absolutely insufficient, at least this Assembly has a chance once a year to discuss extensively the work of the Security Council on the basis of its yearly report. We are grateful to the members of the Council and to the Secretariat for the effort that was …
The reason for the early adjournment of yesterday’s meeting would seem to be a symbolic call to reality.
I wish to express my appreciation for the convening of this meeting and for the opportunity offered us by the Secretary-General through the presentation of his report and his statement at the op…
We would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for your words of guidance at the opening of this meeting, and we also appreciate the important contribution made by the Deputy Secretary-General. We want to associate ourselves with the congratulations expressed to Ambassador Julia Alvarez for …
We are pleased that today we will be adopting the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace — texts which have been arrived at after a long and complicated process of negotiation. Ever since the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and in particular its D…
It is encouraging that the Security Council is using its meagre powers to at least tackle the terrible humanitarian situation that has been created in the Balkans. It is also encouraging that this is occurring at the initiative of the non-aligned caucus of the Council. I must say that my delegation …
The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Belgrade has been destroyed by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) missiles, causing deaths, disappearances and serious injuries.
The United States and NATO, which refer to civilian dead and wounded as “collateral damage”, now cynically declare…
With this shameful vote, the Security Council has just missed a historic opportunity. By their vote, Council members have assumed an enormous responsibility.
I wish at the outset to read out a statement issued by the Republic of Cuba on the aggression by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO…
I should like to request that the full text of my statement be distributed, as it attempts to contribute to our thinking on this issue and contains a few proposals. I shall simply read a summary of it now.
Fifty years ago the General Assembly gathered to adopt, by a vote of 48 States in favour and …
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly as it begins its consideration of the question of the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. In my capacity as Acting Chairman of the Special Committee on the Situation with rega…
The Security Council is not democratic and must be democratized. The imperial and anachronistic privilege of the veto must disappear. The Council increasingly endows itself with new mandates in flagrant
The substantive reasons that obstruct Security Council reform are the same ones that dictate the…
