It has been a long, hard day. I do not recall the last time I spent more than 26 consecutive hours confined in this building. This was a negotiating process that was
exhausting and, to some extent, uncomfortable for all delegations. Although we reached a consensus — and consensus is always a reason…
First, Mr. President, I would like to thank your predecessor, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab of Namibia, and the two Vice- Chairmen of the Open-ended Working Group, Ambassador John de Saram of Sri Lanka and Ambassador Hans Dahlgren of Sweden, who have attempted to achieve real advances on this issue.
The Chi…
I am very pleased to speak on behalf of Chile regarding the special session of the General Assembly in 2001 for follow-up to the World Summit for Children.
Chile’s commitment to children and infants has found expression in efforts to decrease poverty, improve equity and increase access to opportun…
After a successful special session held in Geneva we are now back in New York to continue our work on social development.
Before making a brief statement about the Special Session, may I first of all express my gratitude for the generosity and the hospitality of the Swiss Government. They were real…
I am delighted, Sir, to see you presiding over our work today. My delegation is pleased with the draft resolution prepared by the President of the Assembly, which provides a basis for broad consensus.
The chairpersons of the round tables have already been agreed upon, as have, to a large extent, th…
Allow me at the outset to convey to you, Sir, the congratulations of my delegation on your election to preside over the General Assembly at this session. Your major tasks will include tackling the important social agenda of the follow-ups to the World Conference on Women and the World Summit for Soc…
The delegation of Chile, on the occasion of the General Assembly’s consideration of agenda item 34, “Oceans and the law of the sea”, would like to state its position concerning the resolution just adopted under agenda item 34 (b), entitled “Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing, unauthorized fishing…
On behalf of the co-sponsors listed in document A/50/L.66 and of Algeria, Austria, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guyana, Indonesia, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tunisia, Turkey and Zambia, it is my pleasure to introduce …
