My delegation voted in favour of the resolution on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, because of its importance in reiterating the relevance of the principles of self-determination and decolonization to the remaining Non-Self-Gove…
My delegation voted in favour of the resolution because it serves as the continuing legislative mandate for the wider United Nations system to provide support for the Non-Self- Governing Territories. The Economic and Social Council continues to adopt a similar resolution on this issue.
In that conn…
It gives me profound pleasure to welcome and congratulate Mr. Julian Hunte in regard to the lofty position that he now holds. It was not long ago that he was fighting alongside the ambassadors of the Latin American and Caribbean Group. He represents the smallest country that has ever ascended to the…
On behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, I wish to state the Group is firm that it in no way
challenged the President’s intention, nor had it any intention to challenge his ruling. The Group would like to propose that we suspend the meeting in order to allow the President to h…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) with reference to the unfortunate decision of 29 January regarding the elections for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. I must state that GRULAC is united in its profound concern about a ma…
Let me express my country’s delight in having Mr. Jan Kavan preside over this fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. Antigua and Barbuda owes much to the Czech Republic and the adherents of the religious ideas of Jan Hus, the Moravians, who arrived in Antigua in the mid-eighteenth century an…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Those States are the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada,
Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and my own …
Antigua and Barbuda is pleased that this is the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations. However, we can have meaningful dialogue only if the dominant countries reach out with genuine understanding when others speak. We can have dialogue only if the basic principles of the United Nations…
Thank you, Mr. President, for your correct pronunciation of Antigua.
Since this is the first time that I have had the honour to address the General Assembly at its fifty- sixth session, permit me to offer congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of your high office. Your reputation…
As the President said, I am speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to introduce draft resolution A/55/L.35/Rev.1, entitled “Emergency assistance to Belize”. As listed in that document, the sponsors of the text are Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon,…
I stand to speak on behalf of the States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and to make clear that our position has not changed from the statement delivered by Ambassador Samuel R. Insanally of Guyana on 24 June 1999.
By and large, CARICOM supports the position of the Non-Aligned Movement with r…
It gives me great pleasure to speak on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM): the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua and Ba…
Let me first of all congratulate Mr. Holkeri on his unanimous election to the mantle of the leadership of the world’s foremost international body. He is presiding in this, the last year of the present century, following the profound commitments manifested at the Millennium Summit. We look forward in…
I wish to offer deep and sincere condolences to the Government and people of the Syrian Arab Republic on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States in regard to the passing of President Hafez Al-Assad, the widely respected President of Syria. It is quite clear to the world at large t…
I speak on behalf of the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In reality, it is a privilege to do so, albeit in reference to a most sad and disastrous occasion.
What has happened in Venezuela — and, indeed, what is happening in the Americas — causes us to reflect on the changes which thi…
I have the honour to address the General Assembly on the issue of the decolonization of the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories, a matter of particular interest to the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
As we come to the close of this penultimate year of the International D…
Allow me at the outset to express my support for the statement made on Monday by the representative of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. I also wish to commend Ambassador Julia Alvarez of the Dominican Republic for her untiring efforts in support of the United Nations agenda for older p…
Antigua and Barbuda offers hearty congratulations on the election of the president of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. His efforts towards bringing about the independence of Namibia are well known, and many of us remember when he occupied a seat on the right side of
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On behalf of the Government and people of Antigua and Barbuda, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at this fifty-third session. You are well known to envoys from my country who have worked with you and who can attest to your humanistic and unp…
