Monday’s panel discussion on the theme “Sharing best practices and lessons learned for prevention and prosecution in the implementation of the Global Plan of Action and relevant legal instruments” was rich thanks to the active participation of civil society and Member States alike. We heard about th…
There are times when people act to expedite the march of their history and shatter all predictions to impose a new reality that reflects their most fundamental and most legitimate aspirations. There are times in history when those upheavals are so profound and so decisive that they inspire some to u…
I would like first of all to pay tribute to you, Sir, for your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session, and wish you every success as you carry out your duties in that role. Cape Verde offers you its full support.
I also appreciate the commitment of and the very fru…
It is my honour to make this statement on behalf of the Group of African States, and my pleasure to address this Assembly on the occasion of the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day 2010.
The celebration of Mother Earth is recognition of the many environmental challenges facing the world…
I come to this solemn rostrum at this time of mourning and reflection on behalf of the African Group, but allow me first to offer my deepest condolences to the People’s Republic of China, which has just suffered yet another disaster and is, as we speak, striving to save all the victims of a dreadful…
Today is a great day for the innumerable victims of trafficking in persons and for the United Nations. That is so thanks to the adoption by consensus of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, which is not only a fundamental text on the legal level that we present to the world, b…
Before beginning my statement, I would like to mention something that happened on our continent, in West Africa, yesterday. Indeed, tragic events occurred yesterday in a country in West Africa, of which Cape Verde is a part: soldiers once again fired on a crowd. As a neighbouring, friendly and long-…
What is happening today in Honduras is repulsive to our democratic conscience and a serious warning to all democracies and to all those who fight throughout the world for the most fundamental right of nations to live freely in justice and peace without the interference of armed men. The African Unio…
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this meeting of the General Assembly to discuss the report of the Security Council (A/63/2) on agenda item 111, the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and relat…
The draft resolution that we are about to adopt is an important draft resolution, as we have seen from the statements of the various representatives who took the floor on this issue.
Personally, I cannot understand that all Africa can be represented only by this month’s Chairman of our Group. I req…
I would like to thank the President for having convened this very important meeting. Allow me also to congratulate the Secretary-General for the report presented by the High-Level Task Force and for his tireless efforts to end the crisis.
Cape Verde associates itself with the statements made by the…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the African Group.
Above all, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened t…
I would like to congratulate Assembly President Srgjan Kerim for the opportunity he has afforded us to discuss the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Cape Verde associates itself with the statements made on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and the Group of African States.
I cannot fail to welc…
On behalf of the delegation of Cape Verde, I should like to express my sincerest appreciation to all those countries who were sponsors of draft resolution VIII in document A/32/265/Add.l, entitled "Assistance to Cape Verde". I should like to say how pleased we are that that draft resolution has been…
