Thank you very much, Mr. President, for your words of solidarity and support in connection with the devastation that was caused by Hurricane Ivan on Jamaica over the weekend. It was a very anxious time for us, but I have to say that to some extent we were spared the worst by some movement in the dir…
I have the honour to make this statement this morning on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations.
We associate ourselves with the statement made this morning by the representative of Morocco, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
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There is no higher duty for the United Nations than the promotion of peace. To carry out this mandate requires us to reach beyond the operation of conflict resolution mechanisms. It should also seek to entrench within societies in the global community the values of peaceful coexistence, tolerance, n…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are members of the United Nations, namely, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadin…
We support the statements made this morning by the representative of Algeria, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement; by the representative of Morocco, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China; and by the representative of Suriname, on behalf of the Caribbean Community. We wish only to emphasize a numb…
Jamaica associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Morocco on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We also join previous speakers in thanking the Secretary-General for his report on the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major Un…
The Jamaican delegation wishes to align itself with the statement made this afternoon by the Permanent Representative of Morocco, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Our delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Develo…
The report of the Security Council which is before us (A/58/2) is a bulky document of 221 pages, the real substance of which is contained in the introductory section of 14 pages, containing a descriptive account of the Council’s activities, with the rest of the document consisting of documentary inf…
Jamaica aligns itself with the statement made this morning by the permanent representative of Morocco, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Our review of the work of the United Nations over the past year comes at a significant time in the history of the Organization. The events over the…
The grave implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic for long-term human survival and for the socio-economic development of countries all over the world require us to come together to find urgent solutions. Against that background, my delegation views with grave concern what is reflected in the Secretary…
I wish to thank the members of the Security Council for convening this open debate at the request of the Permanent Representative of Malaysia, acting on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement. This is a critical time for the world community. We are involved with the question of war and peace, an issue t…
The annual debate on the situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine is an occasion that reminds us of the historic responsibility of the United Nations with regard to these questions, which over the years have had such a painful history. The past year has been one particularly full o…
I have the honour to introduce, for the consideration of the General Assembly, the draft resolution entitled, “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community”, which is before the Assembly as document A/57/L.26. I do so on behalf of the following sponsors: Antigua and Barbuda, Ba…
My delegation supports the statement made by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Group of 77 and China earlier in this debate. The Jamaican delegation would like to add a few comments of its own, having studied the report of the Secretary-General on “Strengthening of the United Nations:…
I wish to thank the Secretary- General and the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole for their reports on the final review and appraisal of implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s.
Ten years ago, the General Assembly decided that Africa wou…
I join other delegations in extending condolences to the Government of Indonesia and to the families of the victims of the bomb attack in Bali, Indonesia, on 12 October, which we strongly condemn.
The work of the Security Council is of great importance to the functioning of the multilateral system.…
I wish to thank the Secretary- General for the presentation of the two reports before us, which are connected substantively in their various themes. The report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/57/1) provides a comprehensive review of the performance of the United Nations o…
On behalf of the delegation of Jamaica, I express congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session. We pledge our full cooperation with you in the work of this session. We also express our deep gratitude to the outgoing President,…
Jamaica voted in favour of all the draft ~solutions. in keeping with our strong opposition to the pohcies of apartheid of the regime of South Africa. However, we have done so with some reservations because of the approach taken in a few of the draft resolutions in which there has been a selective na…
Once more the General Assembly is considering the question of Cyprus against the background of a situation which has remained substantially unchanged after the passage of yet another year. Jamaica must record its deep. con~e~n and dissatisfaction at what appears to be the indefinite con- tinuation o…
