I should like to congratulate the Governments of Singapore and Spain on their assumption of the leadership of this critical task.
The report before this Assembly is a broad investigation of the roots of conflict and a host of other ills that continue to bedevil the African continent. I subscribe to…
In my capacity as representative of the host country, I would like to extend warm congratulations to Tuvalu as it becomes a Member of the United Nations on this historic day. The adoption by the General Assembly of a resolution admitting this newest Member State to the United Nations recognizes its …
On behalf of the United States I would like to make some comments on the document which we are transmitting to the fifty-fifth General Assembly to be read as a declaration at the end of the Millennium Summit to be held from 6 to 8 September.
Earlier this year, the fifty-fourth General Assembly acce…
My delegation regrets that we once again had to vote against the draft resolution (A/54/L.50) on the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. While we wish to state our deep appreciation for the improvements on the overall text of this year…
The year 1999 marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. One of the top priorities of any nation should be the enhancement and protection of the rights of children. Children constitute one of the most vulnerable groups within the boundaries of any State…
Over the past 30 years an unshakable worldwide consensus has emerged that underscores the integral and mutually reinforcing linkages between population and development. For the first time, Governments agreed that family planning, reproductive and sexual health, safe motherhood, healthy newborns, sup…
Fifty years ago, the world awoke from the sustained nightmare of the Holocaust and the Second World War and resoundingly declared that atrocities such as these would never happen again. Attempts to eliminate minorities and whole ethnic populations would and will not be allowed under any circumstance…
We heartily congratulate Mrs. Ogata on her re-election as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. As Mrs. Ogata always eloquently highlights, the erosion of commitment to the respect for humanitarian principles and the breaches of refugee protection have distressed us all. Protection is at th…
The United States welcomes the outcome of the work of the Economic and Social Council as described in the letter from the President of the Council. In 1996, with the adoption of General Assembly resolution 50/227, the United Nations began to realize the role of the Economic and Social Council origin…
The United States would like to explain its position on draft resolutions under agenda items 95 (a), 95 (d), 96 (a), 97 (a), 97 (g) and 97 (h).
We are deeply convinced that economic development, social development and environmental protection are interdependent and mutually reinforcing components o…
