We are very grateful to Mr. Annabi for his briefing to us today. In this connection, we wish to refer to two topics and to formulate some very concrete questions at the end. I wish to refer first to the situation of refugees in West Timor and later to the electoral process.
With regard to the refug…
First of all, I would like to thank the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Sy, and the representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank for their presentations regarding the situation in the Central African Republic. I would like in parti…
The Millennium Summit allowed us to
“reaffirm our faith in the Organization and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world”. (resolution 55/2, para. 1)
The challenge to the Member States is thus to make the United Nations a more effective tool for the at…
The unanimous decision taken at the fifty-second session of the General Assembly to declare the year 2000 the International Year for the Culture of Peace charted the course for the beginning of this new century, a century in which the culture of war and the solving of conflicts through violent means…
I should like first if all to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your team on this excellent draft Declaration, and on the outstanding work done to come up with a document that, in the opinion of my delegation, is very satisfactory. Colombia is completely satisfied with every paragraph.
However, …
It is a true honour for my delegation to participate in this debate to share some observations regarding the United Nations Decade of International Law. Colombia participated in the preparation of the visionary evaluation given by the delegation of Mexico on behalf of the Rio Group, as well as in th…
This is the appropriate opportunity to extend to you, Mr. President, our warmest congratulations and thanks for your leadership of this session of the General Assembly, which is coming to a close. The quality of your leadership and the transparency of your work will be a reference point for the futu…
