The border differences with Chile were caused precisely by the treaty of peace and friendship of 1904, which Chile, through military occupation of our territory and its customs houses, forced us to sign after we had rejected it for 20 years. That is not consent. The treaty of 1904 sealed our landloc…
This morning, in the statement I made on behalf of my delegation, I was somewhat reticent and euphemistic and did not mention Chile, but alluded only to “a country”. I am grateful that the representative of Chile has acknowledged that it was Chile to which I referred, thus placing on record that Chi…
The delegation of Bolivia is honoured to speak on agenda item 38, “Oceans and the law of the sea”.
The delegation of Bolivia welcomes the Secretary- General’s report, contained in document A/53/456, on oceans and the law of the sea, which allows us to assess the balanced implementation of the Unite…
I wish to extend my country’s congratulations to Mr. Opertti on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. It is my pleasure to commend him on the thoughtful analysis he delivered this morning to all participants in this high-level dialogue.
The…
