Progress in the implementation of and international support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), as described in the report of the Secretary-General (A/59/206), is as exciting as it is timely.
The New Partnership recalls what Victor Hugo wrote more than a century ago: “There is…
My delegation joins in the many laudatory and congratulatory expressions addressed to you, Mr. Ping, as you assume the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. Additionally, we pay tribute to your predecessor, Mr. Julian Hunte, whose presidency of the General Assembly at its fi…
Let me, on behalf of my delegation, first thank our President of the General Assembly, Mr. Julian Hunte, for bringing to the attention of the international community, in a most forceful and appealing manner, the plight of my country, Grenada, which has been especially ravaged
by killer hurricane “I…
This bitter, deep- rooted hatred is the worst form of crime against humanity, the evil motivation to annihilate, in whole or in part, a nation, a race, a minority or an ethnic or religious group simply for being what they are. This definition was adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 260…
The Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC), for which I have the honour to speak, joins the previous speakers in thanking the President for convening this meeting in commemoration of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a horrific demonstration of man’s inhumanity to man within and outside a St…
The necessary changes having been made — mutatis mutandis — I have the honour to introduce, on behalf of all the sponsors, draft resolution A/57/L.55/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States”. I should like to announce that, since the publicatio…
The timely, challenging and forward-looking report of our discerning Secretary-General entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations: an agenda for further change” (A/57/387), which we are now debating, can enhance our programme of work for years to come, if it is objectively and conscientiously ass…
The delegation of Grenada aligns itself with the statement presented by the representative of Dominica on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
As the marathon debate on this agenda item, “Measures to eliminate international terrorism”, winds down, everything that should be said has already …
The Member States of the Latin America and Caribbean Group, for which I have the honour to speak, learned with surprise and sadness of the sudden, unexpected and untimely death of Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury, Speaker of the Bangladesh National Parliament and a great former Minister for Foreign Aff…
In the seven years of marathon debate on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters, everything that should be said has been said, but not everyone has said it. Therefore, for the record, the Grenada delegation, for the very…
This being my first opportunity to congratulate the President, I do so on behalf of my delegation with all warmth and confidence that he will conduct the deliberations of this session in a manner consonant with his great experience and competence.
It was on 1 October 1993, when Ambassador Samuel In…
I have the honour to introduce on behalf of the sponsors listed in document A/54/L.69 and these additional co-sponsors — Cameroon, Ireland, Paraguay and the United Kingdom — the draft resolution entitled “Emergency assistance to countries affected by hurricanes Jose and Lenny”, under agenda item 20 …
My delegation begins by thanking, complimenting and praising the Secretary-General for his comprehensive, expressive and thought-provoking report.
This hurricane is unusual not only for its lateness and ferocious winds, but also because it spreads its force selectively and has caused sea level rise…
