The adoption of the Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations (resolution 79/1) must be seen not as an end but rather as a beginning. While those outcomes lay a foundation for action, they represent only a floor for a much greater ambition that is need…
I take this rostrum with a heavy heart, more pessimistic than I was last year and more cynical and disappointed. We have come to depend on the multilateral system that has the Charter of the United Nations at its centre. Where is the collective will to adequately address the challenges of our time? …
I congratulate Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his election as President of the General Assembly. It is a great pleasure to see a representative of a fellow small island developing State (SIDS) presiding over the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session.
For a small island and low-lying coastal State li…
On 21 September 1981 Belize joined the community of nations as an independent country, and we the people of Belize enthusiastically embraced our role as a partner in the community of nations.
The United Nations played a pivotal role in securing Belize’s right to self-determination, and, as we comme…
We understand that an American Airlines flight to the Dominican Republic has gone down in Queens. We extend the condolences and the support of my Government to the United States and the Dominican Republic.
That we have forged ahead with the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly and that polit…
On behalf of the Belize delegation, I extend my congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency. Your vast experience in international affairs will greatly aid in our deliberations during this fifth-fifth session of the Assembly. We are enriched by the presence of our newest Member, …
