Trinidad and Tobago has the honour and the privilege to speak on behalf of the members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are States parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the report of the Court contained in document A/62/314.
That report, which is issued i…
I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate you most sincerely on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. My delegation is confident that your in-depth knowledge of international economic and political issues, complemented by your extensive diplomatic expe…
The delegation of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago wishes to state that, guided by the fundamental principles of international law governing the sovereignty of States, respect for their territorial integrity and non- interference in their internal affairs, the Government of
the Republic of Trini…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CARICOM welcomes this opportunity to review progress in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. We believe that, six years after the adoption of the Declaration, the time is o…
Trinidad and Tobago welcomes the second report (A/61/217) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), issued pursuant to the Agreement between the Court and the United Nations. Trinidad and Tobago also wishes to associate itself with the statement made by the representative of Saint Vincent and the G…
It is indeed an honour for me to express to you, Madam, sincere congratulations on behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Your appointment as the third woman ever to hold th…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that are Members of the United Nations.
Our delegations welcome the report of the Security Council mission on its visit to Haiti, which it undertook in conjunction with that of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group …
The countries of the Latin American and Caribbean Group join with the international community in conveying to the royal family of His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of the Principality of Monaco, to the Government and people of Monaco and to its delegation at the United Nations our heartfelt con…
We the Member States of the Latin American and Caribbean
Group wish to express our deepest sorrow at the passing of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, the spiritual leader of the world’s Roman Catholics, who brought moral leadership to our world and who, by his words and deeds, touched the lives of so…
The delegation of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, in addressing this agenda item, would first of all, Mr. President, wish to pay a special tribute to the efforts of your predecessor, Mr. Julian Hunte, President of the fifty- eighth session of the Assembly, who, by assuming the chairmanship of t…
Speaking so late in this debate, in which many delegations have already engaged in an exhaustive examination of the 36 six actions recommended by the Secretary-General in his report entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations: an agenda for further change” (A/57/387), it is the desire of the deleg…
Please allow me to preface my indication by indicating to this Assembly the regret of my Head of Government and of my Foreign Minister, who could not join us on this occasion due to pressing domestic electoral commitments.
I would wish, on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Trin…
The delega- tion of Trinidad and Tobago voted in favour of the draft resolution.
306. We adopted that position despite the fact that the resolution contains several elements with which we are not in full agreement.
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago reJT1ains fmnly committed to the eradication of the criminal policies of racial discrimination and segregation as institutionalized in the apartheid system of the Government of South Africa. Our resolute opposi- tion to these policies stems from our deep-rooted …
