I would very much like to thank the President for convening this important meeting to review the implementation of the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration.
My delegation would like to begin by aligning itself with the statements made by the representative o…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this thematic debate, especially at a time when we have arrived at the midpoint for achieving the time-bound Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
I would like to begin by associating my national statement with the statements delivered by t…
Before making my statement, I would like to make an observation. We speak so passionately of climate change, and yet the Hall is half empty. I think of what the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States said yesterday: that we have spoken of climate change for 20 years and yet we have not been he…
Once again, we would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election.
My delegation wishes to register its regret and disappointment concerning the manner in which the proceedings of the General Committee were conducted on Wednesday 19 September on the question of Taiwan’s application to United Nat…
I would like to thank the President of the Assembly for convening this high-level meeting. We certainly recognize the vital role this gathering is playing as we work towards Doha.
My delegation would like, first of all, to associate itself with the statements presented by the State Minister for Eco…
I would like to begin by associating Solomon Islands with the statement delivered by the representative of Papua New Guinea on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum group of States. I would like to take this opportunity to make some general remarks in my national capacity in connection with sub-item (…
First of all, as this is the first time we take the floor during this session, the delegation of Solomon Islands would like to congratulate you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session.
Solomon Islands would like to register its concern and disappoint…
My delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the prevention of armed conflict (A/60/891), for which we commend him. The report is comprehensive and
informative, as it presents the strengths of the Organization’s system as well as its gaps and identifies the responsibilities of Stat…
Security Council reform was one of the issues most referred to during the recent general debate. It has been with the
Assembly for the last 14 years, from the forty-eighth session to the sixty-second. My delegation is comforted by the current President’s commitment to take concrete action on Securi…
I wish to thank President Eliasson for having convened this meeting on reform of the Security Council.
The timing for this debate is right. Ten months ago, 170 of our Heads of State and Government met and called for reform of the Security Council.
Since the summit, we have adopted a number of impo…
Solomon Islands would like to associate itself with the statement made by the representative of Papua New Guinea on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum group of States and to take this opportunity to make some comments in its national capacity as a small island developing State with least-developed-…
My delegation would like to join others in congratulating you, Madam, on your election to preside over this important gathering.
International migration gives a human face to globalization. It defines and represents the global structure that divides the world between the industrialized North and th…
My delegation wishes to refer to document A/60/250 and to register its disappointment in the manner in which the General Committee discussed the issue of the agenda. Solomon Islands, among other countries, was actually denied the opportunity to debate the inclusion of certain items on the agenda, an…
I would like to begin by associating this statement with the statement issued by Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and China on this agenda item.
This is the twentieth consecutive year that we have gathered in this Hall to urge our friend and partner the United States to lift its blockade agai…
I take the floor to speak on agenda item 41, “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”. My delegation begins first of all by associating this statement with the statement made by the representative of Yemen on behalf of …
I would like to begin by expressing the Solomon Islands’ condolences to the Holy See on the passing away of Pope John Paul II and to the Principality of Monaco on the demise of Prince Rainer III.
Thank you once again, Sir, for convening this series of meetings as we continue to pursue the challenge…
First, Palau wishes to associate itself with the expressions of condolence, sympathy and sadness for the loss to the world of His
Holiness Pope John Paul II and His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III of the Principality of Monaco.
We also wish to associate ourselves now with the excellent statemen…
Members will recall that the Solomon Islands delivered an explanation of vote before the vote in the Third Committee.
We uphold the human rights principles of our Human Rights Council. I regret that, due to intense external pressure from a handful of countries, we have been forced to change our vot…
