I thank you, Mr. President, and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for your wise leadership and the excellent example you have forever set us here at the United Nations. I look forward to working with you both over the next three months in preparation for the seventy-first session.
I thank my honourable…
I cannot repeat the impressive linguistic feats of the President of the Economic and Social Council, unless the interpreters understand the Fijian language — in which case I could speak a bit of Fijian.
It is my honour this morning, on behalf of its 44 sponsors, to introduce draft resolution A/69/L…
I do not wish to disrupt the admirable flow of your adoptions, Madam President, but I would just quickly take the floor to explain our position.
We are taking this brief opportunity to thank all Member States for their support in the adoption of
resolution 69/130. I would like to also acknowledge …
I am honoured to speak on behalf of the 12 members of the Pacific small island developing States (PSIDS) with a presence here at the United Nations. They are the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, To…
Thank you for the welcome, Madam President; it is an honour to share the graveyard shift with you this evening. I believe I am the last speaker. I join with others in thanking you for convening this debate. Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), adopted 14 years ago, along with subsequent resoluti…
I speak on behalf of of the Group of 77 and China.
I believe that the spirit of Nelson Mandela hovers over the United Nations, guiding us and pointing the way to higher ground. His spirit urges us to extract the essence of that which rests within our better natures to carry out the formidable tasks…
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for the report contained in document A/67/736 and to welcome the report of the Economic and Social Council for 2013, contained in document A/68/3. At the outset, the Group would like to recognize the dynamic leadership of …
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. The Group welcomes the adoption of resolution 68/6.
First let me express the Group’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, for submitting the outcome document of the special event to follow up efforts made towards achiev…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 133 member States of the Group of 77 and China.
I would like to thank the President for convening this High-level Dialogue on the important theme focusing on the status of implementation and tasks ahead in relation to the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha …
Allow me, first, to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate, which provides an opportunity for all members to contribute to the discussion on the global women and peace and security agenda. Allow me also to thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2013/149), which provides a cle…
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I come before you, Mr. President, and the General Assembly to express profound condolences to the Government and people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at this time of mourning for the passing of President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías. President Chávez Frí…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
We note with appreciation the sentiments echoed in the statements this morning to launch of the International Year of Quinoa. The year 2013 has been declared International Year of Quinoa in recognition of the indige…
Allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on multidimensional peacekeeping. I am pleased to align this statement with that made earlier today by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Given the emphasis on the evolving nature of peacekeeping mi…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for having convened this important debate, which provides an opportunity for all Members to contribute to the discussion on the global women and peace and security agenda.
Fiji recognizes the importance of resolution 1325 (2000) and acknowledges the progres…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Pacific small island developing States (SIDS) represented at the United Nations, namely, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu and my own country, Fiji.
The…
Last Friday, 16 December, the General Assembly conducted two rounds of balloting to fill the 25 positions on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. That was due to a procedural rule that the Assembly adopted at the beginning of this meeting, according to which the voting had to…
The Fiji delegation welcomes the consensus spirit that has allowed us to carry through the revision of the Serbian resolution on the unilateral declaration of the independence of Kosovo. We welcome in particular the readiness of the European Union to facilitate a dialogue process
between the partie…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Pacific small island developing States (SIDS) represented at the United Nations, namely, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu and my own cou…
