Our delegation would also like to express its disappointment in our ability to defer the consideration of the draft decision, which we think is one that requires consensus. Our delegation supports the amendment that has been proposed by the Syrian delegation for a series of reasons.
First, the Econ…
Like the delegation of Cuba, given the importance of draft decision A/66/L.44, Nicaragua wishes to voice the need to defer consideration of the matter in order to allow more time for a decision to be adopted by consensus. Nicaragua therefore supports the motion put forward by the delegation of Syria…
Given the lateness of the hour, I shall confine myself to referring members to my delegation’s statements in the Fifth Committee. My delegation would also like to align itself with the statements made by the representatives of Cuba and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Nicaragua would like to take this opportunity once again to voice its full support for the endeavours being carried out by our sister republic Guatemala, led by President Álvaro Colom. In our view, the work of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala has been extremely valuable and…
We feel that we must take the floor on a point of order. In anticipation of the situation in which we find ourselves, Sir, we were courteous enough to so inform you in advance.
We felt compelled to take the floor on a point of order because we wish to draw attention to the fact that the representat…
We welcome this historic International Mother Earth Day, which we are celebrating for the second time, and express our deep conviction that if we do not make the twenty-first century the century of the rights of our Mother Earth and if we do not all dedicate ourselves to the defence of Mother Earth,…