Trinidad and Tobago wishes to express its gratitude to the President for convening this important debate on violent extremism. We also take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the proposed Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism (A/7…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/69/L.65, entitled “Development of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction”.
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Trinidad and Tobago is once again honoured to have coordinated the informal consultations on this year’s draft resolution on oceans and the law of the sea (A/69/L.29).
This important exercise on the agenda of the General Assembly would not have been possible without the support of all delegations, …
I have the honour to make this intervention on behalf of the
14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
We also take this opportunity to honour the memory of the late President of Zambia, His Excellency Mr. Michael Sata, not only for his contribution to the development of his country,…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
CARICOM acknowledges that there has been notable success in the implementation of the
Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (resolution S-26/2, annex) and the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS (…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
On the occasion of the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1540 (2004), CARICOM wishes to underscore its continued commitment to the full implementation of the resolu…
Trinidad and Tobago welcomes yet another opportunity to participate in this open debate on the important topic of women and peace and security. We also commend the Security Council for organizing this event, which is very symbolic in being presided over by the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to …
Trinidad and Tobago is honoured once again to have coordinated informal consultations on draft resolution A/68/L.18, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”. That important exercise to deal with a significant item on the agenda of the General Assembly would not have been successful without the supp…
Trinidad and Tobago aligns itself with the statement made by the representatives of Guyana on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Japan on behalf of the Group of Four, and Saint Kitts and Nevis on behalf of the L.69 group in encouraging inclusive Security Council reform, and takes this oppo…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
CARICOM wishes to commend Argentina, our sister Member State in the Group of Latin Americas and Caribbean States, for its outstanding work as President of the Security Council during…
The Group of Latin American and Caribbean
States (GRULAC) considers it a great honour to convey our congratulations to one of our members, Mr. John Ashe, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth s…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), namely, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and my own country, Tr…
Trinidad and Tobago was deeply honoured to have coordinated the informal consultations on draft resolution A/67/L.21 on oceans and the law of the sea. It is also a distinct
privilege to have been afforded the opportunity during the year in which the international community commemorates the thirtiet…
Trinidad and Tobago is honoured to participate in this event commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
We align ourselves with the statement delivered earlier today by the representative of Jamaica on b…
I have the honour to make this intervention on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
CARICOM is proud of the strides made by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the past decade as the only permanent international criminal tribunal established to prosecute thos…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Today’s debate on the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (see A/66/309) is an important item on the Assembly’s agenda, as it provides an opportunity for all Member States, …
I have the honour to address the General Assembly, on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on the agenda item before us, which is of fundamental importance not only to the Caribbean and African regions, as initiators of this process, but also to the wider community.
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First of all, we wish to express our appreciation to those
delegations that offered words of condolence on the death of the Prime Minister of Barbados and join others in expressing our own condolences to the delegation of Argentina on the death of its former President.
I have the honour of speakin…
I have the sad duty to speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States as the General Assembly pays tribute to The Honourable David John Howard Thompson, former Prime Minister of Barbados.
Prime Minister Thompson was a very outstanding lawyer, orator and skilled debater. He was …
