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Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo

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first: 1997-09-24
most recent: 2001-09-24
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“For that reason, it is imperative that we renew our commitment to the goals and principles of the United Nations, which will allow us to continue to advance in the building of a world that is more just, peaceful and secure for future generations.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“We strongly support the convening of the World Summit on Sustainable Development to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September 2002, the task of which will be to determine the current status of the implementation of the commitments undertaken at the Earth Summit. As a reflection of that will, we note our ratification of the Conventions on Climate Change and Biological Diversity, the efforts carried out by the National Council for Sustainable Development and Nicaragua’s participation in major projects for the preservation of the rich ecosystems of the region, such as the Meso-American Biological Corridor and the Atlantic Biological Corridor. The new problems and challenges that humanity faces greatly exceed our individual capabilities as States.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“That process, however, has not been easy, because of the heavy burden of our external national debt, international financial crises, the fall in the price of our main export products and natural disasters. The elections held in my country on 4 November will go down in national history as an example of transparency, public spirit and profound democratic conviction. The orderly and transparent way in which the process unfolded, broad citizen participation, with fewer than 10 per cent of the population failing to take part, and the attitude of the people of Nicaragua reflect of the degree to which my country has progressed in strengthening its democratic institutions.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Since the beginning of my mandate in 1997, we Nicaraguans have taken significant steps in the important task of consolidating democracy and guiding our country along the path of development. The Nicaraguan people have made great sacrifices in laying the foundations of sustainable human development by strengthening the rule of law; stabilizing the economy through the implementation of responsible financial and fiscal policies; providing for the effective participation of civil society in national decision- making; and formulating a long-term strategy in the battle against poverty and for reducing economic, social and environmental vulnerability.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“We should not continue to deny the 23 million people who live in the Republic of China the right to be represented in the United Nations and to share with us the efforts to promote peace and development for future generations. Let us recall that the Republic of China has played a positive role in the promotion of world trade, the eradication of poverty and the advancement of 6 human rights. These laudable efforts at the national and international levels must be recognized by the United Nations; the Republic of China should be given the right to integrate itself into the international order of the United Nations, having fulfilled the basic conditions in accordance with international law.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Furthermore, the profound changes experienced by societies throughout the world since 1945 require the United Nations urgently to reaffirm its universal vocation as a fundamental prerequisite for confronting new challenges through the full and effective participation of all peoples, without distinction and excluding no one. However, this universal vocation cannot be fully realized as long as a democratic State and signatory of the San Francisco Charter is unable to participate as a full-fledged Member within the United Nations system. As is well known, the Republic of China is a democratic country, and its freely and transparently elected Government is the only one that can legitimately represent the interests and desires of the people of Taiwan at the United Nations.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In order to respond effectively to the challenges that the new millennium imposes on us — challenges that cannot be ignored — it is crucial that we take resolute steps to reform the United Nations, ensuring that its policies and structures are commensurate with the realities and aspirations of contemporary international society. Nicaragua shares the interest of all Member States in strengthening our Organization so as to optimize its work in the maintenance of international peace and security, conflict prevention, the promotion of sustainable development and the battle against poverty. In this context, it is crucial to move forward with reform of the Security Council so that that body can respond fully and effectively to current needs and to future challenges to our peoples.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“I would like to earnestly appeal to the States that have not yet done so to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, as well as the Convention for the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines. Nicaragua also welcomes with satisfaction the Programme of Action to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects, adopted on 21 July. Just one year ago, we convened the Millennium Summit, at which we made commitments designed to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century and reaffirmed our faith in the United Nations as the central instrument for promoting peace, security, prosperity and justice.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Our firm commitment to world peace and security led my country to host the Third Meeting of the States Parties to the Ottawa Convention, despite the fact that that meeting took place soon after the events of 11 September. The Managua Conference allowed the States parties to renew their commitment and to note with satisfaction the important progress that has been made in the crusade to eliminate anti-personnel landmines. The ratification of the Convention by more than 120 States; the strengthening of the mechanisms for its implementation; the progress in mine removal; the destruction of mines stockpiled in different parts of the world; and the virtual embargo on the international trade in these weapons are concrete steps in our effort to end the suffering brought about by antipersonnel mines.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“As of that date, we began to undertake concrete initiatives aimed at improving information systems between neighbouring countries; increasing coordination between air and naval forces to deal with illicit traffic; ensuring better border monitoring; enabling the exchange of information between specialized public security agencies; increasing control over travel documents; and strengthening security for airports and civil aviation. Nicaragua is a party to those measures and provisions that promote and safeguard international and regional peace and security through the prevention and peaceful resolution of disputes between States and the non-proliferation of nuclear and conventional weapons of mass destruction, which contravene the principles of international humanitarian law.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“The enemies of peace and democracy have attempted to create a widespread 5 climate of uncertainty and fear. For this reason, our first challenge is not to allow ourselves to be intimidated or paralysed by their criminal threats and actions. At the Central American level, on 19 September in Honduras, the Presidents of the isthmus adopted a Declaration entitled “Central America united against terrorism”, in which we strongly condemned any ties between groups or sectors in the Central American region and international terrorism.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Kofi Annan, not only for having been re- elected to a second mandate with the consensus of the entire international community, but also for the recent, well-deserved, high distinction of being awarded, together with the United Nations, the Nobel Peace Prize. The people and the Government of Nicaragua received with great concern the news of the criminal terrorist attacks against the people and the Government of the United States on 11 September. Since then, we have offered our solidarity and cooperation to the people and the Government of the United States for the capture and punishment of all those involved in those abhorrent acts. The magnitude of those terrorist acts brings new and diverse challenges in the political, economic and security areas.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Before I proceed, allow me, on behalf of the people and the Government of Nicaragua, to express our sorrow to the people and the Government of the Dominican Republic for yesterday’s event. Allow me also, Mr. President, to join those who have come before me in congratulating you on your well-deserved election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, and to express my confidence that under your competent direction this session will conclude its work successfully. I also wish to express our most profound appreciation for the praiseworthy work achieved by the outgoing President, Mr. Harri Holkeri of Finland. Likewise, I wish to pay tribute to the Secretary- General, Mr.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“My Government has supported and will continue to support, with firm and fraternal solidarity, the unquestionable right of the Republic of China — whose exercise of full sovereignty over Taiwan for half a century is an unquestionable reality — to be incorporated as a full member of the United Nations. We therefore call anew on the international community not to deny that friendly, progressive and exemplary people the right to be recognized and allowed effective participation in this great forum, thereby affording it the well deserved opportunity of sharing with us its vocation for peace and its generous spirit of international cooperation.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“The Republic of China — founded in 1912 and which has been an independent sovereign nation that 7 maintains official diplomatic relations with Nicaragua and the other republics of Central America and other countries — continues, lamentably and unjustly, to be unrepresented in the Organization. This prevents it from participating in the work of the Organization and from making its valuable contribution in the various areas of international cooperation, despite the fact that it has complied fully with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, which was signed at San Francisco.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“We are pleased that the last year of this century has been designated the International Year of Older Persons, who seem increasingly to suffer from poverty and neglect. We likewise reaffirm our commitment to ensure social protection, along with the redoubling of efforts to make more effective both the personal security of citizens and the security of their property. I would not want to end without inviting the Assembly to reflect on the hopes of the 22 million persons who, at the threshold of the twenty-first century, continue to lack representation at the United Nations — the Organization of universal vocation, where the most important decisions having to do with international policy are taken.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“We thank the international community, and especially the Organization of American States and the United Nations, for the significant resources they placed at our disposal to undertake this delicate task. As signatory to the Treaty of Tlatelolco, we unreservedly support initiatives aimed at establishing an international mechanism for the total elimination of nuclear weapons. We are also conscious of the grave menace to the security of our nations and to peace posed by arms trafficking, including trafficking in small arms, which cause the greatest suffering and loss of human life. We join in the world crusade to combat poverty, whether that poverty is generalized, focused or in diverse strata of our societies.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“It is also appropriate to emphasize its support for the prevention of natural disasters through overcoming socio-economic and environmental vulnerabilities. Working together with the United Nations, we have gradually been fulfilling the commitments of the Earth Summit of 1992 during my term of office in order to create the National Council on Sustainable Development (CONADES). We have also been making strides concerning the Conventions on Biodiversity and Climate Change, as well as participating in the major projects of the Meso-American Biological Corridor and the Biological Corridor of the Atlantic. At the same time, we have been making a consistent effort in the demining of the border zone with Honduras, where the last war left more than one 100 thousand anti- personnel landmines in the ground.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Those efforts have been expanded during this decade to incorporate the great challenges and main issues confronting the country, including issues concerning governance and local development, the promotion of a healthy environment, the reduction of extreme poverty, greater access by disadvantaged populations to public services, the modernization of democratic institutions, the promotion of population policies, the process of demobilization of ex-combatants and the search for solutions to property conflicts through dialogue. Likewise, we acknowledge the special efforts made by the United Nations with regard to strengthening the administration of justice and the penal system, and to the creation of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“This extraordinary event, which will mean a substantial pardoning of our external debt, was a historical watershed, opening up a fresh chapter in our new independence, which will transform the economic and social reality of our people, making it possible for them to enter the new century relieved of an unbearable burden inherited from the past, with renewed vigour, great potential and realistic optimism for a substantially improved quality of life for Nicaraguans. We should like to reiterate our eternal gratitude to the international community and to the multilateral organizations that have smoothed our path, enabling us to march together, shoulder to shoulder, towards a promising future. Nicaragua appreciates the sustained efforts of the United Nations system.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“This significant support will enable us to give urgent attention to social programmes and infrastructure projects, with priority being given to the sensitive areas of health, education and housing, as well as to plans for assistance to small producers and agricultural workers affected by Hurricane Mitch. The disciplined implementation of the ESAF programme and the new set of circumstances ushered in by the hurricane, led last week to an event that happily coincided with the celebration of our national independence — a resolution of the International Monetary Fund by which it associated itself with the resolution previously adopted by the World Bank, thereby opening the door to Nicaragua for its inclusion in the HIPC initiative.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“However, generous international cooperation mitigated to some extent the suffering, the irreparable loss of thousands of lives of our compatriots and the widespread destruction of basic infrastructures, property, natural resources and the environment. The damage inflicted by the tragedy also created new challenges and opportunities, encouraging us to 6 redouble our efforts and to seek the necessary unity, joining together without distinction, in efforts to move forward. In May this year, therefore, the Consultative Group for the Reconstruction and Transformation of Central America, convened initially by the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington in December 1998 as a result of Hurricane Mitch, met in Stockholm and offered Nicaragua phased global support amounting to $2.5 billion for a period of three to four years.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“This led to an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new enhanced structural adjustment facility (ESAF) programme which, after its projected completion within a period of three years, would have made it possible for us to qualify for the concessionary plan of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative. While we were occupied with the many sacrifices that we had to make during that tough process of healing, reorganization and reconstruction, a little less than a year ago we suffered the ill-timed and devastating effects of Hurricane Mitch, which severely affected our efforts, work and plans.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“That historical interval left us in a very weakened state that was reflected in the deterioration of all human development indicators, the general collapse of economic activities and a gigantic external debt whose unbearable and overwhelming weight was borne on the impoverished shoulders of the long- suffering people of Nicaragua. This situation of extreme fragility made it necessary, from the beginning of my Government, to formulate an economic policy that would gain the support and credibility of the international community and the multilateral organizations.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Furthermore, beginning in 1997, my country began a difficult reorganization and structural adjustment process, taking the decision to deal responsibly with the high political and social costs of laying down the stable foundations for dynamic national reconstruction and transformation. We must put behind us once and for all the painful period in our history, which lasted more than a decade and was characterized by destruction and violence in a cycle of fratricidal confrontation and which, fortunately, has now been overcome.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“We must make use of a constant, open and pluralist dialogue to facilitate changes of course, reform and consensus, which will contribute to the strengthening of democratic systems and make it possible for people to live together in peace. In this context, this year the two main political forces in Nicaragua, which together won a little more than 90 per cent of the vote in the most recent elections, have produced an agenda that will be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration, so that it can be debated with complete transparency in the nation's principal forum.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“On occasions, at certain stages in these transitional processes, disturbances have occurred as a result of troubling inequalities between various sectors and social actors. Such differences exist and are growing both in advanced countries and in developing countries, which are in the majority. We should anticipate, reverse, mitigate or, at least, temper with realism and sensitivity such negative effects, which owe their origins and characteristics to specific circumstances and considerations that were assumed to be temporary. A failure to take adequate measures could put at risk budding democracies, which are precariously building stability and the institutional structures of law and governance. In this primordial task, the participation of citizens and of civil society, in its various forms, is vital.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Those are the major challenges that we must confront together, using political will, hard work, education, training, the transfer of science and technology, investment, openness, production, trade, superior skills and active policies of participation to ensure that shared benefits will flow out to profit all, fairly and equitably, at every layer of the social fabric of our peoples. It would be unfortunate and very dangerous if these great opportunities offered by globalization were not translated into positive, innovative and tangible changes to effectively promote, in the shortest time possible, a substantive improvement in standards of living, expectations and opportunities for the vast majority, within the framework of sustainable development.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“5 We share and support the initiatives that, among their other objectives, are designed to make it easier for countries that are relatively underdeveloped and engaged in the tasks of economic and social development and combating poverty to achieve the very difficult and painful transition to a new globalized world with a market economy devoid of barriers, where rapidly developing patterns are being imposed with regard to competitiveness, advanced technology, models of culture and consumption, social and computer communications, sophisticated systems of financing and a vast array of other tools and processes. All of this highlights with stark reality the great differences and imbalances that exist at the international level.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Kofi Annan, for the fruitful work that he has been pursuing with commendable energy and great vision, to reform, strengthen and invigorate the complex and sensitive United Nations system within a comprehensive context while looking towards a new century and a new millennium that will require all kinds of revisions, adjustments and adaptations.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Please accept our warmest congratulations, Sir, on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We wish you every success, which we are convinced will be forthcoming in your leadership and in the outcome of these proceedings. We also wish to convey heartfelt recognition to the Foreign Minister of Uruguay, Mr. Didier Opertti, who so brilliantly presided over the last session, a matter of legitimate pride for Latin America. I should also like to convey a message of warm support and tribute to the Secretary-General, Mr.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“We are certain, Sir, that under your enlightened guidance, we will achieve concrete results on the delicate points on our agenda that will undoubtedly help our peoples and Governments in a very positive and tangible way to achieve the widest and most satisfactory shared benefits.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“The international community is aware that the Republic of China respects the principles that govern the United Nations Charter, particularly its mission of peace and broad and generous international cooperation. The denial of the right of a people to be recognized and accorded full and effective participation misrepresents and contradicts the noble spirit of the universal mission of this Organization and constitutes a painful collective violation of the human rights of more than 21 million people. We therefore call once again on the nations of the world to reconsider resolution 2758 (XXVI), which so unjustly excludes the Republic of China, with a view to restoring its right to participate in all the activities of the United Nations.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“The exhausting legacy of that past is the burden of a gigantic foreign debt of approximately $12.5 billion and a devastated economy, which, within the space of a few years, was set back dramatically by more than 50 years. We seek understanding and help to achieve forgiveness of our stifling external debt as soon as possible. We must bear in mind that the United Nations, as a supranational body that coordinates and harmonizes the world?s efforts in many areas, is the most important and pluralistic forum in which the opinions of all States are freely expressed and the most important decisions taken within the framework of world politics. Nevertheless, we note once again, with great sadness, the absence of the sister Republic of China, which, as we all know, was a founding Member of the United Nations in 1945.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Furthermore, upon the completion of the ESAF programme, we would be forgiven up to 80 per cent of the large external debt inherited from the past, within the concessionary programme of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative. These signs appear to indicate that, given the steps we are taking and the enormous sacrifices we are making, the time-frame for our becoming creditors to these facilities could be shortened. We have turned to the international community, calling on it from its highest forum to continue to support us in our daily and difficult battle to get ahead, leaving behind a dark past of destruction and violence which we have been slowly overcoming with the combined efforts of all, guided by a sincere spirit of reconciliation based on forgiveness and forgetting.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“At the same time, we have created 170,000 new productive jobs, with a goal of 500,000 contemplated for the five-year term of 1997-2001 for which I was elected President. In 1997, we brought inflation down to an annual level of 7 per cent. Our economic policy has received the backing of the international community, represented by over 40 countries and multilateral organizations. After Nicaragua reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, in Geneva, Switzerland, in April of this year, on a new programme for an enhanced structural adjustment facility (ESAF), these supporters won us $1.8 billion over the next three years.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Nevertheless, we should not underestimate the whirlwind forces that could cause irreparable internal ruptures should the less-favoured majority sectors — which are precisely those that demand our priority attention to their urgent vital needs — be sacrificed to gain time and avoid difficulties. Moreover, the vulnerability to which smaller economies are exposed in the face of crisis — such as that of the financial markets currently casting a shadow over the world economy — cannot be avoided. In the first 18 months of my Administration, we have had the highest rate of economic growth in Central America: 5 per cent in 1997 and an estimated rate of slightly over 6 per cent for the current year. Within these indicators, the increase in the agricultural sector is 60 per cent.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“We are firm believers in the free market economy, with a humanistic sensibility and social justice. We believe with the same pragmatic conviction in globalization and in the broadest and most active international relations, without exception. Globalization is not a panacea per se, although it is an exceptional opportunity if prudent and realistic measures are envisaged and taken. These must also be imaginative and audacious, without neglecting the palliatives that mitigate and cushion the rigours of the first phases of adjustment and opening up. There is no doubt that globalization will promote unity at the international level.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Similarly, we are participating actively in the negotiation and signing of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials, approved on 13 November 1997 by the Organization of American States. We consider international terrorism and other forms of organized crime to be terrible scourges of our societies. We condemn all terrorist acts and reassert our conviction that they require firm and severe responses. We are in solidarity with the victims of these actions and support every initiative to increase international cooperation in confronting these inhuman, cruel and unlawful activities that affect the security of our States. We repeat that the role of my Government is that of facilitator and promoter.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Nicaragua hopes that at the next Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Buenos Aires in November this year, there will be recognition of the environmental protection work done by the developing countries in designating important expanses of their territories as protected areas. Likewise, we hope that mechanisms for clean development to facilitate the reduction of greenhouse gases will be adopted. At the end of this millennium the battle against the production, trafficking in and use of drugs continues to be one of the greatest challenges to humanity. My country expresses its satisfaction at the results achieved during the special session of the General Assembly devoted to this important subject.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“This includes the sensitive area of security for individuals and their property. The macroeconomic transformations that we have undertaken include significant reforms in the taxation and financial system, as well as important measures to protect the environment, creating an awareness of the need to utilize rationally our natural wealth. These initiatives have been supported by the international community, and in this connection it is appropriate to recognize the assistance received from the United Nations Development Programme for many endeavours — especially its support, in coordination with civil society and non-governmental organizations, for the National Commission for Sustainable Development.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Likewise, we are redirecting our efforts and resources to maintain and improve social programmes for the protection of individuals and families in great poverty. This, together with dealing with unemployment, is our priority. The Government?s social policies require healthy and effective economic policies that ensure continuity along with the necessary impetus for development. In this connection, the Government?s general objective is to make it possible for the private sector to create products and jobs within a climate of stability, promoted by establishing clear, reliable and transparent rules that apply equally to everyone, as well as through dialogue and agreement, which are the cornerstones of governability and harmony. In this context, strengthening the integrated system for procuring and administering justice is essential.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“In commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we reaffirm our 9 commitment to continue to work with all the means at our disposal to promote and protect human rights. In Nicaragua we are moving ahead with the consolidation of peace and democracy based on full respect for human rights, establishment of the rule of law, respect for the separation of powers and the guarantee of individual liberties. At the same time, we have taken important steps in order to reach higher levels of economic development with social equity. My Government is convinced that in order to reap fruits we must plant seeds, human capital being one of the best investments for integrated and sustainable development. We have therefore made it a priority to raise levels of education and extend its reach to all sectors.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“In this connection, we share the view of the Secretary- General, expressed in his annual report, about the need to reorient actions and efforts with a new vision that will help countries carry out a satisfactory transition to the globalized economy, which involves complex and sensitive processes. At the end of the twentieth century, the world is facing profound changes that require innovative solutions in order for humanity to move in such a direction that science and technology can have a positive effect on the development of countries. The historic transformation we are living through has frequently increased the inequalities between countries; we must therefore plan how to reduce these negative effects.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“Nicaragua gives its total support to these important initiatives, which are aimed at strengthening and promoting the Organization?s role in international cooperation for sustainable development. With regard to the Security Council, there are grounds for concern over the postponements and absence of concrete proposals from the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council. My country shares the opinion that resolutions involving amendments to the Charter must be approved by two thirds of the members of the General Assembly. The globalization of all spheres of life and liberalization of the economy constitute a new challenge.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“I would like, before beginning my statement, to express my solidarity with the peoples of the Caribbean nations who during the past few days have been victims of hurricane Georges. As well as warmly greeting all representatives, I would like to express my very cordial congratulations to Mr. Opertti on his election as President of the General Assembly for its fifty-third session. This eminent position not only represents well-deserved recognition of his capability and experience, but is also a significant distinction for Latin America. Allow me also to express my appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his vision and efforts to promote deep reforms of the United Nations system.”
1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)
“On behalf of the Nicaraguan people, I ask God to bless the United Nations and all the peoples of the world.”
1997-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 52 (1997)
“The Government of Nicaragua considers that the Republic of China should enjoy equal opportunity to participate in the United Nations and its specialized agencies. We cannot forget the right of those who freely chose to live in and to build the Republic of China and who want their country to be recognized with full and effective participation at the heart of this Organization. 2 We have a broad programme of work, which will contribute not only to overcoming the obstacles that peoples and Governments face in achieving their goal of maintaining and implementing fundamental values of development, social well-being and justice, but also to preparing for our entry into the twenty-first century with a renewed and strengthened world Organization that can assist Governments to attain the well-being of their peoples.”
1997-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 52 (1997)
“The countries of South-East Asia have seen how the economy and democratic development of the Republic of China have been significant factors in the region’s stability. The international community can attest to the fact that the Republic of China bases its attitude on the principles that govern the United Nations Charter, particularly in its peace-loving nature and its capacity to make a positive response to the needs of the international community. Bearing these facts in mind, I appeal to the Assembly to amend resolution 2758 (XXVI), which excludes the Republic of China from the United Nations. We ought to maintain the principle of universality through the equal participation of all the States of the world.”
1997-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 52 (1997)
“We are pleased to see how democracy, the ideas of civil society and respect for fundamental human rights are becoming predominant characteristics of today’s world. I therefore note with great regret that the 21.5 million people who live in the Republic of China are not represented in this great Assembly. What is going on, Mr. President? Everyone knows that the Republic of China signed the United Nations Charter in 1945. Domestically, it maintains government structures guaranteeing its people the exercise of their fundamental rights and freedoms. In no international forum dealing with this subject has the Government of the Republic of China been described as a violator of inalienable rights.”
1997-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 52 (1997)