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Juan Carlos Wasmosy

THE RECORD WRITES THIS SPEAKER AS JUAN CARLOS WASMOSY

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1993-09-24

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1997-09-24

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1. “I would consider my activities of strengthening and consolidating democracy incomplete if in future my compatriots could not continue freely to form political parties and to elect governments without coercion, if they could not live in peace with their families and enjoy the honest fruits of their work, if they could not live fruitful lives and at the end of their days reflect proudly on their successes and achievements. But as we view the Paraguayan future, we must reflect on a situation fraught with dramatic realities. We have overcome a domestic political situation which for three decades had been met with indifference, marginalization and, ultimately, condemnation by the international community. We endured that situation because of the labour the ingenuity and the great sacrifice of the Paraguayan people.”

   1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)

2. “The priority of the Paraguayan Government is to guarantee this security, this stability and these services, so that those who wish to work and produce can enjoy the fruits of their labour and feel motivated to do their work honestly and efficiently. The Paraguayan people is now aware that it has triumphed over its many vicissitudes. We have heard many promises about the advent of the new man. We have witnessed many tragedies and dashed hopes. Today, we believe that the only path towards the great triumphs of collective well-being is that of democracy and freedom. The men and women of Paraguay wish to live in their own way, respecting the law and prospering in harmony and concord.”

   1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)

3. “We have successfully and peacefully carried out extraordinary reforms in the political, economic and social fields without external assistance, relying solely on our citizens’ faith and aspiration to live in peace, with justice and freedom. The Government of Paraguay respects freedom and promotes justice; it is striving to widen the opportunities for human development and well-being. Economic activity, and in particular the market economy, cannot exist in an institutional vacuum. On the contrary, a security system must be established that ensures the fiscal integrity of all persons, individual initiative and the inviolability of private property, through a stable monetary system and efficient public services.”

   1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)

4. “A little more than a month ago I inaugurated my Government with the firm resolve to strengthen our foreign relations with all the members of the international community, within the natural limitations set by domestic financial circumstances and contingencies. I would now venture to offer some thoughts for the consideration of the General Assembly. The new world order broke suddenly upon the world. The bipolar structure of power has now ceased to exist, and the change has taken place peacefully. Paraguay has changed in the same way and with the same rhythm. Today the Paraguayan people is the champion of its own destiny and the will of the people prevails. We live in a condition of respect for human rights, a market economy and State reform.”

   1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)

5. “I am pleased to recall in this context that Paraguay, since it entered the United Nations as a founding Member in 1945, has always championed the right to the self-determination of peoples and the independence of political communities which, like Guyana, came to self-government in fulfilment of the obligations imposed by the Charter of the United Nations. I welcome very warmly the new Members that have just been admitted: the Czech Republic, the Republic of Slovakia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Eritrea, the Principality of Monaco, and Andorra. This welcome is not simply a matter of protocol; it involves the recognition of their respective Governments that I am expressing on behalf of the Paraguayan Government.”

   1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)

6. “This is the first occasion on which I have had the honour to appear before this lofty international body to speak on behalf of my country, Paraguay. I do so with the profound satisfaction of representing a genuinely democratic Government that has emerged from free elections, and as the first civilian citizen who has held the presidency of the Republic in 39 years. I wish to congratulate you, President Insanally. Your election, based on your solid professional knowledge and your long political career, is a tribute to you personally and to your country, Guyana, which you so worthily represent.”

   1993-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 48 (1993)