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October 2003- Assembly President Appoints Facilitators
for Revitalization Debate
Julian Robert Hunte, President of the General Assembly,
said that he had sensed an emerging consensus that
action should be taken expeditiously. Among the specific
issues addressed in the debate, many had emphasized
the need to reaffirm the political position and status
of the Assembly and to redress the relationship between
that body and the Security Council. There had also
been agreement that in order to ensure better respect
for Assembly resolutions and decisions, they must
be made better known.
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Julian
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Views
had begun to converge on some points regarding the
nature and function of the plenary itself. Finally,
President Hunte announced the appointment of six facilitators
for the revitalization debate, as the next step forward.
They were: Abdallah Baali (Algeria); Stafford O. Neil
(Jamaica); Dirk Jan van den Berg (Netherlands); Kishore
Mahbubani (Singapore); Roman Kirn (Slovenia); and
Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo (South Africa).
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October 2003- President Julian Hunte meets with
the Director General of the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Koichiro
Matsuura, as the Assembly takes up issues related
to cultural heritage and the return or restitution
of cultural property.
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Julian
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For UNESCO, protecting tangible and intangible cultural
heritage means ensuring its capacity for renewal.
Safeguarding cultural heritage does not solely imply
preserving cultural monuments, but also reviving living
culture worldwide, traditional festivals, performing
arts and crafts, re-establishing theatres and cinemas,
and promoting cultural industries to help people to
recover their cultural identity, preserve their timeless
traditions and invigorate their artistic and intellectual
creativity.
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29-30
October 2003 - HIGH-LEVEL
DIALOGUE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
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The
Monterrey Consensus, adopted by the International
Conference on Financing for Development, reflects
the critical decisions we took, at the highest political
level, "to address the challenges of financing
for development around the world, particularly in
developing countries."
It also includes the objectives we set for this purpose.
Monterrey's distinctive approach of bringing together
all parties involved in the financing for development
process has made it possible for key cross-sectional
issues on trade, finance and development to be addressed
comprehensively. The Consensus has thus been widely
acclaimed as a new and workable approach to development
finance, and an important framework to guide our common
efforts at the national, regional, international and
systemic levels in this critical area.
H.E.
Mr. Julian R. Hunte,
President of the fifty-eighth session
of the General Assembly
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30
October 2003 -
Concluding
High-level Dialogue, General Assembly hears calls
for renewed political will, further action to implement
development financing commitments.
Wrapping
up the ministerial-level dialogue on development financing,
General Assembly President Julian R . Hunte (Saint
Lucia ) called on all those committed to sustainable
development - to act on and implement the ideas and
proposals put forward in the last two days.As the
event drew to a close, he summarized the discussions
undertaken, highlighting the frank nature of debate
and the general consensus that more needed to be accomplished
on financing for development, notably with respect
to recent disappointing developments in international
trade and financial transfers. Among other points
emphasized by Mr. Hunte in his concluding remarks
were the important role played by regional cooperation
in trade issues, concern over the volatility of the
commodities market and the exposure of developing
country farmers to market vulnerability.
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30 October 2003
-"While the grass is growing the horse is starving".
President Julian Hunte (Saint Lucia), President
of the General Assembly, told correspondents at a
Headquarters press conference today that developing
countries were bringing pressure to bear on the United
States and the countries of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) to do something
about subsidies and pricing that would have a positive
impact on commodities trading.
As
part of a partial assessment of the ongoing High-level
Dialogue on Financing for Development being held at
Headquarters, Mr. Hunte said clearly what was going
on with regard to commodity prices could not be allowed
to continue. A number of developing countries, including
his own, preferred a system where there was trade,
rather than aid. In his country, the main crop, bananas,
had experienced drastic price fluctuations, and he
felt that the current system did not make sense, as
it neither encouraged farmers nor allowed for proper
budgeting, among a host of other problems.
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President
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Headquarters
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30 October 2003 -
The Assembly met in plenary this morning to hear addresses
from General Assembly President Julian R. Hunte, UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, World Bank President
James Wolfensohn, IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler,
UNCTAD Secretary-General Rubens Ricupero, UNDP Administrator
and UN Development Group Chairman Mark Malloch Brown,
Economic and Social Council President Gert Rosenthal
and WTO deputy director Francisco Thompson-Flores.
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Mr.
James Wolfensohn of the World Bank addresses the Assembly
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President
Hunte and Under-Secretary-General Chen preside over
today's meeting
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Mr.
Horst Kohler, Mananging Director of the International
Monetary Fund, addresses the Assembly
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30
October 2003 -
President Julian Hunte chaired an informal interactive
dialogue today, on the tasks ahead in implementing
the outcomes of Monterrey. On the issue of International
assistance, President Hunte underlined that "we
already need more aid than has been pledged for delivery
by 2006 and we will certainly need very considerable
assistance after 2006 and up to 2015, the target year
for the Millennium Development Goals, and even beyond.
We have seen improvements in the management of aid
at source and destination countries and we have begun
to see a pragmatic willingness of donors to welcome
the aid recipient view into the peer assessments of
donor programmes. How can we strengthen such donor/recipient
partnerships to make the aid process more effective?
How can we convince donor legislators that aid is
a good and improving investment to which they should
contribute all that is possible?"
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29
October 2003 - General Assembly opens two-day high
level dialogue on Implementation of Financing for
Development Commitments
Aiming
to re-energize the global community's focus on issues
relating to trade, aid, debt, investment and the international
financial architecture, the General Assembly this
morning kicked off its two-day High-level Dialogue
for the implementation of the outcome of the 2002
International Conference on Financing for Development,
held in Monterrey, Mexico.
Opening
the event, Assembly President Julian R. Hunte (Saint
Lucia) emphasized the importance of the present initiative,
which must advance the development agenda, and permit
the international community to systematically and
strategically plan for further effective action, based
on the commitments made at Monterrey.
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President
Hunte with Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Heads
of the Principal Organs of the United Nations
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29 October 2003
- The heads of the Six Principal Organs of the United
Nations (General Assembly, Security Council, Economic
and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International
Court of Justice and the Secretariat) held their fifth
annual meeting followed by a luncheon hosted by the
Secretary-General. The five Presidents and the Secretary-General
focused on issues of common concern such as the security
of UN staff in conflict areas, revitalization of the
work of the Principal Organs, as well as reform of
the Organization as a whole. The meeting also discussed
matters relating to Iraq, the Middle East, the Millennium
Development Goals, and economic development and trade.
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29 October 2003 -
THE
ROUND TABLES
The round tables addressed a variety of themes including
regional dimensions in implementing the Monterrey
Consensus; coherence and consistency of international
monetary, financial and trading systems in support
of development; the link between implementing the
objectives of Monterrey and the Millennium Summit;
and the link between the Monterrey objectives and
the achievement of an equitable global economic system.
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The overflow conference room where viewers could watch
on a split screen four of the simultaneous round tables
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Ministerial
Round Table 8
Broad, sustained economic growth key to poverty reduction,
achievement of global Development goals, high-level
round table told.
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Ministerial
Round Table 7
Serious doubt expressed over achievement of internationally
agreed development targets.
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Ministerial
Round Table 6
Participants explore proposals to attain financing
for development target, Millenium Development goals.
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Ministerial
Round Table 5
Bold action required regarding debt relief, trade
reforms, access to ressources.
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Ministerial
Round Table 4
Round table participants discuss whether current global
monetary, financial, trading systems conducive to
development.
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Ministerial
Round Table 3
Progress in achieving coherence, consistency in international
financial trading systems mixed, according to speakers
in high-level round table.
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Ministerial
Round Table 2
Ressource mobilization, agricultural subsidies, market
access among issues raised.
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Ministerial
Round Table 1
Implementing Financing for development commitments:
the regional dimensions examined.
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28 October 2003 - Speakers in
the General Assembly focus on ways to revitalize "lifeless"
World Body, strengthen its role and authority.
Amid
charges that the main United Nations body for open
debate and decision-making had become lifeless, plodding
and disconnected from reality, the General Assembly
looked inward today during a discussion of overall
Organizational reform, which focused on ways to revitalize
the Assembly, enhance the Office of its President,
and re-evaluate its methods of work.
Stressing
that the machinery of the Assembly had become cumbersome
and overburdened by an unwieldy agenda and a flood
of documentation, several speakers also said the body's
working methods were inflexible and failed to address
the ever-changing global agenda. Others declared that
the United Nations of the twenty-first century must
not be constrained by procedures designed for the
post-World War II period.
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28 October 2003 - The President
of the General Assembly chairs informal hearings of
Civil Society and Business sector on Financing for
Development
"Many, said President Hunte, are looking to the
business community to be dependable partners with
Governments, making their own essential contribution
and giving their active support in this area".
Three panels were held under the theme "Business
Perspective on the Implementation of the Monterrey
Consensus: Critical Issues, Success Stories, and Next
Steps". The civil society hearings were held
around the central theme "Civil Society Perspective
on the Status of Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus
and Tasks Ahead" with a review of progress and
setbacks since Monterrey and discussions on "Strengthening
the Role of the United Nations in Democratic Global
Governance".
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27 October 2003 - Iraq: Hunte
condemns attack on Red Cross.
In a meeting with the Representative of the Delegation
of the International Committee of the Red Cross to
the United Nations, Mr. Georges Paclisanu, the President
of the General Assembly, Julian R. Hunte condemned
in the strongest terms the bombing of the Red Cross
office in Baghdad. President Hunte expressed his condolences
for the heavy loss of human lives. The discussion
focused on security issues for international humanitarian
personnel in Iraq and the measures to be taken by
the Red Cross.
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Julian
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27
October 2003 - Expert Panel underlines volatility
of commodity earnings
"More than one quarter of the United Nations
191 member states rely on commodity exports for more
than fifty per cent of their export earnings"
noted Julian R. Hunte, while chairing an Open-ended
Panel on commodities. This panel, said the President
of the General Assembly, " provides the framework
in which we may review many of the issues concerning
commodities, including dependence, the impact of the
free market on that dependence, and the impact of
these phenomenon on the natural volatility of commodity
earnings due to climate disturbance and production
cycles".
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27 October 2003 - President
Julian R. Hunte addresses UN reform issues at Opening
session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Hearing
President Julian R. Hunte, today in New York, told
a meeting of members of parliaments around the world:
"The reform we envisage will not change the essential
nature of international relations, but, if done well,
it can transform the General Assembly into a more
viable instrument to secure consensus and to follow-up
the implementation of its decisions. We seek, he said,
to foster the building of a "global parliament"
more efficient in its decision-making process and
more capable of taking effective decisions".
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27
October 2003 - "a matter of the highest priority"…
As the Assembly began its discussion of a cluster of
reform items, Assembly President Julian Robert Hunte
(Saint Lucia), said he considered the issue a matter
of the highest priority. Indeed, he had already begun
to take practical steps to streamline the Assembly's
work and to make better use of the General Committee
as a body providing coordination and oversight, advice
and support to his office. He went on to say that, as
Chairman of the Assembly's Working Group on Revitalization,
he had a responsibility and "deep personal commitment",
not only to the
body's reform and strengthening, but to heed the wishes
of Member States, who, time and again during the general
debate, had stressed that the time had come for the
Organization to take action on wide-ranging reform.
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- 30 October 2003 - DISARMAMENT WEEK
"It is imperative that Member States take urgent
action to halt the illegal trade in small arms, light
weapons and landmines."
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President Julian Hunte
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In
a statement issued to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the historic First Special Session of the General
Assembly on Disarmament, the President of the General
Assembly states that " the elimination of all
weapons of mass destruction including nuclear, chemical,
and biological weapons, must remain the most urgent
priority because of their potentially devastating
effect globally. President Hunte also underlined the
threats by conventional weapons. " there are
at least a half a billion rifles, pistols and other
small arms in circulation around the world. Easy access
to these weapons as well as the continued production
and use of landmines, has shattered lives and ruined
economies in particular in the developing world. I
appeal to countries to uphold the principles of the
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). I urge those countries
that have not already done so to ratify the Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT), the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
(CTBT), the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and
the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). It is also
imperative that Member States take urgent action through
legislation or other means to halt the illegal trade
in small arms, light weapons and landmines.
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24 October 2003
UNITED NATIONS DAY
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President
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"… we see powerful
testament to over half a century of achievements in
all spheres of human endeavour."
In a message for United Nations Day, the President of
the General Assembly, Julian R. Hunte, celebrated the
International Body:
"We can, he says, reflect with pride on the many
accomplishments of the United Nations family. It has
extended its reach into every corner of the globe, providing
critical leadership and partnerships to promote respect
for human rights and fundamental freedoms; to fight
deadly diseases including HIV/AIDS; to mitigate the
plight of the vulnerable groups in society, including
refugees, women and children; to advance initiatives
for sustainable development, protection of the environment
and poverty alleviation; to combat transnational crime
and criminality and terrorism; and to help keep the
peace."
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right centre) and Julian
Hunte (left centre) on UN Day(UN/DPI PhotoUNE
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October 2003 - General Assembly elects five new non-permanent
members of Security Council
Algeria, Benin, Brazil, the Philippines and Romania
were elected today in the General Assembly to become
the next five non-permanent members of the United
Nations Security Council. The quintet will take up
their seats on 1 January, replacing Bulgaria, Cameroon,
Guinea, Mexico and Syria, which step down as scheduled
at the end of their two-year terms. The new group
will serve on the Council until the end of 2005
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Enrique
Loedel of Uruguay (left), Chairman of the General
Assembly’s Fourth Committee (Special Political
and Decolonization), at this morning's press briefing
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October 2003 - UN committee head calls for continued
work on decolonizing last 16 territories
Despite difficulties in implementing proposed solutions
for the question of whether the Western Sahara territory
should become independent or not, a political solution
was still possible, the chairman of the General
Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee
said today. The Chairman of the 4th Committee was
meeting UN correspondents in a series of press briefings
initiated by the President of the fifty eighth session
of the General Assembly. Acknowledging that he was
always optimistic about solutions, Uruguayan representative
Enrique Loedel told the press briefing at UN Headquarters
in New York: "At each stage in the negotiations
of the question of Western Sahara it seemed that a
solution was out of reach, but in the end some alternative
proposal always came up."
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October 2003 - Luncheon for the Dag Hammarskjold Memorial
Scholarship Fund Fellows from the UN Correspondent's
Association (UNCA)
Julian R. Hunte (fourth from left), President of the
fifty-eight session of the General Assembly; Paula Zahn
(third from left), News Anchor for CNN, and the Secretary-General's
Chef de Cabinet, Under-Secretary-General Iqbal Riza
(third from right), with the UNCA fellows.
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October 2003 - UN Assembly demands Israel stop work
on West Bank wall, urges sides to honour Road Map
The United Nations General Assembly today overwhelmingly
approved a resolution demanding that Israel stop and
reverse construction of the wall being built in the
West Bank. Condemning all acts of violence, terrorism
and destruction, the Assembly adopted the measure this
evening by a vote of 144 in favour, to 4 against (Federated
States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, United
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Nasser Al-Kidwa, Permanent Observer of Palestine to
the United Nations at today's session.
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An
informal view of the Tenth Emergency Special Session
of the General Assembly with delegates from the European
Union discussing the draft resolution
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Dan Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel
to the United Nations, at today's session.
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action came as part of the long-running tenth emergency
session on illegal Israeli activities in occupied East
Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied territories,
which began in 1997 to debate Israeli actions in the
occupied territories. The text, which had been introduced
by Italy, on behalf of the European Union, expressed
the Assembly's particular concern that the route marked
out for the wall under construction by Israel in the
occupied Palestinian territory could prejudice future
negotiations and make the two-State solution physically
impossible to implement.
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October 2003 - "Taxation is one of the major instruments
of domestic resource mobilization". President Julian
Hunte chairs Panel Discussion on International Cooperation
in Tax Matters
Introducing the panel this morning, he said, "International
cooperation in tax matters has commanded the attention
of the international community for decades now, but
requires further focus in the context of financing for
development. At the International Conference on Financing
for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, in March
2002, heads of State and Government underscored that
mobilization of domestic resources is a crucial step,
he said, if we are to fulfill internationally agreed
development goals, eliminate poverty, improve social
conditions and raise the living standards of all our
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of the General Assembly,addresses the General Assembly
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October 2003 - "Reform, with what purpose?"
In an address to the Women's International Forum, President
Julian R. Hunte spoke of the current fervour for United
Nations reform. But, said the President of the General
Assembly," we must ask ourselves the question:
reform, with what purpose? Any reform must, I believe,
make the United Nations a more credible, a more representative
and a more effective organization. It must be directed
towards reaffirming the United Nations relevance as
the sole global organization that can take decisions
on all issues on the international agenda, including
the maintenance of international peace and security.
Reform should ensure that the Organisation can take
decisions swiftly and efficiently and that its decisions
can and will be fully implemented by member states.
Reform should also provide a space for external actors,
including NGOs to participate in the Assembly's work.
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Julian
Robert Hunte, President of the fifty eight session
of the General Assembly,at today's meeting.
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October 2003 - "Widely
divergent" views emerge during General Assembly
debate on annual Security Council report.
Wrapping up the debate, Assembly President Julian
R. Hunte said that there were widely divergent views
on the quality and usefulness of the report. The tendency
for decision-making to be concentrated among the permanent
members was considered to be an undemocratic process,
undermining the legitimacy of Council decisions and
the authority of Council action. It was emphasised,
in that regard, that the views of non-members should
be taken into account before the Council makes decisions.
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October 2003 - General Assembly President says time
to take action to end hunger and eradicate poverty in
UN day message.
"It is time for us to take action, to make
good our promises and to fulfill our commitments",
said General Assembly President Julian Hunte of St.
Lucia, in a statement, on the observance of World Food
Day and the International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty. "We have a moral obligation, he said,
to join the International Alliance against Hunger. Such
an alliance of endeavour should ensure the required
international commitment to close the gap between rich
and poor countries and to eliminate barriers to trade,
increase market access and enhance the productive capacity
of countries, particularly developing countries".
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October 2003 - Bold action by all stakeholders required
to move implementation of African Development Initiative
forward, General Assembly told.
As the General Assembly today ended its initial review
of progress in implementing a new plan to spur development
in Africa, Assembly President Julian R. Hunte underlined
the many steps taken by African leaders to accelerate
economic growth, promote sustainable development, reduce
poverty and improve living standards. In summarising
the two-day debate on the New Partnership for Africa's
Development, he noted however that despite the progress
achieved, much remained to be done in moving forward
with the implementation of the New Partnership. The
debate had also been devoted, he said to the promotion
of lasting peace in Africa, which was the Partnership's
major goal.
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President
Hunte and Ms. Margaret Kelly, Director of General
Assembly Affairs & ECOSOC Affairs Division
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16 October 2003 - Understanding
the United Nations.
President Julian R. Hunte, meets with participants
of the Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalists' Fellowship
programme. The 14 young journalists participated in
a six week training programme that exposes Broadcasters
and Journalists to the work of the UN.
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Ambassador
Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, (Bangladesh), Chairman of
the Second Committee
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Economic
development must return to centre of UN agenda, panel
chair says
14 October - Economic development must be brought
back to the centre of the United Nations agenda so
as to eliminate such "soft terror" issues
as hunger, disease and environmental degradation,
the chairman of the General
Assembly's Economic and Financial Committee said
today. "Soft terror issues must be addressed
since they are a threat to international peace,"
Ambassador Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury of Bangladesh
said at a press
briefing at UN Headquarters in New York. The Chairman
of the Committee was meeting UN correspondents in
a series of press briefings initiated by the President
of the fifty eighth session of the General Assembly.
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6-10 October 2003 - Caribbean nations review progress
on sustainable development in preparation for 2004 international
meeting on small island developing states.
The Presidency of the General Assembly is putting a
particular focus on next year's International Conference
on Small Island Developing States to be held in Mauritius
(August/September 2004). The last of three preparatory
regional meetings was held in Trinidad and Tobago from
the 6 to the 10 of October. More than 140 representatives
including delegates from 21 Caribbean nations drafted
a report that reviews achievements and continuing challenges,
to put into action the Barbados
Programme of Action for Small Island Developing States.
The Programme, adopted in 1994, serves as a blueprint
for small island States in pursuing their long-term
development .
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President
Julian R. Hunte meeting the Prime Minister of Mauritius,
Sir Anerood Jugnauth at UN Headquarters in New York.
Mauritius will host the forthcoming conference on
Small Developing States in 2004.
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Ambassador
Jarmo Sareva (Finland), Chairman of the First Committee
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October 2003: UN disarmament panel chairman says body
concerned about multilateralism
Diplomats in the United
Nations General Assembly's disarmament committee
have expressed grave concern about the future of multilateralism,
especially in the context of disarmament, arms control
and non-proliferation, the panel's chairman said. Many
speakers during the First Committee's general debate
had described major setbacks on the major multilateral
disarmament and arms control accords, Jarmo Sareva,
the Finnish Ambassador, told a press
briefing on Thursday. Press briefings by the chairman
of each committee are an initiative of the Presidency
of the General Assembly.
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October 2003: Incessant calls made for developed countries
to meet their commitments in aid, trade and debt relief.
The General Assembly ends a joint debate on the Follow
up to the Millenium Summit and on the Work of the Organisation.
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On
peace and security
"Multilateralism was cited as the most efficient
weapon in the fight against terrorism. As with the
approach to new and existing threats to international
peace and security, it was the generally held view
that the development of a long-term anti-terrorism
strategy must be in strict conformity with the basic
principles of the United Nations, including full respect
for human rights and fundamental freedoms and international
law"
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Photo UNE 4091) |
On
the Millenium Developments
goals
Incessant calls were made for developed countries
to meet the commitments they have made, particularly
in the area of official development assistance (ODA).
Before us for urgent consideration and action is the
suggestion that donor countries work toward an agreement
among themselves on a set of deadlines for more equitable
trade, debt relief and to meet their official development
assistance commitments, in order to achieve the eighth
Millennium Developments Goals |
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October 2003 - Bilateral meeting:
President Julian Hunte meets with minister of Labour
U WinnTin and special envoys of the Prime Minister of
the Union of Myanmar. |
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(UN/DPI
Photo UNE 4897)
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8
October
2003
President Julian Hunte meets a delegation of youth representatives
from the Third
Committee |
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Julian
Hunte briefing journalists
(UN/DPI Photo UNE 4872)
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October 2003: General Assembly President gives top priority
this session to UN reform
The General Assembly's annual top-level debate, which
ended last week, has spotlighted United Nations reform
as a high-priority item for the world's political leaders,
Assembly President Julian Hunte said today, adding that
he intends to invite comments on "some bold ideas"
over the next two months. Institutional reform covered
two issues, he told a press briefing at UN Headquarters
in New York. They were reform of the Security Council,
where five permanent members - China, France, the Russian
Federation, United Kingdom and United States - wield
veto power, and the revitalization of the 191-member
General Assembly. FULL
STORY>>
Video of press conference
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Mr.
Hunte meets with Director General Rogelio Pfirter
of OPCW
(UN/DPI Photo
UNE 4871)
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7
October 2003 - Bilateral meetings:
President Julian Hunte meets with Ambassador Abdallah
Baali of Algeria, with the Charge d'Affaires of Thailand,
Mr. Pravit Chaimongkol and with Director General Rogelio
Pfirter of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons. |
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3
October 2003 - Bilateral meeting:
The President of the General Assembly meets with the
Permanent Representative of Grenada, H.E. Dr. Samuel
Stanislaus.
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2 October 2003 - Resounding support
for multilateralism from world leaders as General Assembly
concludes annual high level debate.
Wrapping up the debate, Assembly President Julian Robert
Hunte of Saint Lucia said a total of 189 delegations
addressed the debate, including 50 Heads of States,
27 heads of government, four Vice-Presidents, and 94
Deputy Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers. He summarized
the main trends of the annual high-level Debate "There
was resounding support for multilateralism and reaffirmation
of the United Nations as the primary international organisation
to address critical global problems. The central role
of the General Assembly as advocate, supervisory and
policy-making body was a point consistently made. However,
continuing revitalisation efforts were urged, to permit
the Assembly to deal effectively with challenges, both
old and new".
READ GA PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT>> |
The
General Debate comes to a close.
(UN/DPI Photo UNE 4296)
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The
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Fiji, H.E. Mr. Kaliopate
Tavola with President Julian R. Hunte.
(UN/DPI Photo UNE 4820)
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2
October 2003 - Bilateral meetings:
H.E. Mr. Julian R. Hunte, President of the 58th session
of the General Assembly, meets with the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Suriname, H.E. Mrs. Marie Levens,
with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Fiji, H.E. Mr.
Kaliopate Tavola (photo), with the Permanent Representative
of Uruguay, H.E. Mr. Felipe Paolillo and with the Permanent
Representative of Palestine, H.E. Mr. Nasser Al-Kidwa. |
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October 2003 -
"Let us now reaffirm our commitment to embrace
older persons as a most cherished resource, with an
essential contribution to make to social, economic and
cultural development. Let us undertake to work with
them to tap their wisdom, experience and skills in the
building of our communities and societies", President
Julian R. Hunte sends a message
for the International Day of Older Persons. |
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1
October 2003 - Bilateral meetings:
Mr. Julian R. Hunte, President of the 58th session of
the General Assembly, meets with H.E. Mr. Mohamed Benaissa,
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the
Kingdom of Morocco and Mr. Hidipo Hamutenya, Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Namibia. |
President
Julian Hunte meets with Mr. Hidipo Hamutenya, Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Namibia
(UN/DPI Photo UNE 4727)
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30
September 2003 - General Assembly hears calls for multilateral
approach as most effective way to combat terrorism,
achieve development
With international affairs now being driven by unbridled
globalization, the notion of human security was no longer
limited to political and military concerns -- transnational
crime, economic stagnation, and the spread of pandemics
also impacted peace and security and therefore demanded
collective action from rich and poor countries alike,
according to world leaders addressing the United Nations
General Assembly today.
SEE
THE PRESS RELEASE>>
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H. E. Mr.
Julian R. Hunte with H.E. President Natsagiin Bagabandi
of Mongolia
(UN/DPI Photo UNE 4694)
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30
September 2003 - Bilateral meetings:
President Julian R. Hunte outlined his main agenda for
the Fifty-eight Session of the General Assembly: Development,
UN Reform and Peace and Security in a meeting with the
President of Mongolia, H. E. Mr. Natsagiin Bagabandi.
(Photo) He also met with the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh,
H.E. Mr. M.Morshed Khan who said that developing countries
are excited about St. Lucia's leadership this year.
President Hunte also met with the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Sudan, H.E. Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail, and
with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sao Tome and
Principe, H.E. Mr. Mateus Rita. |
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September 2003 - General Debate: Expressing concern
at stalled Middle East Peace process, speakers in General
Assembly call for resumption of dialogue, implementation
of Road Map.
In wake of the diplomatic Quartet's high-level meeting
at United Nations Headquarters on Friday, 26 September,
several speakers in the General Assembly today stressed
the importance of resuming negotiations for the implementation
of the "Road Map" peace plan. As the Assembly,
chaired by President Julian R. Hunte, entered the second
week of its general debate, Israel was urged to show
its commitment to a peaceful settlement.
SEE
THE PRESS RELEASE>> |
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29 September 2003 - Bilateral
meetings:
President Julian R. Hunte discusses with the Chairman
of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, H. E. Mr.
Dragan Covic and with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria,
H.E. Mr.Simeon Saxe-Coburg, some priority issues for
the 58th session in particular the reform of the Security
Council and the revitalization of the General Assembly.
While peace and security remain high on the agenda,
President Hunte also stresses the need to bring development
back in focus in meetings with the Foreign Minister
of Liechtenstein, H.E. Dr. Ernst Walch, with the Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Yemen H.E Dr.
Abubakr Al Qirbi, with the Minister of Cape Verde, H.E.
Mrs. Maria de Fatima Lima Weiga (Photo).He also discusses
his plans for the 58th session with particular focus
on development issues with the Vice Minister of Economic
Affairs and International Cooperation of Mexico, Mrs.
Lourdes Dieck (Photo), who assures him of the support
of her country for the High Level Conference on Financing
for Development, scheduled for 29-30 October, a priority
of the Presidency. In a meeting with President Hunte,
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize, H.E. Mr.
Godfrey Smith brings up his country's ongoing border
dispute with Guatemala. The President of the Assembly
pledges to use his good offices in favour of a solution
of compromise. |
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H.E.
Mr. Julian R. Hunte, President of the 58th session of
the General Assembly with H.E. Mrs. Lourdes Dieck, Vice
Minister of Economic Affairs and International Cooperation
of Mexico(left), and
the Minister of Cape Verde,H.E. Mrs. Maria de Fatima
Lima Weiga.
(UN/DPI
Photo UNE 4626 and UNE 4624,
respectively) |
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29 September 2003 - Concerns of
small countries highlighted as General Assembly concludes
first week of high-level debate.
Amid fresh calls for radical United Nations reform,
delegations today urged the world body's 191-Member
General Assembly not to ignore crippling debt, protectionist
trade barriers, and the insidious spre ad of HIV/AIDS
and other diseases -- all core concerns of developing
countries. As the fifty-eighth General Assembly wrapped
up the first week of its general debate today, 27 presidents
and top ministers from the developing world - small
island developing States, landlocked countries and nations
with economies in transition - stressed the challenges
they faced in the hope that a revitalized United Nations
would be better prepared to address modern realities.
SEE
THE PRESS RELEASE>> |
Prime
Minister Kenny Anthony of St. Lucia
( UN/DPI Photo UNE
4350)
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26
September 2003 -
Greece introduces the traditional Olympics resolution
into the United Nations General Assembly calling for
a truce during next year's summer games in Athens. The
resolution on "Building a Peaceful and Better World
through Sport and the Olympic Ideal" is scheduled
for adoption by the General Assembly in early November.
The games will be held from 13 to 29 August. (Click
here
or on image to enlarge) |
Group
photo at the reception, with President Hunte (third
from left), Mrs. Jennifer Hunte (second from left),
Secretary-General Kofi Annan (centre) with Nane Annan
(right next to Secretary-General). (UN Photo UNE 4585
by Stephenie Hollyman)
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September 2003 - Bilateral meetings:
H.E. Julian R.Hunte, President of the fifty eighth session
of the General Assembly meets the President of Haiti,
Jean Bertrand Aristide. They discuss regional issues
and the role CARICOM can continue to play in the political
situation in Haiti. The President of the General Assembly
talks of Security Council reforms with the Foreign Minister
of Austria, Mrs. Benita Ferrero Waldner who feels that
the European Union should have a seat at the Security
Council. President Hunte also meets with the Foreign
Minister of China, H.E. Mr. Zhaoxing Li, who emphasizes
his country's commitment to multilateralism and the
necessity to implement the Millennium Development Goals.
China plans to submit a draft resolution concerning
cooperation on health issues and asked for the President's
support. President Hunte also meets with the Ministers
of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,
H.E. Mr. Nguyen Dy Nien, of Peru, H.E. Mr. Allan Wagner
Tizon, of Bulgaria H.E. Mr. Solomon Passy, and with
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia H.E. Dr
Hassan Wirajuda . He also discusses trade and development
issues with the Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD,
Mr. Carlos Fortin. |
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President
Hunte meets with Dr. Mahathir Mohammad, Prime Minister
of Malaysia (UN/DPI Photo UNE
4437)
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25
September 2003 - Bilateral Meetings:
The President of the General Assembly meets with the
Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahatthir Mohamad, presently
chairing the Non Aligned Movement. The exchange focuses
on the common concerns of the Movement and of the Presidency
of the Assembly with a number of economic issues, the
impact of globalization on third world economies, the
questions of commodities and non-tariff barriers to
trade. The Prime Minister underlines the importance
of UN reforms and offers the assistance of NAM in bringing
development issues to the forefront. |
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25
September 2003 - Bilateral Meetings:
The President of the General Assembly meets with the
Prime Minister of Malta Dr Edward Fenech-Adami and the
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Joe Borg. He meets also
with the Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain, H.E. Shaikh
Mohamed Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. |
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24 September
2003: Bilateral meetings:
The President of the General Assembly discusses with
the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Sir Anerood Jungnauth
the upcoming SIDS+10 Conference that will evaluate the
progress made by Small Island Developing States in the
last decade. Mauritius will be, in August 2004, host
of the Conference. President Julian Hunte also meets
with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, H.E.
Mr. Dimitri Rupel, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Romania, H.E. Mr. Mircea Geoana, with the Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr.
Yoon Young-Kwan. He also discusses development issues
with the Director of the Food and Agricultural Organization,
Mrs. Florence Chenoweth. |
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September 2003. The primacy of the United Nations, Security
Council reform, terrorism, poverty and development continue
to dominate the General Assembly
on the second day of its annual high-level meeting as
Heads of State and Government mount the rostrum to address
the 191-member body's general debate.
SEE THE PRESS RELEASE>> |
Preparing
the Plenary: President Hunte with Chef de Cabinet,
Ambassador Missouri Sherman-Peter and Ms. Margaret
Kelly, Director of General Assembly and ECOSOC
Affairs Division
(UN/DPI Photo UNE 3989)
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23
September 2003 - Opening General Debate, General Assembly
hears call for radical change, to address threats of
terrorism, weapons of mass destruction
"Heads of State and Governments must bring new
dynamism to the General Assembly this session. The political
direction they will provide will be key to enabling
the Assembly to effectively address critical issues
such as sustainable development, poverty alleviation,
violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
terrorism and United Nations reform. This is the direction
we need "
(SEE THE FULL STATEMENT). President Hunte opens
the General Debate.
"We have come to a fork in the road",
Secretary General Koffi Annan told world leaders gathered
in New York for the opening of the 2003 General Assembly.
This was perhaps the most decisive moment in the United
Nations 58-year history, and the time was ripe for a
"hard look at fundamental policy issues",
he added.
SEE VIDEO
OF THE MORNING SESSION>>
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President
Hunte meets with President of the USA, George W. Bush
(UN/DPI Photo UNE
4291)
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At
the podium from left to right, Secretary
General Kofi Annan, President Julian R.Hunte, and
Under-secretary General Chen Jian
(UN/DPI
Photo
UNE 3953)
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President
Hunte meets withLuiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, President
of Brazil
(UN/DPI Photo UNE
4292)
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23
September 2003 - Bilateral meeting:
President Julian R. Hunte meets with President George
W. Bush of the United States in a continuing series
of bilateral meetings with world leaders on the margins
of the General Assembly's annual high-level debate.
President Bush underlines some issues that would be
important to the United States during the 58th session,
in particular the war on terrorism; non-proliferation
and fighting modern day slavery, particularly the use
of women and children as sex slaves. (see photo above/
left) |
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23
September 2003 - Bilateral meeting:
Discussing the role of a strengthened General Assembly,
the President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,
emphasizes that such a truly representative body should
be better utilized to find political solutions to the
world's problems. President Lula da Silva stresses that
the role of leadership that the President of the Assembly
provides is critical, and he assures President Julian
Hunte, of his support in that regard. (see photo
above/ right) |
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23
September 2003 - Bilateral meetings:
President Julian R. Hunte discusses UN reform and development
issues with the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait,
H.E. Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah. He also
meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan,
H.E. Ms Yoriko Kawaguchi, and with the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Spain, H.E. Ms Ana Palacio. |
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22
September 2003 - High-level plenary meeting on HIV/AIDS
: General Assembly President calls on member states
to reaffirm pledge, halt and reverse HIV/AIDS pandemic
The United Nations General Assembly convenes a high-level
meeting to discuss a progress report by Secretary-General
Kofi Annan on the worldwide fight against HIV/AIDS,
two years after Member States agreed to a time-bound
set of targets to roll back the disease. One hundred
thirty-six speakers, among them nineteen heads of state
participate in the one-day high-level plenary. Assembly
President Julian R. Hunte calls on UN Member States
to reaffirm their pledge to halt and reverse the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. Stressing that HIV/AIDS is much more than
a public health problem and impacts virtually every
aspect of human endeavour, Mr. Hunte also urges interventions
that "go hand in hand with policies that address
poverty, socio-economic development, human welfare and
social cohesion."
READ GA PRESIDENT'S
STATEMENT>> |
John
Agyekum Kufuor, President of Ghana addresses the General
Assembly. Behind him are Secretary General Koffi Annan,
President Julian R. Hunte and Under-Secretary-General
Chen Jian (UN/DPI Photo UNE
4094) |
Julian
R. Hunte, President of the fifty-eight session of
the General Assembly and UN Secretary General Koffi
Annan co-chairing an informal panel discussion on
the progress made and the key challenges facing governments
in the fight against HIV/AIDS (UN/DPI Photo UNE 4160) |
Participants
in the discussions on HIV/AIDS: Archbishop Desmund
Tutu of South Africa, Prime Minister Owen Arthur of
Barbados and President Julian R. Hunte (UN/DPI
Photo UNE
4086) |
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22
September 2003 -
The President of the Assembly Julian R. Hunte expresses
his grave concern about the situation in Iraq and the
security conditions for UN personnel, after the second
attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad today, less than
a month after the August 19 bombing in which 22 people
had been killed. He emphasizes that the United Nations
has set about doing important humanitarian work in Iraq,
to bring relief to the beleaguered people of that country
and calls on all member states to reaffirm their support
to this essential work. |
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September 2003 - Bilateral meetings:
President Julian R. Hunte meets with H.E. Habib Ben
Yahia, Foreign Minister of Tunisia, and with H.E. Mr.
Brian Cowen, Foreign Minister of Ireland. He also discusses
the work of the Red Cross with Mr. Encho Gospodinov,
President of the International Federation of the Red
Cross. |
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21
September 2003 -
…" the price of war has consistently proved
to be higher than the cost of peace." President
Julian R.Hunte is the guest speaker at the Sunday mass
in the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York.
READ GA PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT>> |
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General
Assembly votes on resolution (UN/DPI
Photo UNE 4051)
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19
September 2003 -
The United Nations General Assembly resumes its tenth
special emergency session on the situation in the Middle
East. Arab and Non-Aligned Movement states request the
special session in letters to the President of the Assembly
to circumvent a United States veto earlier in the week,
in the Security Council. Today's resolution approved
by 133 votes with four against and 15 abstentions demands
that Israel not deport or threaten the safety of Palestinian
leader Yasser Arafat and "the complete cessation
of all acts of violence, including all acts of terrorism,
provocation, incitement and destruction". It expresses
full support for the Road Map peace plan. |
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September 2003 - International Day of Peace
"I wish that the message we ring out on the peace
bell today could be a message of hope to all the people
of the world that we have brought an end to conflict
and war, poverty and deprivation, and deadly disease.
I wish that the message could be that there is economic
justice, respect for democracy, human rights and the
rule of law."(See full statement). The President
of the General Assembly participates in the International
Day of Peace observance at the United Nations, |
President
Julian Hunte with Messenger of Peace Mohamed Ali,
the Minister of culture of Brazil, Gilberto Gil
and the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Koffi Annan.
(UN/DPI
UNE 4028 by Mark Garten)
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with
Secretary-General Koffi Annan, Messengers of Peace
- Muhammad Ali, Anna Cataldi, Michael Douglas, Jane
Goodall and Elie Wiesel. 400 students from more than
30 countries carry the flags of member states. A delegation
of school children from St Lucia in national costumes
accompanies the President of the Assembly, who is
also from the Caribbean island of St Lucia.
SEE
THE PRESS RELEASE>>
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The
President of the fifty-eighth session of the General
Assembly, speaking at the Peace Bell Ceremony. Next
to Julian R Hunte is UN Secretary General Koffi Annan
(UN/DPI
Photo UNE 4039 by Mark Garten)
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September 2003 - The new President of the General Assembly
Julian R. Hunte (St. Lucia) opens the 58th session of
the United Nations General Assembly.
"We must reaffirm the central role of the United
Nations, the most important multilateral organisation
ever established, and which has stood the test of time.
We must uphold the principles and purposes of the United
Nations Charter and international law. We must reassert
the authority of the General Assembly as the sole universal
organ charged under the Charter with important supervisory
and policy making responsibilities." The new President
of the General Assembly Julian R. Hunte (St Lucia) addresses
the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
"I am confident, he says, that together we can
accomplish much during the Fifty-eighth Session. To
do so, however, requires us to choose principle over
expediency, precision over ambiguity, objectivity over
bias, and creative thinking over inflexibility. Above
all, we need action over inaction. We must ensure that
the policies we pursue during this General Assembly
serve not only our national and regional interests,
but also the interest of all the world's people.
READ GA PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT>>
SEE
THE PRESS RELEASE>>
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Opening
of the General Assembly
(UN/DPI Photo UNE 3960-
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September 2003 -
At an Interfaith service of Commitment to the United
Nations, at St Bartholomew's church in New York, President
Elect Julian R. Hunte spoke of the role of the United
Nations today "In these difficult and challenging
times, the United Nations is a beacon of hope for better
health, better education, the promotion of development,
the alleviation of poverty and the maintenance of international
peace and security, for people the world over."
READ GA PRESIDENT'S
STATEMENT>> |
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September 2003 -
"The General Assembly is the United Nations only
universal organ: the only United Nations organ in which
small states, like large states, are full and equal
members. It is the world's most important deliberative
forum, and as such, critical for initiating global action
and the resolution of global problems ".Senator
Julian Hunte, President elect of the 58th session of
the General Assembly addresses the Forum of Small States
in New York.
READ GA PRESIDENT'S
STATEMENT>> |
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19 August
2003 -
While on a State visit to China, President-elect Julian
Hunte expresses his deep concern for the loss of life
and injuries caused by the explosion that day at UN
Headquarters in Baghdad. He says he is appalled by the
wanton destruction and calls the explosion a reprehensible
and cowardly act. |
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June 2003 -
The General Assembly elects Julian Hunte, Minister of
External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation
of St Lucia, as the President of its fifty-eighth session.
Following his election, Mr. Hunte said it was notable
that the presidency of "this singularly important
world body" would pass to a representative of the
smallest country ever to hold that office. Thus would
the United Nations reaffirm its faith in the equal right
of nations large and small, as enunciated in the Charter.He
said it was his intention, as President," to focus
the Assembly's efforts on the full implementation of
the outcomes of more than a decade of United Nations
summits and conferences and the United Nations development
agenda, including the Millennium Development Goals.
For unless we address critical and pressing issues such
as poverty, HIV/AIDS, the environment and the vulnerability
of small States with deeds, and not just words, global
stability will be a desired, but ever elusive ideal,
and safety and security will remain imperiled." |
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