| Date | 31 January 1997 |
|---|---|
| Started | 10:00 |
| Ended | 10:45 |
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Tribute to the memory of the late President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, His Excellency Mr. Amata Kabua
The President
Before we begin our consideration of the item on the agenda for this morning, the General Assembly will pay tribute to the memory of the late President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, His Excellency Mr. Amata Kabua.
On behalf of the General Assembly, I should like to convey our heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of the Marshall Islands and to the bereaved family.
I invite representatives to stand and observe a minute of silence in tribute to the memory of the late President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
The President
I call on the representative of Myanmar, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Asian States.
Mr. Mra (Myanmar)
On behalf of the Member States of the Group of Asian States, I wish to express our profound sadness over the passing of His Excellency President Amata Kabua, Head of State of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, on the morning of 20 December 1996, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
President Amata Kabua was the founding father and eminent leader of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and his long political career was devoted to the service of his country. The fact that President Amata Kabua served for five consecutive terms as President and Head of State of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is a clear manifestation of the high esteem in which he is held by his people and in his country.
His lifetime of devotion and commitment to his country demonstrate to us all that a dedicated patriot can make fundamental and positive changes in the life of a nation. His demise is truly a great loss to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
On behalf of the Member States of the Group of Asian States, I should like to request through you, Mr. President, and through the delegation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to convey to the bereaved members of the family of President Amata Kabua and to the Government and the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands our deepest and most heartfelt condolences.
The President
I now call on the representative of Romania, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
Mr. Gorita (Romania)
In my capacity as Chairman of the Group of Eastern European States for the month of January, I join the previous speaker in expressing to the Government and the people of the Marshall Islands our deepest condolences on the passing on 20 December 1996 of the Head of State of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, His Excellency President Amata Kabua.
The same sentiments go to the family of the late President of the Marshall Islands and to all those who had the privilege to know him and to work under his leadership.
President Kabua served with particular distinction and sense of duty, beginning his political life in 1950. He held many national and regional positions, such as the chairmanship of the South Pacific Forum and the chancellorship of the University of the South Pacific. He had been President of his country since 1979 and was re-elected to a fifth term in 1995.
We would like to ask the delegation of the Marshall Islands to convey to the Government, to the people of the country and to the entire family of the late President Amata Kabua our sentiments of solidarity and compassion.
The President
I now call on the representative of Nicaragua who will speak on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States.
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| /data/vhost/www.undemocracy.com/docs/trunk.py in |
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| 196 maintrunk(pathpart) |
| 197 |
| 198 |
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| 131 elif pagefunc == "gameeting": |
| 132 LogIncomingDB(hmap["docid"], hmap["gadice"] or "0", referrer, ipaddress, useragent, remadeurl) |
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