Statement by B.E. WINSTON6UNO LACKIN Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Suriname on behalf of H.E. Desire Delano Bouterse President of the Republic of Suriname General Debate 69th Session United Nations General Assembly
President of the General Assembly, Mr. Sam Kutesa Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
My statement today is made on behalf of the President of the Republic of Suriname, His Excellency Desire Delano Bouterse.
Mr. President,
We want you to be assured of our support in these turbulent times of international politics. Your task will not be an easy one.
We pay tribute to your predecessor Ambassador John Ashe, for his excellent leadership during the 68th Session.
We also wish to empower Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his endeavors to steer the ship of the United Nations through the rough waves of shifting economic forces and rapidly changing political arenas, in an environment where violence and intolerance - whatever the root causes - seem to prevail.
Whereas interdependence, self - determination and non-interference should be the guiding principles, we are faced with an incredible desire for domination in the name of undefined, so-called 'national interests'.
Mr. President,
Small and vulnerable states like Suriname and its sister nations in the Caribbean, are almost bedazzled by the inconsistent and downright opportunistic arguments used by the powers that be.
We have looked at some of the arguments used to invade Grenada, and we have compared these to the arguments used to justify military involvement in the Ukraine. What a similarityl
We have carefully studied the reasoning behind the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state, and we made the comparison with the stand against the alleged annexation of Crimea.
We tried hard to understand the value of a referendum in the case of the Malvinas, and the value given to the referendum held in Crimea.
Mr. President, States with our level of media, military and economic vulnerability, cannot but feel extremely uncomfortable with the custom made slogans, void of any genuine moral value, which are only meant to force our minds into precooked recipes.
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