UN General Assembly
2013

On behalf of the people and Government of Nicaragua, Comrade President Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Comrade Rosario Murillo, I want to begin by paying tribute to the Commander of the revolution of our America and the Caribbean, leader of the free men and women of the world, Hugo Chávez Frías, who has left us a legacy of strength, hope and certainty of victory in defending the inalienable rights of humankind, such as sovereignty, justice, freedom, democracy, solidarity and peace. On behalf of the people and the Government of reconciliation and national unity of Nicaragua, led by Comrade Daniel Ortega Saavedra, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. We are pleased that a representative of a brother country and member of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, Petrocaribe and the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean States will guide us in the activities of this important organ so that our efforts may contribute to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the