Our debate today is a further demonstration of the attention being accorded by the Council to the situation in Africa in general — and West Africa in particular, which remains one of its major concerns.
We took note of Mr. Tuliameni Kalomoh’s introduction of the progress report of the Secretary- Ge…
My delegation welcomes you, Madam, and expresses its satisfaction at seeing you preside over the Council’s work. And we associate ourselves with the thanks addressed to you for organizing this open Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict. Today’s debate demonstrates the Security Coun…
The illegal circulation of small arms across national borders, their abundant availability in certain regions of the world and their improper use are at the root of the prolongation of many civil wars and internal armed conflicts and thus thwart efforts to promote economic and social development.
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Mr. President, my delegation would like to express its deep appreciation for the tireless efforts you have been making in chairing the Committee established pursuant
to resolution 1267 (1999) with a view to waging an effective and efficient fight against the threat posed by the Al Qaeda network and…
The accession of a growing number of countries to the ideals of democracy has become a basic characteristic of the new era that has emerged in the world since the major political and social changes of the end of the 1980s. The Secretary-General’s exhaustive report (A/58/392) on the support by the Un…
I would like to congratulate the Secretary-General on the high quality of his report (A/58/254) to the Assembly on progress in the implementation of, and international support for, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), and of his report (A/58/352) on implementation of his recommendat…
Mr. President, you have the honour and privilege of guiding the work of the General Assembly at a time when the United Nations is at a crossroads. The international situation is marked today by doubt, anguish and disillusionment. Faced with the many conflicts and acts
of terrorism that beset our wo…
Since the first case of HIV/AIDS was diagnosed in Benin in 1985, the AIDS pandemic has been spreading like a brush fire, despite the many awareness and prevention campaigns set up by the Government and supported by our development partners. Indeed, according to epidemiological data, the incidence of…
On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Benin, allow me to convey to Mr. Jan Kavan our heartfelt congratulations on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. His skills, his extensive experience in international affairs and his dedicati…
On behalf of the African Group, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative of organizing this second public debate relating to the Security Council’s ad hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa and for having invited non-members of the Council…
It is a great pleasure for me to speak on behalf of the
delegation of Benin following the introduction by Mongolia of draft resolution A/56/L.75, entitled “Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, to be held in Ulaanbaatar in 2003”.
On behalf of my Government, I should like t…
I would like to recall, for the benefit of the Secretariat, that when I introduced the draft resolution during the preceding meeting, we provided a list of the names of all of the countries that were kind enough to sponsor the draft resolution. I should like, therefore, to stress that the names of a…
It is an honour for me to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, draft resolution A/56/L.46 under agenda item 35, entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”.
The Assembly will recall that from 4 to 6 December 2…
I would first of all like to express my outrage at the unacceptable conditions that terrorism has imposed on us at the fifty- sixth session of the General Assembly of our Organization. New York has traditionally been a welcoming and cosmopolitan city. But now, during the Assembly’s fifty-sixth sessi…
The delegation of Benin, on whose behalf I have the honour to speak, is pleased to be able to take the floor on the agenda item now before us on the consideration of measures aimed at eliminating international terrorism.
We also welcome the initiative of the European Union to propose the considerat…
I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”. It will be a privilege for Benin to welcome the Fourth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies. It…
First of all, I would like to congratulate the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTY), Judge Pillay, for her presentation of the fifth annual report of the Tribunal.
The Republic of Benin attaches the greatest importance to the values and principles on which democracy, r…
I wish to begin by associating my delegation with the statement made by the representative of Nigeria on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Five years ago, in the face of inadequate development and its adverse consequences, such as poverty, illiteracy, disease and conflict, the international comm…
It is my pleasure to congratulate the President on his election. It bears witness to the esteem which the international community has for his country and for him. In wishing him every success in the conduct of our work, I should like to assure him also of the sincere cooperation of the delegation of…
I should like at the outset to pay tribute to the memory of the international staff members who recently perished in West Timor in the service of the mission entrusted to them by the international community.
The fact that our work is being guided by two eminent personalities from Africa and Europe …
