Benin and its delegation unreservedly condemn any act of barbarity and any violation of human rights anywhere in the world; such acts and violations have been visited upon the Bosnian people every day for the last three years. “Ethnic cleansing” is an odious practice that cannot be tolerated by any …
On 22 December 1992, when the General Assembly adopted, without a vote, resolution 47/188 on the “Establishment of an intergovernmental negotiating committee for the elaboration of an international convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertific…
Benin, on whose behalf I have the honour to speak, is honoured that its name appeared on the impressive list of countries which joined in signing the letter requesting the inclusion of agenda item 152 on the agenda of this session and that it is a sponsor of draft resolution A/49/L.3, which would gr…
It was a source of great satisfaction for the delegation of Benin to have been among the first delegations to request the General Committee to include in the agenda of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly an item entitled "Observer status for the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in the …
The restoration of the democratic process in Haiti, which was interrupted by the military coup d’état of September 1991, is among the priorities of the Government and the people of the Republic of Benin. Hence, my delegation welcomes the Assembly’s consideration of this important agenda item, item 3…
Allow me first, on behalf of the delegation of Benin, to thank the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Samuel Insanally, for his diligence in organizing on Friday 29 October last the moving ceremony during which the General Assembly, which he is leading with such wisdom, paid an impressive tribut…
As the Secretary-General has emphasized in his message on the occasion of these two days of special debate, drug abuse and illicit trafficking in drugs have become a real scourge, which is constantly expanding.
The very large number of speakers on this subject shows the constant concern felt by the…
On behalf of the delegation of Benin and on behalf of the Government and the people of Benin, I should like to extend my warm congratulations to Ambassador Insanally on his well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. His unanimous election as leader of our delib…
Like the preceding speakers, the representatives of Guatemala, France and Colombia, I should like, on behalf of my delegation, to express very serious reservations about the content of paragraphs 7 and 27. Over and above those aspects that have been so eloquently stressed by the previous speakers, t…
The Minister of
Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Benin would have liked to
participate in the special meeting herself, but for reasons beyond her control
she is unable to be here today. She has asked me to convey her sincere wishes
for the success of our work.
It is a great honour f…
Nigeria and Pakistan
are mourning today. I should like to extend to the Governments and the
peoples of these two friendly countries the compassion of the people of Benin
who understand their sorrow and share their grief.
I should like to join those who preceded me at this rostrum in
congratulat…
The Minister for
Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Benin will at the appropriate time present
to you. Sir, the greetings of the people and Government of Benin on your
election to the presidency of our Assembly. I am convinced that he would not
begrudge me this opportunity to express the satisfa…
The implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s is for us Africans one of the chief items on the agenda of this, the forty-eighth, session of the General Assembly, which you, Sir, have been presiding over with great competence and skill since work began…
On behalf of the African Group, my delegation would like to reiterate its pleasure, Mr. President, at seeing you guide the work of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session and to assure you of its full cooperation for the success of your term of office.
The Group would like to thank in part…
I am honoured and privileged, as chairman of the African group, to express from this rostrum the joy felt throughout Africa at this solemn moment when the Organization is welcoming to its fold its one hundred and fifty-seventh Member State, the new State of Antigua and Barbuda, which yesterday was s…
This being the first time that we have spoken from this rostrum, we wish to convey to this august Assembly the best wishes of the people of Benin and d message of peace from our leaders. the People’s Revolutionary Party of Benin, and the President of the People’s Republic of Benin, Comrade
193. Les…
First and foremost, may I be allowed to ex- press here the feelings ofdeep sadness ofmy delegation at the cruel loss of two of the most courageous sons of Africa; the sudden premature demise of President Houan Boumediene of Algeria and President Antonio Agostinho Neto of Angola, two great leaders of…
Mr. President, since you have just stated your intention to tell the Assembly how you intend to conduct our meetings, I should simply like to say that my delegation feels that the statement made by the representative ofSingapore has caused us loss of time. You did well to interrupt him, just as he d…
The delegation ofthe People's Republic ofBenin finds it difficult to understand the current controversy over the issue of the representation of Kampuchea. The United Nations General Assembly-that is, the international communitY-has, in our opinion, been led into a politi- cal and legal morass.
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