At the outset, I would like to extend my warm congratulations and those of the Group of African States to His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his impressive election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, and to wish him every success in fulfilling his mandate. His per…
As this is the first time that I take the floor, allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you, Madame President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. The countries of the Gulf of Guinea, on behalf of which I speak, wish you full success during your presidency. Let me also co…
I should like at the outset to convey to you, Sir, my heartfelt and sincere congratulations on your well- deserved election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session and to wish you every success in discharging your mandate.
I should like also to reiterate my heartfelt congrat…
It is with pleasure that I convey the greetings of the people, the President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr. Boni Yayi, and of the Government of Benin.
This important High-level Meeting has provided the Assembly with an opportunity to take stock of the progress made and results obtained in the …
I bring a message on behalf of the President of the Republic of Benin, His Excellency Mr. Boni Yayi, who was not able to come to New York because of scheduling conflicts. He shares the ambition of the President of the General Assembly at the sixty-fifth session to build a United Nations that is stro…
Our civilization is going through a deep crisis. Indeed, at the start of the third millennium, extreme poverty has reached a level more horrifying than at any other time in the history of humanity. The statistics on the differences and inequalities that characterize our planet are alarming.
Today, …
Mr. President, my delegation is most grateful to you for having convened this Special Meeting at the end of the International Year of Human Rights Learning. Enshrined as one of the three pillars of the United Nations system, human rights is one of the most important matters that the international co…
On behalf of the Group of African States and the other sponsors, I have the honour to present draft resolution A/64/L.40, entitled “Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence”. In addition to the sponsors listed in the document…
My delegation is grateful to the President for having convened this plenary meeting to examine items 9 and 119 of the agenda of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly.
My delegation endorses the statement made on these items by the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone on behalf of the…
My delegation is very grateful to you, Mr. President, for convening this plenary meeting of the General Assembly, devoted, inter alia, to the consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies (A/64/372).
It is a…
Benin voted in favour of the resolution to demonstrate its systematic rejection of human rights violations, regardless of their origin. Benin’s vote proceeds from its consistent foreign policy and is directed against no particular country.
No one, under any circumstances, must exempt themselves fro…
My delegation would like to express through me its high commendation of the admirable fashion in which the President is conducting the Assembly’s deliberations at its sixty-fourth session and to thank him for organizing this joint debate on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the c…
We are meeting in New York today, 12 October 2009, during the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, to commemorate a major event for all Member States of our Organization, in particular for African populations, namely, the fifteenth anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Popula…
I should like at the outset to express my pleasure at seeing Mr. Treki so brilliantly execute the lofty tasks of the presidency of the General Assembly on behalf of Africa. I offer him my warmest congratulations and wish him every success in that office. I also take this opportunity to pay tribute t…
My delegation is grateful to the President for having organized this debate of the General Assembly on a key point of the conclusions of the 2005 Summit, namely, the issue of protecting populations from heinous crimes that seriously undermine human dignity. My delegation endorses the statement made …
Allow me to say how pleased I am to be able to take the floor today on behalf of my country, the Republic of Benin, on the occasion of the current plenary meeting devoted to outcome of and follow-up to the International Year of Microcredit. I should also like to take this opportunity to compliment t…
Benin voted in favour of resolution 63/42, entitled “Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on their Destruction”, because the Government of Benin attaches great importance to the fight against landmines in the…
My delegation has some concerns. We would like to know whether the candidate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was actually authorized to withdraw his candidature at this state of the proceedings. That is really a point of order.
Mr. President, my delegation would like to thank you for having convened this meeting to consider the report
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It would like to voice its appreciation to the Director General of the Agency for having given a most impressive statement this morning and …
My delegation would like to thank the President of the Assembly for having convened this meeting to consider the reports submitted by the Chairman of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/63/92) and the Secretary- General on the Peacebuilding Fund (A/63/218). We have taken due note of the two reports, whi…
