The item we are discussing today, “Special session of the General Assembly in 2001 for follow up to the World Summit for Children”, is of primary importance among matters of concern to the entire world.
By ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 23 July 1990, my country showed how im…
The item on the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s is of the utmost importance in the opinion of my delegation. This is why we would like to share our views in this debate.
The prime objective of the United Nations New Agenda was to accelerate…
The delegation of Burkina Faso has the honour of taking the floor on the item “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. In
this regard, we would like to recall Assembly resolution 54/1 of 27 October 1999, in which note was taken, with satisfaction, of the resolutio…
In the turbulent history of humanity, there are, fortunately, events that remind us that the world is not merely a place of war and conflict but that it sometimes brings opportunities emanating from praiseworthy initiatives and actions.
Within the overall sombre picture of the Middle East, where fo…
My delegation has just listened with a great deal of interest to the statement made by Mrs. Bangoura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guinea.
With regard to the unfounded accusation that has just been made against my country, Burkina Faso, I deem it essential to recall here and now …
Exactly one week ago, the Millennium Summit was held in this very Hall, in which more than 150 leaders, heads of State and Government took an active and interactive part.
This Summit, which my delegation wishes to salute once again, has played a great service in bringing together so many eminent pe…
It is a signal honour for me to address this Millennium Summit on behalf of President Blaise Compaore, who very much wished to participate in this. Unfortunately, pressing engagements have prevented him from doing so.
The occasion which brings us together today is unprecedented and provides us all …
The creation of the United Nations, following the upheaval of two World Wars, was guided by a spirit of tolerance, concord and solidarity, with the goal of building a world free of hatred and enmity. That altruistic spirit made possible what was then called peaceful coexistence, which is nothing mor…
The report of the Secretary-General that our Assembly is examining again today appeared at a time when several conflicts were occurring in various parts of our continent. These included the crises in Guinea-Bissau and in the Central African Republic, armed confrontation in Sierra Leone and wars in E…
One objective proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations is the saving of succeeding generations. This is to say that the future of children, of our children, is of utmost concern to the international community and we are all implicated in their plight. Guided by this concern, the United Nation…
Yesterday morning in the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People we celebrated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Today, in the debate on the question of Palestine, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), through me, wishe…
First of all, I would like to associate myself with the statements made by Mr. Omer Mohamed of the Sudan on behalf of the African Group and by Ambassador Dumisana Kumalo of South Africa on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The United Nations Decade of International Law, established under resoluti…
First of all, on behalf of my delegation and through you, Sir, I would like to express to the Government and the people of Armenia our sincere condolences and sympathy for the tragedy that has just afflicted them.
Turning to the item before us, my delegation would like to begin by congratulating th…
The Assembly's consideration of agenda item 99 (h), “Sustainable development and international economic cooperation: implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development”, gives us this opportunity to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the ope…
In the context of the General Assembly's consideration of agenda item 29, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference”, I have the pleasant duty of introducing, on behalf of the States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), dr…
Your brilliant election, Mr. President, to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session pays tribute to your personal merits and your eminent qualities as a diplomat, and to your country, Namibia, a country that is to us a symbol of the struggle against oppression. First of all, allow me t…
A few days ago, the Security Council devoted a plenary meeting to the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today it is the General Assembly that has decided to look into agenda item 167, “Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo”. The holding of these two debates s…
The African States on whose behalf I speak wish
This is not to say that the situations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, in Angola, Sierra Leone, Somalia, the Comoros and elsewhere are not worrisome. Far from it. But the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — because of its polymorphic natu…
I should like at the outset to state that I am speaking on behalf of the countries members of the Organization of African Unity.
It is much to the credit of the Security Council that it has taken the initiative to hold this debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. This step demonstr…
I should like to state at the outset that I am speaking on behalf of the members of the Organization of African Unity.
Fifty years have elapsed since men and women of goodwill, traumatized by the horrors of war and determined to prevent such atrocities from happening again, adopted in Paris — the h…
