The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, has just presented the report of the Secretary-General on Iraq (S/2008/19), specifically on the fulfilment of the responsibilities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), submitted pursuant to resolution …
Before I begin, I would like to affirm that our delegation aligns itself with the statement made at the 66th meeting by the Ghanaian Minister of Women’s and Children’s Affairs on behalf of the African Union.
My country, Burkina Faso, has always worked to respect its obligations to children and has …
At a time when the Security Council is preparing to
consider the situation in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, it is a distinct honour for me to take the floor before the Council on behalf of President Blaise Compaoré, Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Facilitator…
First, I congratulate the President and the other members of the bureau on their direction of the work of this session. My delegation renews its readiness to contribute its full cooperation in the achievement of the President’s mission.
I thank the Secretariat for the relevance of the reports (A/62…
I should like at the outset to express our sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Srgjan Kerim on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. I am convinced that, thanks to his skill as an experienced diplomat, he will ably carry out his mandate. He can…
The delegation of Burkina Faso would like to join its voice to those who have preceded us to warmly and sincerely congratulate you, Mr. President, on your brilliant election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. As you are an accomplished diplomat who is concerned ab…
It is a tremendous privilege for us to take the floor before this gathering to deliver a message on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso, current Chairman of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) a…
Madam President, Burkina Faso is pleased to see you presiding over the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Please be assured of the full cooperation of my delegation, which will spare no effort to help your noble mission succeed. I would also like to express our gratitude to Mr. Jan Eliasso…
The midterm review of the Programme of Action of the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 is an opportunity for Member States to examine closely the commitments they made in 2001 at Brussels aimed at lifting the least developed countries (LDCs) out of their situation of precariousness …
My delegation would like to add its voice to those of previous speakers, in particular the representatives of Solomon Islands and Palau, with regard to the situation we experienced during yesterday morning’s meeting of the General Committee. Burkina Faso is of the view that in the process of the rev…
On behalf of His Excellency Mr. Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso, I should like to express my country’s satisfaction at the holding of this High-level Meeting to assess the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001-2005 and to discuss the prospects for the next five …
Madam, allow me at the outset to convey to you the warm and heartfelt congratulations of my delegation upon your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session, and to pledge to you the full cooperation of my delegation.
The sixty-first session will go down in the ann…
I should like to preface my statement by saying how delighted my delegation is to have this opportunity, through our consideration of this agenda item, to examine the situation in the Middle East, that seething cauldron which, every day, makes one fear the worst. Because it poses a real threat to in…
Four years after the adoption of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the results are mixed. Could it be otherwise when the international
community’s commitments to Africa are still being awaited? Africa requires considerable outside assistance to tackle underdevelopment. The recen…
Burkina Faso is delighted to see this important session of the General Assembly being presided over by an illustrious son of a great country, Sweden, with which we have maintained exemplary and fruitful relations of friendship and cooperation for several decades.
I hasten to assure the President of…
First, allow me to express to the President of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr. George W. Bush, and to the Government and the people of America, the compassion and solidarity which Burkina Faso feels following the natural disaster in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi caused by Hurri…
There is at least one widely held view concerning Security Council reform, namely, that Africa deserves better representation than it currently has in that decision-making body. It was the desire to redress that, at best, unfair situation that on several occasions — at Harare in 1997, Ouagodougou in…
It is a true honour for me to address the Assembly on the issue of multilingualism.
I should like first to welcome the spirit of cooperation, understanding and concord demonstrated by all delegations throughout the consultations on the draft resolution before the General Assembly. I should also lik…
Mr. President, allow me to begin by welcoming you in our midst and congratulating you on the skilful way in which you are discharging your responsibilities as the head of this Council. It is a source of pride for us to see Benin presiding over the Security Council, a pride which is entirely understa…
At the outset, I join preceding speakers in paying a heartfelt tribute to the memory of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority, who was so
abruptly taken from his affectionate place among the Palestinian people at a crucial moment for the future of the entire region of the Middle Eas…
