I thank the President for the opportunity to participate in this debate.
Cameroon aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Republic of Uganda on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (see A/79/PV.25). I wish to add the following remarks for the Assembly’s consideration.
My deleg…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on draft resolution A/79/L.6, entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”, on behalf of the members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
It is highly unfor…
At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to recall Cameroon’s alignment with the statement delivered this morning by the representative of Chad on behalf of the Group of African States.
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate on the development of …
I am honoured to deliver before the Assembly the full address that Mr. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon and Head of State, has authorized me to deliver on his behalf.
“At the outset, I would again like to offer you, Sir, my warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of …
I take this opportunity to say that it is a great pleasure and immense honour for me to make this statement on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon and our Head of State.
“We have just adopted the Pact for the Future (resolution 79/1) and its two annexes con…
The delegation of Cameroon supports the motion for no action introduced by the representative of the Congo on behalf of the Group of African States. Cameroon firmly and fully supports draft resolution A/79/L.2.
We all agree. The work of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing needs to be terminated, not because it has completed its mandate, as indicated in resolution 78/324, but because, for the past 13 years, it has been ineffective with no tangible outcome except for the recommendations adopted earlier th…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States.
The African Group would like to reiterate its attachment to people of African descent all over the world and its unwavering support for all initiatives aimed at combatting racism and racial discrimination and at p…
I have the honour to take the floor in my capacity as this month’s Chair of the Group of African States.
The candidate who has just been officially elected, Ambassador Philémon Yang of Cameroon, was nominated by our Group, following his endorsement by the Heads of State and Government of the Africa…
It has been 79 years since the founding fathers created the United Nations and with it the General Assembly, an important organ among the six principal organs, which each year elects a President to lead its work.
On this solemn occasion, I would like at the outset to turn to my predecessors, includ…
At the outset, allow me to join previous speakers in commending the coordinator of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea for the remarkable stewardship of our deliberations on draft resolution A/78/L.15.
As it does every year, Cameroon, as a sp…
Cameroon thanks His Excellency Mr. Václav Bálek, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic in Geneva and President of the Human Rights Council, for his report (A/78/53 and A/78/53/Add.1).
The leading role that the Human Rights Council plays in safeguarding human rights at the international lev…
I am pleased to speak in this important debate. I have a few comments to make on its timing and on the relevance and importance of the documents before us as well as the messages that are often conveyed, and, finally, I would offer some considerations on what needs to be done.
But let me first emph…
The President of the Republic of Cameroon, His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya, did me the honour of representing him at the work of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly and has instructed me to deliver the following speech on his behalf.
“Allow me at the outset to extend Cameroon’s warm con…
There is no longer any need to stress the importance of youth. In the case of Cameroon, an entire framework and programmes are dedicated to young people, consisting of, for example, the Ministries of Youth and Civic Education and of Employment and Vocational Training, the National Youth Council, whi…
My delegation thanks the President for the opportunity to take the floor for our commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. We align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Sierra Leone on behalf of the Group of African States.
Exactly one week a…
Cameroon aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Sierra Leone on behalf of the Group of African States.
My delegation welcomes the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which, regrettably, is a sad and painful reminder that racis…
In the context of the increasingly maritime nature of major issues on the global diplomatic agenda, today we have an opportunity to revisit one of the most emblematic multilateral treaties of the previous century. Through the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which has been r…
Allow me at the outset, on behalf of the President of the Republic of Cameroon, His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya, who has done me the signal honour of representing him at these important meetings, to congratulate Mr. Csaba Kőrösi, as well as the other members of his Bureau, on his outstanding election a…
My delegation thanks the President of the Human Rights Council for her briefing on the activities carried out by the Council from December 2020 through July 2021. Despite the constraints imposed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Council held two regular sessions and two special ses…
