I would like at the outset to express my great admiration for Mr. Philemon Yang, a person of great renown on the African continent, brilliantly elected to the presidency of our Assembly and whom we have seen lead our debates with great dexterity.
As most speakers have said from this rostrum, our wo…
I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of African States, of which my country holds the current chairmanship.
The African Group warmly congratulates you, Mr. President, the co-facilitators and the Secretary-General on the tireless and collective efforts that have led very diffic…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of African States.
The African Group expresses appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for your support to nuclear disarmament. The Group expresses its appreciation for the valuable message delivered on behalf of the Secre…
The Congo endorses the statements made by the representatives of Uganda, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and Zambia, on behalf of the Group of African States (see A/78/PV.24), and would like to make a few comments in its national capacity.
Let me begin by recalling the words spoken from thi…
First of all, Mr. President, I would like to welcome your presidency of the Council, and, at the same time, congratulate you on convening this important meeting on the Central African Republic. At this point, I would also like to welcome the presence of Her Excellency Ms. Sylvie Baipo Temon, Ministe…
I thank the President for taking the initiative to convene this meeting to consider agenda item 125, “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”.
On behalf of my delegation, allow me to extend my …
The universal premise of multilateralism, enshrined in our Organization since its very creation, has never been so seriously undermined as it is today, before our very eyes.
We are witnessing an unprecedented intensification of crises throughout the world. We are witnessing the proliferation of con…
The United Nations, I need hardly recall, has a vocation to lead the peoples of the world towards collective well- being and prosperity, towards justice, peace, security and development, in line with its Charter. The United Nations remains, after all, the only Organization that can bring together al…
His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo and Chairperson-in-Office of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), would have liked to have personally joined his friend and brother, His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of Angola and…
I am speaking in my capacity as Chair of the Group of African States.
On 26 April 1986, Chernobyl experienced the worst nuclear accident in history. Thirty-five years after the disaster, we stand together to reaffirm our commitment never to forget the women, men and children affected by radioactive…
On behalf of the Group of African States, I have the sad duty to address this solemn ceremony of the General Assembly and pay posthumous tribute to a great statesman, President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli of the United Republic of Tanzania, who passed away on 17 March.
I bow to the memory of the lat…
The Congo associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Sierra Leone on behalf of the Group of African States (see A/75/PV.27). Allow me to make a few remarks in my national capacity.
Our congratulations to Ms. Joanna Wronecka, Permanent Representative of Poland, on accepting t…
It is my most distinguished honour and privilege to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, at the general debate of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
Allow me to join previous speakers in thanking the President for convening this inaugural meeting to resume intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council at the se…
The seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, as has been noted by most speakers from this rostrum, is being held amid an international context that is alarming in terms of peace, security and the protection of human rights. A number of developments are unfolding around the world before our ve…
At the outset, I would like to express my gratitude to the President of the General Assembly for convening this important meeting on the weighty question of Security Council reform.
The Congolese delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, Coord…
It is my happy duty to address the General Assembly in this mythic and historic place, dedicated to peace around the world, on behalf of Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, and his Government. We can never say it enough — there is no alternative to peace. It is our firm…
Today’s Security Council meeting is taking place within the historical context of the five-year anniversary of the signing of the Addis Ababa Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, in keeping with the spirit of paragraph 24 of resolution 23…
At the outset, the Congo wishes to associate itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sierra Leone on behalf of the Group of African States (see A/71/PV.42). I would like to add a few comments in my national capacity.
I wish to join earlier speakers in expressing our congratulat…
Allow me, at the outset, to convey my sincerest congratulations to Mr. Peter Thomson on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. The Republic of the Congo, as one of the Vice-Presidents
who will help to lighten his burden during the session, is fully committed…
