Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to join those who have spoken before me in extending warm congratulations on behalf of my country, my delegation and myself for your brilliant election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. The Chairman of the African Union, His …
As Heraclitus said 500 years before the birth of Christ, when health is gone, there is no wisdom or culture; neither is there strength to fight, and wealth is useless and intelligence pointless. In 2003, 2,500 later, that aphorism retains all its accuracy and importance.
Unfortunately, health is go…
My delegation would like to say that the leadership shown by the President in presiding over this session makes us confident that our deliberations will continue in a spirit of dynamism and optimism for the development of international relations. Niger is very happy to convey to the President and to…
The need to help one’s neighbour, the selfless spirit of generosity that we call altruism, is as ancient as the world. Starting with the first communal activities to provide mutual assistance right through to multilateral programmes that are now being implemented at the global level, humankind has a…
The fact that we are meeting under the presidency of one of the most eminent personalities of the Republic of Korea bears eloquent testimony to the positive changes in international relations and to the end of the ideological bipolarization of the world.
I would like at the outset to convey the con…
May I address to you, Sir, the heartfelt congratulations of the Nigerian delegation on your eminent election to the presidency of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I also take this opportunity to congratulate the Secretary-General Mr. Kofi Annan, on his eminent re-election to a second…
I wish at the very outset to convey to the countries and institutions represented here a message of sincere friendship from the people of Niger along with its fervent wish to maintain and continue to strengthen the links of peaceful coexistence and of fruitful and mutually beneficial cooperation wit…
Mr. Tandja Mamadou, President of the Republic of the Niger, who would have liked to be here today, has, to his great regret, been unable to travel to New York. He has therefore asked me, on his behalf, to transmit the following message to the Assembly:
“Whereas mankind has achieved considerable tec…
The Niger delegation wishes with other delegations to join the list of co-sponsors to draft resolution A/54/L.88/Rev.1 relating to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Almost exactly two months ago, the Prime Minister and head of Government of the Republic of Niger spoke before the Assembly about the transition process that my country has embarked upon to restore a durable and stable democracy.
That was on 30 September. The people of Niger had recently adopted by…
I am delighted to have the opportunity at this fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly to share with the entire international community the concerns — but also the hope — that inspire the nation of Niger in the progress of world events.
The Niger welcomes the new Member States — the Republic o…
A painful event occurred on Friday, 9 April 1999, with the tragic death of President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara. I am deeply touched by the tribute that has just been paid to his memory
by the General Assembly and I thank you, Sir, on behalf of the Government and the people of the Niger.
As the Assem…
At the outset, I wish to say that my delegation fully associates itself with the statement made yesterday by the representative of Burkina Faso on behalf of the countries members of the Organization of African Unity.
The commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Huma…
Allow me at the outset, on behalf of my delegation, to convey to the Secretary-General and the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People our deep satisfaction at the clear and comprehensive reports they have submitted on the question of Palestine.
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On behalf of the delegation of Niger, I should like Sir, to express my warm congratulations on your unanimous election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. We regard your election as a just tribute to your country, the Republic of Ukraine, whose commitment to the id…
Mr. President, I thank you for calling on me to speak on this agenda item, which is of major importance to my delegation.
But I should like first of all to extend my delegation’s congratulations to the Secretary-General and to his team, particularly the Special Coordinator for Africa and Least Deve…
Allow me at the outset, on behalf of my delegation, to extend my warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the fiftieth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Coinciding as it does with the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Organization, your ele…
The failure to implement the United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic Recovery and Development lay behind our Assembly’s adoption in 1991, in resolution 46/151, of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s.
Today, we are again considering the implementa…
In its 11 October statement before the General Assembly during the general debate, the delegation of Niger expressed its deep concern over the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Today’s debate on agenda item 39 gives us an opportunity to reaffirm Niger’s position on the aggression against a victim…
