At this first public meeting of the Security Council for the month of May, Senegal would like to congratulate the brotherly country of Egypt on its assumption of the Council presidency for this month. I also commend China for its
outstanding conduct of our work in the month of April. This meeting i…
With Senegal’s vote in favour, the Security Council has just adopted resolution 2285 (2016), renewing for a period of 12 months the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, which was to expire tomorrow on 30 April. It is assuredly a balanced resolution, for which t…
My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s briefing. I would also like to welcome the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to the Council.
The outbreak of the crisis in Ukraine two years ago testifies to the seriousness of the issue of conflict prevention, the Securit…
The Senegalese delegation strongly welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of resolutions 2283 (2016) and 2284 (2016) on Côte d’Ivoire, concerning the total lifting of sanctions against that brotherly country and the extension for a final term of the mandate of the United Nations Operation in …
At the outset, I would like to thank Angola and Australia for their leadership during the second stage of the review of the peacebuilding architecture, during which they facilitated the intergovernmental consultations that led to today’s adoption of resolution 70/262 by the General Assembly and reso…
I should like to welcome the initiative of the Chinese presidency to convene, together with the Senegalese and Angolan delegations, this debate to discuss a topic of great importance and scope in a global context characterized by key threats to our collective security. Quite clearly, the issue of pr…
The delegation of Senegal would like to thank the Chinese presidency for organizing today’s briefing and to welcome the presence in the Chamber of Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia. I would also like to thank our briefers this morning, Mr. Michael Keating, Speci…
My delegation welcomes the Chinese presidency’s initiative to convene this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The Secretary-General reported on the political and security situation in the region in his briefing, and I would like to thank him for that…
Mr. President, the delegation of Senegal thanks you and welcomes your initiative to convene this public debate on counter-terrorism. It cannot come at a better time, given the almost metronomic recurrence of terrorist attacks across the globe.
International terrorism, which continues to spread, has…
As this is the first statement we are making under your leadership, Mr. President, the delegation of Senegal would like to warmly congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency and wish you every possible success in the coming month. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the del…
Madam President, the Senegalese delegation is pleased to see you presiding in person over today’s Security Council open debate on the role of women in preventing and resolving conflicts in Africa, an extremely important subject that continues to be a priority for the Council in its primary mission, …
The delegation of Senegal is pleased to see the Minister for External Affairs of Angola presiding over today’s meeting of the Security Council. We also welcome the briefings of the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, and those of Mr. Said Djinnit, Mr. Smail Chergui, C…
I would like to thank Ms. Honoré, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her efforts and her briefing, which has enabled us to better understand the political, economic and security situation in Haiti and the activities carried out by United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (…
I convey the regrets of Ambassador Fodé Seck, who participated in
the Security Council mission but is currently on another mission outside the United States and is unable to be with us this morning.
I wish to thank the Secretariat and the national missions to the United Nations of the three countr…
On behalf of the delegation of Senegal, I welcome this opportunity to address the important issue of the situation in Afghanistan at a time when the country has just completed the first year of its transformation decade from 2015 to 2024, which my delegation fully supports. I thank the Spanish deleg…
I thank the United States delegation for having taken the initiative of submitting to the Security Council the text of resolution 2272 (2016), which we have just adopted, concerning cases of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by United Nations peacekeeping personnel and external forces authoriz…
Senegal welcomes the initiative of organizing this meeting,
which has afforded us an opportunity to hear a briefing by the Secretary-General on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by United Nations staff members. It follows the publication of his report (A/70/729) of 16 February …
The delegation of Senegal congratulates Angola, a brotherly and friendly African country, on its assumption of the presidency for the month of March. We also take this opportunity to congratulate Angola’s predecessor, Venezuela, for the excellent way in which it conducted the work of the Council las…
Allow me to begin by welcoming the holding of this meeting. I wish also to thank the Special Representative, Mr. Tanin, for the clarity of his briefing. I should also like to welcome among us His Excellency Mr. Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Se…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the convening of this Security Council meeting devoted to the briefing by the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which is the product of the vision and the commitment of 57 countries from Europe, North Ameri…
