Senegal commends your initiative, Mr. President, in convening this debate on peacebuilding in the aftermath of conflict. It is as important to address this challenge as it is to put an end to situations of open hostility. Allow me, on this occasion, to reiterate my warmest congratulations on your as…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for preparing the report contained in document A/67/79 and addenda 1 and 2, on oceans and the law of the sea. These documents provide us with valuable information concerning developments in maritime and law of the sea issues.
The considerat…
I would like at the outset to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Peter Tomka, for his substantive and comprehensive report on the Court’s work during the period under consideration (A/67/4). I would also like to thank the entire staff of the Court and to express my dele…
I am very happy to see you, Vice-President Gaspar Martins, presiding over this plenary meeting of the General Assembly. I take this opportunity to wish you every success in your high-level work in the Assembly’s Bureau. I would also like to express my delegation’s thanks to the Secretariat for the e…
I have not had the opportunity to formally congratulate you, Ambassador Balé, on the election of your country as a member of the Bureau of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. It is with great pleasure that I see you, Sir, presiding over the 26th plenary meeting of the Assembly. I woul…
Allow me, Sir, to express my warmest congratulations on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of March and to thank your predecessors for the work they accomplished in guiding this body. I would also like to welcome the renewed commitment of the Council, which has …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on oceans and the law of the sea, contained in documents A/66/70 and A/66/70/Add.1 and 2. Those documents offer us valuable information on the development of maritime issues and the law of the sea.
Seas and oceans occupy a ce…
I would like to thank my Bulgarian colleague for his spirit of cooperation. We are great friends.
I would like to take this opportunity to say that the delegation of Senegal, having consulted with candidate Mr. El Hadji Mansour Tall, would like to withdraw his candidature. I also take this opportun…
My delegation associates itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Egypt and Sierra Leone on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of African States, respectively (see A/66/PV.51). I would like to make several comments in my national capacity.
Allow me, at the outset…
I am pleased to participate in this annual meeting, which affords the Assembly an opportunity to consider the vitally important activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
However, I must draw the IAEA secretariat’s attention to the difficulties experienced by my delegation in bein…
I would like to convey my delegation’s sincere congratulations for the convening of this important debate on women, peace and security, which represents, Madam President, the crowning moment of your remarkable presidency of the Council for the month of October. I would like to thank the Secretary-Ge…
Allow me to begin my statement by thanking Mr. Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice, for his comprehensive and detailed report on the activities of that organ from 1 August 2010 to 31 July 2011. I also thank the staff of the Court.
My country, Senegal, takes the opportunit…
We meet here today, as tradition would have it, in the year before the Olympic Games in order to nourish our reflections on the dialectic that flows from the beautiful trio of sport, peace and development. From 27 July to 12 August and from 29 August to 9 September 2012 the world of sport will be to…
At the outset, I should like to extend the thanks of the Republic of Senegal to the President of the Assembly for convening this important debate on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). This year we celebrate the tenth anniversary of its adoption in July 2001 in Lusaka as a result o…
I should like to take the opportunity afforded, at the start of the session, by the review of the report of the Secretary- General on the work of the Organization (A/66/1) to once again congratulate you warmly, Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, on your election to the presidency of the Gene…
I will refrain from revisiting the humanitarian tragedy that could have occurred in Libya if the international community had not, through the Security Council, adopted a resolution that made it possible to save thousands of lives. I would like to recall, however, that the United Nations Charter begi…
I would like to commend the remarkable work accomplished by the Human Rights Council during the past year and to express my delegation’s appreciation to the Council’s President, Her Excellency Ambassador Laura Dupuy Lasserre, Uruguay’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, for the quality of her repor…
It is my great honour and privilege, on behalf of the Group of African States, to address our warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon on his well- deserved appointment to a second term as Secretary- General of the United Nations. Indeed, his appointment by acclamation moments ago b…
Senegal endorses the statement made by the representative of Bangladesh on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, and welcomes the holding of this joint plenary debate on agenda items 30 and 109, concerning, respectively, the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (A/65/701) and the report of the Secre…
It is with great honour and immense pleasure that I take the floor before the General Assembly on behalf of the African
States on the occasion of this important meeting of the international community on HIV/AIDS. This High- level Meeting is an ideal time to reaffirm our shared commitment to the fig…