It is a great pleasure for me to share with you, Sir, and all of the delegations in attendance the views of my country on the important issue of financing for development.
My country’s views echo those expressed by the representatives of Argentina and the United Republic of Tanzania on behalf of th…
I should like at the outset to warmly thank the organizers of this meeting, Bolivia most of all, and to express our deep satisfaction at this welcome initiative.
In its resolution 64/292, the General Assembly stated that access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right that i…
It is an honour for me to introduce draft resolution A/65/L.85, entitled “Multilingualism”, which is the result of intense meetings of negotiations, throughout which a constructive spirit truly prevailed. Allow me to express my great appreciation to all delegations for the interest that they took, i…
I would first of all like to commend the remarkable work done by the Human Rights Council this year and to express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to its President, His Excellency Ambassador Sihasak Phuangketkeow, for the quality of his report.
Thanks to the joint efforts of its members and th…
Senegal aligns itself with the statement made yesterday by the representative of Zambia on the Rome Statute on behalf of the Group of African States (see A/65/PV.39). I would also like to make some comments in my national capacity.
At the outset, I offer warm and sincere thanks to the President of …
Allow me at the outset to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Hisashi Owada, for his rich and detailed presentation of the activities of that body for the period from 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2010. I would also like to extend my thanks to all the staff of the Court.
I wis…
It is my pleasant duty to congratulate you, Mr. President, and to wish you the greatest success in your presidency. On behalf of Senegal, I would also like to thank you for convening this important debate on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), as well as to express my delegation’s …
I would like to take the opportunity offered us by the consideration, at the beginning of this session, of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/65/1) to reiterate to the President the sincere congratulations of the Senegalese delegation on his election to the presid…
Assessing the progress made in implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reminds us once again that our ambitious mission to build a world free of the scourges of poverty and famine has not yet been accomplished. In the unusual current circumstances, where the combined effects of the rece…
I endorse the statement made by the representative of Syrian Arab Republic on behalf of the States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and welcome the holding of this second biennial review of the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy, which offer…
Allow me, at the outset, to express, on behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, our sincere appreciation to all the representatives of Member States, observers, representatives of intergovernmental organizations, United Nations system entities and…
At the outset, I should like to warmly congratulate you and to express my profound gratitude for the commendable initiative on the part of Burkina Faso, as President of the Security Council for the month of December, to organize, under the agenda item entitled “Peace and security in Africa”, an open…
I would like to thank and congratulate Ambassador Alex van Meeuwen of Belgium, President of the Human Rights Council, for the outstanding presentation he has given of the report of the Council, and to state that the consideration of the report (A/64/53) is for my delegation a welcome opportunity to …
At the outset, I should like to express my warmest and heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Sang-Hyun Song on his election as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to thank him for his detailed briefing on the activities of the Court. My delegation endorses the statement made by the re…
Senegal would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report to the General Assembly on the progress achieved in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/64/204) and for his note on the Decade to Roll Back Malaria on the African continent (A/64/…
Taking the floor for the first time in the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, I wish to reiterate, following the President of the Republic of Senegal, His Excellency Maitre Abdoulaye Wade, the hearty congratulations of the Senegalese delegation on your election, Mr. President, to your pre…
It is today a tremendous honour for me and a great pleasure to present to the General Assembly of the United Nations at its sixty-third session this draft resolution under agenda item 113 on multilingualism. This draft resolution, which my country, Senegal, has coordinated this year, is the outcome …
My delegation welcomes the establishment of the new United Nations system of administration of justice and reaffirms its commitment to the independence of that new entity. We take this opportunity to congratulate all candidates selected by the Internal Justice Council.
However, my delegation regret…
It gives me great pleasure to introduce to the General Assembly the reports of the First Committee on agenda items 81 to 96, 110 and 119. Those reports are contained in documents A/63/381 through A/63/397 and A/63/446.
In response to the General Assembly’s appeal, the First Committee continued to f…
I would like, at the outset, on behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to most sincerely thank all who participated this morning in the special meeting held to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On that solem…
