My delegation is pleased to participate again this year, in the consideration of the agenda item on the report of the Security Council. We thank Ambassador Jorge Urbina, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica and President of the Security Council for the month of November, for having introduced the …
The delegation of Senegal would like to thank the President for having organized this meeting at the sixty-third session of the General Assembly on the theme of the culture of peace through the dialogue among religions. This is a subject of central importance for the whole of humanity, which, today,…
The Senegalese delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Uganda, on behalf of the States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), on cooperation between the United Nations and the OIC. However, Senegal, in its capacity as Chair of the OIC Summi…
I should like at the outset to express my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court, on the quality of the work that he has accomplished at the helm of that institution and on the detailed information contained in his statement. I also congratula…
Allow me first to extend my warmest congratulations to Ms. Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, and to the other judges and all of the Court’s staff for the excellent work they have accomplished as part of that institution.
As an international court with a general chara…
At the outset, I wish to convey my most heartfelt gratitude to the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for the quality of the Council’s report (A/63/53) and for the exemplary manner in which he has led that body, whose stre…
In taking the floor for the first time before the plenary at the sixty-third session of the General Assembly, I would like to reiterate the congratulations of the Senegalese delegation to the President and to all members of the Bureau as well as our wishes to him for great success in discharging his…
My delegation subscribes to the statements made by the representative of Pakistan on behalf of the States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and by the representative of the Republic of Guinea on behalf of the Group of African States. We thank President Kerim for having organized …
I would like at the outset to pay tribute to the outgoing President of the International Court of Justice, Dame Rosalyn Higgins, for her exceptional work at the head of that body. I would like also to extend my hearty and warm congratulations to Mr. Hisashi Owada on his election to the presidency of…
At the outset, I should like to express my heartfelt congratulations to the President for convening this important meeting, which will allow us to assess the progress made in the fight against AIDS and to look ahead to future efforts.
This United Nations High-level meeting on HIV, which is the thir…
There could be no better or more appropriate time than the one the Assembly President has chosen to bring us together to discuss the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a subject of great importance to our country. The time is appropriate because the deadline of 2015 is fast approaching. Therefore,…
I should like first to join previous speakers in condemning the bombing that occurred yesterday in Algiers. On this occasion, on behalf of the Government and the people of Senegal, I would like to convey to the Algerian people and to the United Nations system as a whole our most heartfelt condolence…
During my statement on 29 November, at the 58th meeting, on the occasion of the debate on agenda item 18, I described the context in which the question of Palestine developed. It is in that very same context – also emphasized by a large majority of Member States – that I wish to present to the Assem…
Mr. President, permit me, at the outset, to express my sincere appreciation to all representatives of Member States, observers, representatives of intergovernmental organizations, United Nations organs, funds and programmes, and members of civil society, who participated this morning in the solemn m…
My delegation concurs with the statement made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement on agenda item 121. We are pleased to participate in this debate on the revitalization of the General Assembly, which is one of the fundamental aspects of United Nations reform.
Mr. …
My statement was to have been made two days ago by Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Senegal, who had other duties to attend to and was compelled to leave New York. He asked me to make this statement on his behalf. I shall deliver an abridged version.
“I wish to share some n…
The delegation of Senegal thanks the Secretary-General for submitting to the General Assembly his fifth consolidated report on implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/62/203), as well as the reports on the causes of conflict (A/62/204) and implementation of the Deca…
At the meeting of the General Committee on 19 September, my delegation opposed including Taiwan’s membership application on the agenda of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. The delegation of Senegal therefore fully supports the recommendation of the General Committee on this matter an…
Allow me at the outset warmly to congratulate Belgium on its timely initiative to propose a process of reflection and a public debate of the Security Council on the problem of natural resources and conflicts.
Be it water, oil, diamonds or timber — to mention just a few types of natural resources — …
I should like at the outset to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on the excellent initiative to hold the High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, at a time when doubt seems to beset us and when conflict situations — particularly those ari…
