I should like at the outset to thank the French delegation, which coordinated the negotiations on draft resolution A/61/L.56, for its tireless efforts to arrive at a balanced text on a subject of such great importance as multilingualism. This cross-cutting topic deserves our full attention, because …
I would like to begin, like representatives who have taken the floor before me, by expressing my deep gratitude for the personal interest and commitment demonstrated by the President since she assumed her post to ensure that the process of Security Council reform makes significant progress during he…
I would like to inform the General Assembly of some revisions that have been made to draft resolution A/61/L.34, which is now before the Assembly. The revisions have not yet been translated. I will therefore read them out in English.
(spoke in English)
The following are the revisions that have bee…
In an unequivocal show of support for the Palestinian people
in its quest for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution of the question of Palestine, Member States, observers, representatives of intergovernmental organizations and civil society addressed the special meeting of our Committee this m…
My delegation warmly congratulates the President and all the members of the Human Rights Council for the important work they have done this year, as reflected in the report submitted for our attention.
The General Assembly’s consideration of the first report of the Human Rights Council, less than a…
Senegal is grateful to the Secretary-General for having quickly accomplished the important job of making available to the General Assembly the relevant reports (A/61/212 and A/61/213), which clearly reveal the tremendous challenges that await us in our endeavours to give substance to the New Partner…
I should like to congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election as President of the General Assembly and to assure her of the full support of the delegation of Senegal as she carries out her lofty mandate.
The adoption of the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries f…
The General Assembly is once again addressing the important issue of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council. Today’s two meetings are all the more crucial given the significant progress made following the summit in September 2005 — notably, the establishme…
I would like to begin by conveying to the Assembly the warm greetings of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Senegal, Mr. Abdoulaye Wade.
Senegal thanks the Secretary-General for his advocacy and leadership in the international mobilization against HIV/AIDS. We also thank President Deni…
Senegal welcomes the General Assembly’s clear and timely decision to place such a relevant issue as international migration and development on the agenda of the sixty- first session. This is recognition of the invaluable contribution of migrants to development to their societies, both in the host co…
In order to express their unswerving support for the Palestinian people in its quest for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine, many representatives of Member States, observer States, intergovernmental organizations, agencies of the
United Nations system and civil …
Before I turn to the item under consideration, allow me, on behalf of the Government of Senegal, to convey our sincere thanks to all Members of the Organization and the bodies and the agencies of the United Nations system for the constant assistance and support that they provide to the African conti…
It is a pleasure for me to express on behalf of my delegation warm congratulations on the outstanding election, of the President to lead the sixtieth regular session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. I see the
selection as a tribute to his excellent qualities as a diplomat without equa…
In an unambiguous show of support for the Palestinian people in its quest for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine, the representatives of Member States and observers from United Nations bodies, intergovernmental organizations and civil society took the floor this …
I welcome the opportunity to speak in this plenary debate to discuss progress made in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), causes of conflict in Africa and the anti- malaria campaign. The special attention given to NEPAD by African leaders and peoples and by Af…
I am delighted to speak at this important plenary meeting devoted to the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, held on African soil in Cairo, Egypt, and to offer the contribution of my country, Senegal, to this collective exercise assessi…
The Senegalese delegation is pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the General Assembly in your usual outstanding manner. I should like to express to you our gratitude for having devoted the meetings of the past two days to the consideration of agenda items 11 and 53, relating, respect…
I have great pleasure in joining my voice to those of previous speakers to discharge the pleasant duty of conveying my sincere congratulations to our colleague and friend Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe, President of the Economic and Social Council, for the quality of his report (A/66/3). The document …
Allow me at the outset to commend Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the excellent reports he has submitted to our Assembly, which testify to his ardent commitment to working to make our Organization ever more credible,
effective and thereby more capable of meeting the complex and most critical challe…
I begin by reiterating my warmest compliments to you, Mr. President. I wish to say that Senegal, one of the founding members of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), is pleased to participate in this assessment of the past year’s accomplishments in the implementation of the New Partn…
