May I begin by expressing my gratitude to the Secretary-General for the quality of his report on the work of the Organization, a report which is both concise and complete. Once again, as he has always done, the Secretary-General has sketched out for us an unvarnished picture of the situation of a wo…
The Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development, adopted four years ago, noted:
“We are witnessing in countries throughout the world the expansion of prosperity for some, unfortunately accompanied by an expansion of unspeakable poverty for others. This glaring contradiction is unacceptable and nee…
First of all, I should like to associate myself with the statement made by the representative of Guyana, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
In Africa, there is a saying that an old person dying is like a library burning. This alone reflects the importance that African societies attach…
In electing you unanimously to preside over its at the fifty-fourth session, Sir, the General Assembly paid a well-deserved tribute to your country, the sister Republic of Namibia, which in November 1989, under the auspices of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group, organized that land's fir…
I should like, on behalf of the Group of African States, to introduce draft resolution A/53/L.72 on emergency assistance to the Sudan under item 20 (b) of the agenda of the General Assembly.
The African Group, meeting in plenary, decided to submit this draft resolution, which is one of the group of…
I should like on behalf of the African Group to submit to the General Assembly for its consideration draft resolution A/53/L.64, entitled “Special assistance to Central and East African countries receiving refugees, returnees and displaced persons”, under agenda item 20 (b). Broadly speaking, this p…
First I wish to emphasize the special importance the African Group attaches to the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa. For that reason, our Group has taken the initiative of submitting draft resolution A/…
The adoption by the General Assembly on 18 December 1991 of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF) represented, for our continent and for the entire international community, a new hope for the African peoples.
In 1996 the Assembly conducted a mid-term re…
On behalf of the Group of African States, I should like to submit for consideration by the General Assembly, under sub-item (b) of agenda item 20, draft resolution A/53/L.63, on special assistance for the economic recovery and reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The draft resolu…
Resolution 52/233, on the “Global implications of the year 2000 date conversion problem of computers”, adopted during the fifty-second session of the General Assembly, gave us a clear idea of all kinds of difficulties that States throughout the world might experience if practical steps are not taken…
The General Assembly is once again discussing the situation in the Middle East, this year in a specific context characterized both by grounds for hope for the normal continuation of the peace process and by fears of a possible impasse in the negotiating process.
After the historic breakthrough of t…
Following the example of my immediate predecessor, who addressed this Assembly last year, I wish, in my capacity as Chairman of the Eighth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, held in New York from 18 to 22 May 1998, to report on developments that occurre…
The Senegalese delegation is pleased to join in support of the draft resolution on support of the United Nations system for the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. Debate on this item at this session of the General Assembly is, in my delegation's view, both…
For the fifth year in a row, the General Assembly will consider the report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council.
At the outset, I would like to emphasiz…
Our Lord Jesus Christ said, in a sublime message:
“So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)!” (The Holy Koran, XIX:33)
What could be more natural than that, as the third millennium dawns, an entire year be devoted to commemorat…
Racial, ethnic or religious hatred, ignorance, cultural prejudice, xenophobia, abject poverty, the stifling of public liberties — these are all factors which harm peaceful coexistence among societies.
Peace is not only the absence of war. Racial discrimination, ethnic, religious or political intole…
We live in a world that is both unique and diverse, and that is rich in its cultural and civilizational diversity. The globalization of what is at stake and of the challenges that face mankind as the century draws to a close makes it more vital than ever before to build a unified world: a world of d…
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) brings together more than 50 member States representing one fifth of the world’s population, spread over nearly all the continents. This nearly universal representativity confers on the OIC duties and obligations on a global scale, and it is therefore…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by Burkina Faso on behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and by Nigeria on behalf of the Group of African States.
For my delegation, consideration of agenda item 35, “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of A…
Judge Laïty Kama, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, presented to us with great competence and analytical clarity the third annual report of the Tribunal charged with the task of trying persons accused of genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian l…
