In conformity with Article 24 (3) of the Charter, the Security Council has submitted its fifty-third report for consideration by the General Assembly. Let me at the outset pay deserved tribute to the members of the Security Council for the quality, depth, and exhaustively analytical and balanced cha…
As a member of the World Solar Commission, Senegal fully supports the statement made by the representative of Zimbabwe under the item on the World Solar Programme 1996-2005. The great diversity of countries that make up the membership of the Commission is a clear reflection of the consensus on the e…
My delegation wishes to associate itself fully with the statement made by the representative of the Group of 77 and China.
As I emphasized yesterday in the Third Committee, the question of social development is one of the major issues facing humanity in the last years of this century. It will be on…
Senegal takes pleasure in addressing, through me, its heartfelt congratulations to the President on his illustrious election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. His election is eloquent testimony to his intellectual and moral qualities and to his vast experience in …
By convening, as a prelude to the general debate of the fifty- third session, this high-level dialogue on the theme of the social and economic impact of globalization and interdependence and their policy implications, we are certainly addressing, in advance, one of the major issues to be raised at t…
Today, the General Assembly is convening in a meeting of historic importance to the process of considering the package of reforms sent to us by the Secretary-General. When we took on this high-priority issue early in the session, we were all aware of the difficulty of the task and of the stakes invo…
For the fourth consecutive year, the Assembly is meeting to consider the report of the Open-ended Working Group on the question of equitable representation of and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council. This indicates the great importance
Since t…
For 50 years now the crisis in the Middle East has been a central concern for the international community and has been on the agendas of the General Assembly and of the Security Council. These bodies have adopted many resolutions on the subject, in particular Security Council resolutions 242 (1967),…
Our consideration of agenda item 156 is, in the view of my delegation, of special importance, because is it not said
Peace, we all agree, is not just the absence of war. Even in times of peace very often there are situations which shock the moral conscience of humanity.
The physical or moral viole…
The item we are considering today, Cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation, is of prime importance to my delegation.
The establishment of the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACTC), on 20 March 1970 in Niamey was a milestone in the …
The General Assembly has unanimously chosen you, Mr. President, to guide the work of the fifty-second session. This decision is a tribute to your outstanding personal qualities as a diplomat and a statesman, and at the same time a tribute to your vast experience in international relations. It also s…
Consideration of the agenda item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference” is of special importance for my delegation, since it is a high point in our dialogue to define the framework of a mutually advantageous partnership in order to find the r…
The enormous progress attained in the past five years within the framework of the Madrid Peace Conference kindled in the Middle East and throughout the international community the hope of a new era of peace, reconciliation and cooperation in the region.
It must be recognized that that positive tren…
We are gathered here once again to discuss the economic situation in Africa, but one must wonder what there is to be said or done. This being a debate on the development of Africa, the delegation of Senegal considers that everything, or practically everything, has already been said. The analysis has…
Your noteworthy election, Sir, to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session is an eloquent and solemn tribute from the Members of our Organization to your great country, Malaysia. Your intellectual and moral qualities, your faith in the United Nations and your vast experience…
The delegation of Senegal would like, through me, to express its appreciation for this resumed session, which gives us the opportunity to reflect together, with the diversity and wealth of our own respective national
Senegal, like most countries of sub-Saharan Africa, is faced with the urgent need …
Permit me first of all, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Lavrov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for his work last month. I also wish to thank t…
The dynamic of peace and reconciliation that began in 1991 with the onset of the Middle East peace process has continued in recent years to grow stronger through the mobilization of increasing support by all, within the region and throughout the world, who are convinced that the only promising route…
I wish to say at the outset that the Senegalese delegation fully supports the statement made this morning on behalf of all the sponsors, Senegal among them, by the representative of Egypt in introduction of the draft resolution before our Assembly.
In adopting the draft resolution entitled “Coopera…
My country, Senegal, is very pleased to express to Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral its warm congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session. His election reflects how much the international community values the role his country — Portugal — has played in…
