It was with great sadness that I learned this morning of the death of Mr. Bradford Morse yesterday at his home in Naples, Florida. I immediately informed the Government of Senegal of his passing, because Bradford Morse was
Although 24 years ago there was much uncertainty about Namibia’s acceding to…
This is an important date in the annals of our Organization. My delegation wishes to reiterate the congratulations offered by the Chairman of the African Group to the Republic of Palau on its admission as the one hundred and eighty-fifth Member State. We also want to express our determination to coo…
It is now a little more than one year since, on 13 September 1993, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel committed the Middle East region to a decisive turning-point in its history: on that date, after mutually recognizing each other, they signed the Declaration of Principles on Int…
The splendid job done by Mrs. Nafis Sadik and her team, in close cooperation with the Population Division of the Department for Economic and Social Information and
This consensus was unquestionably the result of the international community’s unprecedented recognition of the need for the United Nati…
Allow me first, Madam President, to congratulate you on your assumption of the stewardship of the Security Council, and to thank you on behalf of my delegation for the efforts you have been making in conducting the business of the Council during the month of November.
I should also like to congratu…
The events that have unfolded since the presentation by the Western Contact Group on 30 July last of its peace plan have certainly finally eliminated the doubts, if any remained, as to the true intentions of those who for more than three years now have been conducting continuous aggression against t…
It need hardly be recalled that the elaboration of an international convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa, was an African initiative that received the support of the international community. This Convention…
The international community is meeting once again, assembling the great diversity of the nations which are its members, to consider the state of the world and to chart the paths of progress for the 12 months that lie ahead.
We give thanks to God for having inspired the delegations here present in t…
The delegation of Senegal is happy to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council during the month of September, a task that you are performing with your usual talent and skill. I should like to extend to you our warmest congratulations.
To those congratulations I should also like to add our …
Ambassador Paolo Fulci, the Permanent Representative of Italy, has just introduced the draft resolution contained in document A/48/L.62 of 22 August 1994, which proposes that the General Assembly grant observer status to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The Senegalese delegation’s cosponsorshi…
Despite the persistence of hotbeds of tension, violence and horror that mire the world in consternation and uncertainty, certain significant events of recent years give us reason to believe that the dawn is breaking on the twenty-first century in a climate of strengthened peace, security and interna…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes your assumption, Sir, of the presidency of the Security Council not only because of your outstanding qualities as a skilled diplomat but also because your presidency coincides with the holding of today’s Council meeting. This coincidence is highly significant, espe…
On behalf of the Senegalese delegation, I wish to say how pleased we are to see you presiding over the Security Council for the month of April and discharging your responsibilities, to our great satisfaction, with skill and devotion.
I therefore wish to congratulate you most sincerely, while reaffi…
I should like, first, to congratulate you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you, on behalf of my delegation, for the efforts you have been making in guiding the work of the Security Council in April.
I wish also to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassad…
In the history of our Organization, few questions have been the subject of so many resolutions and statements on behalf of the Security Council as has the tragic situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nor could more be added to what has already been said to deplore and condemn this tragedy, which cont…
The international community, having resolutely and consistently supported all the efforts to eradicate apartheid from South Africa, now has every reason to rejoice at the current developments in that country, which is gradually finding its place once again in the community of civilized nations.
Thi…
The head of the Senegalese delegation has already had the opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your illustrious election to the presidency of the Assembly at this session, and I personally welcome your election because of your outstanding qualities and talent as a diplomat.
The consideration of…
The General Assembly’s annual convening in New York is a world event which, each year, expresses the hope of nations and peoples to find common ground, through dialogue and joint effort, in order to live together their shared destiny. In a world that is becoming daily more diverse and in which peopl…
When he spoke on
30 September 1992 from this rostrum, which has witnessed so many significant
events in the evolution of our Organization, President Abdou Diouf, Head of
State of Senegal, warmly and sincerely congratulated the President. He also
expressed the appreciation of the Senegalese deleg…
For the fifth time in three years, we are considering the situation in Kampuchea. This demon- stratesthe concern of the international community with respect to this matter, as evidenced by the state- ments that we have heard during the past few
55. It is in the name of those same principles of law …
