The Senegalese delegation welcomes the adoption of resolution 2393 (2017), renewing for 12 months the mandate of the mechanism for the cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid to thousands of innocent Syrian victims in need. For that reason, the Senegalese delegation congratulates the penholder del…
I would also like to thank Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu for her enlightening briefing on the important issue of small arms and light weapons. The control of such weapons is without question of crucial importance for the maintenance of international peace and security.
The report of the Secretary-General (S/…
The delegation of Senegal supported the draft resolution (S/2017/1060) submitted by the delegation of Egypt, as we are absolutely certain of the need to underscore the parameters and principles underpinning the historic and legal issues on Jerusalem, which are very deeply held by the parties to the …
Senegal thanks Japan for convening this meeting and is pleased to see Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, presiding over this debate on the issue of
the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). We also thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his briefing, which…
At the outset, I sincerely thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their illuminating briefings. My delegation also takes this
opportunity to commend…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the convening of this briefing by the Japanese presidency, and thanks Ms. Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for very clearly presenting her report on the state of the investigations and proceedings of her Office with regard to the Darfur iss…
At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the Senegalese delegation, to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, for their respective briefings.
My delegation is of the view that each State mu…
I join other colleagues in expressing our condolences and sympathy to the authorities and the people of the United Republic of Tanzania for the tragic deaths of the 14 Tanzanian Blue Helmets who were killed while carrying out their duties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Senegal welcomes th…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having agreed to the request of eight members of the Security Council, including Senegal, to allow this organ, charged by the Charter of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security, to be able to discuss in an open meeting today the s…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to reflect on our collective efforts regarding the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan, which Senegal has had the honour to chair for the past two years. I would also like to thank the…
The delegation of Senegal would first like to congratulate Japan on its presidency of the Security Council for the month of December in the final month of its mandate as a member of the Council. We also commend Italy for its exemplary conduct of the Council’s work in November. I welcome the presence…
The delegation of Senegal would like to warmly thank and commend the Italian and French delegations for once again inviting us, as they did eight months ago on 24 March (see S/PV.7907), to contemplate and take action based on the maxim of the German thinker Heinrich Heine that “where they burn books…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Japanese and United States delegations for calling for this emergency meeting. I would also like to thank the Italian presidency for organizing the meeting and Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his clear and factual briefing. I would also like to personally…
At the outset, I should like, on behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to sincerely thank all delegations and, in particular, you, Mr. President, for your active and engaged participation in this morning’s special meeting in observance of the In…
I would first of all like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Ms. Bintou Keita for the important updates that she has given us. We also want to commend the efforts of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which, despite the difficulties it encounters, continues to operate in a hostile…
I would like to most sincerely thank the French delegation for having requested the convening of this urgent meeting in the wake of incidents of slavery in Libya. I would also like to thank the Italian presidency for having convened the meeting. Allow me also to thank today’s briefers, Mr. Filippo G…
The delegation of Senegal welcomes the convening of this important meeting on the foreign terrorist fighter phenomenon. I would like to thank our briefers — Under-Secretary- General Voronkov, Head of the Office of Counter- Terrorism; Ms. Michèle Coninsx, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism C…
The Senegalese delegation wishes to warmly thank the Italian delegation for its timely choice of this topic. Trafficking in persons in times of conflict goes hand in hand with the many briefings that the Italuian
presidency has organized this month, including those on Libya and security challenges …
As we were yesterday, the Senegalese delegation is pleased to see you presiding over today’s debate on security challenges in the Mediterranean, Mr. President.
For a change, I will begin by reading out a press statement issued today by the Government of Senegal.
“The Government of the Republic of …
As we inevitably move towards the expiry of the mandate of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM), the Security Council — our Council — which is responsible, pursuant to the Charter of the United Nations, for the maintenance of int…
