The delegation of Senegal is pleased to see you, Mr. President, presiding over this important briefing on the situation in Libya — a situation that your country is right to define as a top priority during its presidency
of the Council. I also welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Siala…
Senegal welcomes the adoption of resolution 2385 (2017), renewing the sanctions regime for Somalia and Eritrea, which is an indication of our collective willingness to
continue to closely monitor the political and security situations in the two countries.
The ongoing concerns that are reflected in…
First of all, allow me thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for the clarity of his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/911). I would also like to welcome the p…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the opportunity afforded us by the Council’s consideration of the fourteenth report on the activities of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the situation in Libya. We thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for the clarity of her pres…
The Senegalese delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this briefing in order to review the seventh report (S/2017/904, annex) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM). I take this opportunity to th…
I too would like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the very detailed report (see S/2017/922, annex) he has just presented to us, and, on behalf of Senegal, to hail the Security Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2384 (2017), which extends the ma…
Senegal would like to thank the Italian delegation for taking the initiative to hold today’s important meeting, giving us the opportunity to exchange views directly with the commanders of the police components of peacekeeping operations. We are also grateful to Under-Secretary- General Lacroix and t…
The Senegalese delegation would like to begin, Mr. President, by associating itself with the condolences you expressed, Sir, in connection with the victims of the terrorist attack that befell the American people, as well as the Argentine and Belgian people.
On the occasion of this first public meet…
The delegation of Senegal welcomes the presence with us this morning of His Excellency Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to personally preside over this open debate. We also commend the French delegation for organizing this high-level meeting on the very important issue of the plight children in armed con…
The delegation of Senegal is pleased to see you, Sir, presiding in person over today’s briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (S/2017/869), only a few days after the Security Council’s mission to the region.
We also welcome the presence…
I would like to warmly thank Ms. Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, President of the International Criminal Court, for her leadership at the head of the Court and for presenting the report on its work (see A/72/349). Under her presidency, the Court will have made enormous progress in streamlining its wor…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the convening of this open debate on the topic of women and peace and security, 17 years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), which marked the first milestone of truly taking into account the issue of women in peace efforts. It is a topic that the Security…
My delegation aligns itself with the statements made by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Group of African States and by the representative of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (see A/72/PV.34).
In its national capacity, my delegation, like those who have spoken before me, tha…
We are disappointed that the Security Council was not able to maintain its unity to adopt a technical renewal of the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) for another year.
Senegal voted in favour of draft resolution S/2017/884, as we are convinced of the central role that the Mechanis…
The delegation of Senegal welcomes this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. We thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, for his clear briefing on the major challenges that continue to arise in the Middle East.
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I would like to join others in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Sandra Honoré for her comprehensive briefing and in welcoming the presence of His Excellency the Ambassador of the Republic of Haiti.
In a few days, on 15 October, we will mark the official closing of the United…
The Senegalese delegation thanks the French presidency for the holding of this important meeting on the issue of famine, which requires a coordinated, effective, lasting or even definitive international response.
Let me also thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his important briefing and fo…
First of all, I would like to thank this month’s French presidency for having agreed, at the initiative of the United Kingdom delegation, to hold this briefing on the important issue of strategic force generation. My thanks also go to my colleagues from Bangladesh and Canada, and of course to Under-…
Today’s debate, which follows logically on from yesterday’s debate on civil aviation security, once again illustrates the special importance that the Security Council attaches to the fight against the scourge of terrorism. Indeed, the multiplication and sophistication of terrorist attacks throughout…
The Senegalese delegation is pleased that the Security Council finally decided to hold a public briefing on the dangerous situation that has been developing in Rakhine state for many months now. It is a situation that has reached an unprecedented level since the unacceptable attacks by the Arakan Ro…
