The delegation of Senegal welcomes the convening of this briefing, one year after the Security Council’s adoption of the historic resolution 2309 (2016) of 22 September 2016. It gives us an opportunity to deepen our thinking on the possible solutions to counter the threats to international peace and…
The delegation of Senegal would like to begin by welcoming the participation of His Excellency Mr. Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Afghanistan, in today’s meeting, as well as his positive contribution thereto. In addition, my delegation would like to thank Mr. Tad…
Allow me to begin, Mr. President, by conveying to you the sincere apologies of his Excellency Mr. Sidiki Kaba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Senegal, who, because of a last- minute scheduling conflict, was not able to participate, as he had planned to do.
Our delegation would like to thank the Un…
At the outset, the Senegalese delegation would like to thank the Ethiopian presidency for having organized this meeting. We also welcome the presence of His Excellency
Mr. Ibrahim Abdulkarim Al-Jafari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, among us this morning.
Senegal was a sponsor of resolution…
The delegation of Senegal commends the unanimous adoption by the Security Council of resolution 2377 (2017), approving the Secretary-General’s recommendations with regard to the size, operational modalities and the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. The new Mission, crea…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the holding of this Security Council meeting on the situation in the Chad Lake basin, exactly six months after our visit to the region and following the adoption of the resolution 2349 (2017), which was devoted to this topic. My delegation would also like to thank …
First of all, I thank you, Sir, for having organized this briefing, and take this opportunity to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union Haile Menkerios very much for his enlightening briefing, which strongly highlights the stakes related to strengthening cooperati…
The delegation of Senegal welcomes the unanimous adoption by the 15 members of the Security Council of resolution 2375 (2017) on non-proliferation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It also commends the constructive spirit that has prevailed in the negotiations on and the adoption of this…
I would first like to thank the American, British, French and Japanese delegations for calling for today’s emergency meeting of the Security Council. I would also like to
take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. President, for having agreed to convene it so swiftly. I also offer thanks to the Under-…
First of all, Sir, I would like to thank the Egyptian presidency of the Security Council for taking the initiative to organize this open debate on the theme of peacekeeping operations and their potential contribution to the overarching goal of sustaining peacekeeping.
I would also like to thank our…
The Senegalese delegation thanks you, Sir, for convening this briefing and presenting us with a detailed report (S/2017/672/Rev.1) on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which you are chairing effectively and objec…
First of all, the Senegalese delegation would like to commend the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Zahir Tanin, for the clarity of his presentation of the report (S/2017/640) of the Secretary-General…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s briefing, and Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for the helpful briefing he has just given us on the establishment of the joint force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel).
We would…
I would like to begin by thanking the Egyptian delegation for having convened today’s briefing on the goals and outcome of the high-level joint African Union-United Nations solidarity mission to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 19 to 27 July.
I commend t…
The delegation of Senegal welcomes the unanimous adoption by the Security Council of resolution 2371 (2017), on nuclear non-proliferation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as well as the constructive spirit that prevailed during the negotiations held under the leadership of the United St…
My delegation would like to thank the Egyptian presidency for the opportunity to discuss a particularly important issue in the context of the maintenance of international peace and security.
The interest of the subject that brings us together today, namely, sanctions as measures decided on by the S…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the holding of this Security Council meeting on preventing terrorists from acquiring weapons, which is being held at the very beginning of the Egyptian presidency and which
we hope will be constructive. I can assure you, Sir, of the full support of the Senegalese …
The Senegalese delegation, through me, would like to welcome the convening of this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, and to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the P…
Members of the Security Council asked what, in your opinion, the Council should do now when everyone agrees that the region and the subregion, with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African Union and the
United Nations, which is the universal body, must align their approach to hel…
Senegal is not in the habit of delivering a statement following briefings or consultations. Accordingly, my remarks will be very brief.
We commend and thank Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, as well as His Excellency President Festus Mogae. We thank them …
