I have the honour and privilege to speak on behalf of the presidency of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). I wish at the outset to welcome
the presence of His Excellency Mr. Nicolas Tiangaye, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. I wish to express to my congratulati…
I speak on behalf of the African Group at this solemn event of the General Assembly to pay tribute to the vivid memory of His Excellency Mr. Zillur Rahman, President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, who has just departed from us. The African Group honours the memory of a person who, with cour…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States. Today, as we observe the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade under the theme “Forever Free: Celebrating Emancipation”, the African Group joins other Member S…
I have the great honour to speak on behalf of the Group of African States at this solemn gathering of the General Assembly to pay tribute to the memory of His Excellency President Hugo Chávez Frías, the late President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, who recently passed away. I would like fi…
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, and to extend our congratulations to you for having put the situation in Mali on the Council’s agenda at such short notice, thus demonstrating — as if it were necessary — that your country is committed to dealing with all matters related to the m…
I would like to convey our congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also commend you on your initiative to organize this important debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for his excellent briefing this morning on the i…
I would like to express to Minister El Othmani Chad’s warmest congratulations on his great country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month and for having chosen for its agenda the important issue of peace and security in Africa, particularly in the Sahel region. That is the…
At the outset, allow me on behalf of the Chadian delevation to wholeheartedly thank the President for selecting the theme for the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly, “Bringing about adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful means”. That subject is at the…
As this is the first time that my country takes the floor, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy new year, Mr. President, as well as to all our colleagues here. I also wish to commend the efforts made by the team of experts that carried out an assessment mission on the impact of …
On behalf of my country’s delegation, I would like to join previous speakers in expressing my congratulations to
the Secretary-General for his efforts in successfully organizing this High-level Meeting and, above all, for the wise choice of the theme of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Allow me t…
It is a genuine pleasure for me to congratulate you, Madame, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Allow me also to welcome the presence of Mr. Mahmoud, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General.
We welcome the high-quality report of the Secretary-General (S/2…
I would like to be brief. Let me start, Mr. President, by congratulating you upon your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. Allow me also to greet the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, our brother and great friend, General Antoine …
The delegation of Chad echoes previous speakers in warmly congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the Assembly at its sixty-fifth session, and assures you of our desire to cooperate with you as you carry out your mission.
I also express my delegation’s admiration for your pre…
On behalf of His Excellency Mr. Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad, allow me to extend our sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for his initiative to organize this high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals.
Chad committed itself to achieving the Millennium Dev…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of August. I should also like to welcome the presence among us of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic and to reaffirm that my country fully shares his…
I would first of all like to greet all the eminent speakers who made statements before me. I would also like to congratulate my brother from Central Africa, Ambassador Emanuel Issoze-Ngondet of the Gabonese Republic. He has not only shown competence and efficiency in presiding over the Council and t…
On behalf of my delegation and in my own name, I would like to offer the President our warmest congratulations on his brilliant election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. It would be remiss not to express our pride and our pleasure at the election of the represen…
I take the floor to say a few brief words on the excellent report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/359) on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), which has just been introduced to us by Mr. Angelo. First of all, however, I would like to extend my congratulati…
I would like first of all, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May. I would also like to welcome the Secretariat’s report and to assure it that it has received our full attention.
I have come from Doha, where once again I was naive enough to…
First, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Council for the month of April. Allow me also to greet the Assistant Secretary-General and to stress the great interest with which the Government of Chad heard his briefing. It is also m…
