It could not be more timely for the Security Council, particularly the non-permanent members whose terms of office end in a few days, to address the current complex challenges facing international peace and security. The Senegalese delegation thanks the Japanese presidency for choosing this topic, w…
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/…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 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, 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…
