Allow me first to express our sadness at the demise of His Excellency Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary-General and the first African to lead the United Nations, and to express our deepest condolences to the people and Government of Egypt, to his family and certainly to the entire United N…
On behalf of the African Union Commission and myself, I would like to congratulate you warmly, Mr. President, on your country’s presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and Ms. Leila Zerrougui, his Special Representative for Children and Armed C…
Allow me at the outset to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, and also to convey the congratulations of the African Union (AU) Commission following the assumption by your country of the presidency of the Security Council. We believe that you will build on your experience and dedication in headin…
Let me take this opportunity, on behalf of the African Union (AU) Commission, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the United States’ assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and on its initiative to convene this meeting on the ongoing Ebola scourge that continues to rei…
On behalf of Ms. Nkosazana Diamini-Zuma, the President of the African Union Commission, who, owing to circumstances beyond her control, is unable to be here with us today, I would first like to thank the Rwandan presidency of the Security Council for taking the initiative to hold this important deba…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate Luxembourg on
assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to thank you, Sir, for having invited me to address today’s Security Council meeting, on behalf of the African Union, on the important matter of the situation in the Central Africa…
