As we are about to adopt draft resolution A/75/L.126/ Rev.1, solemnly proclaiming 7 October each year as World Cotton Day, I would like to pay tribute to the hundreds of millions of people worldwide for whom the cultivation of cotton is a vital resource. Today is an important day for them and I woul…
I have the honour to introduce the pre-recorded address of His Excellency Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Burkina Faso, on the occasion of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.
I have honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Faso and President of the Council of Ministers of Burkina Faso, at the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly.
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the member States of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel), which comprises Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and the Niger.
The G-5 Sahel takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/74/1) and co…
Burkina Faso is delighted to take part in this Summit convened in honour of our icon, Nelson Mandela.
Following the adoption by the African Union of the 2014-2024 Madiba Nelson Mandela Decade of Reconciliation in Africa, today it is the turn of the United Nations, through the General Assembly, to a…
First of all, on behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this high-level meeting on peacebuilding and sustaining peace pursuant to General Assembly resolution 70/262 and Security Council resolution 2282 (2016), both adopted on 27 April 2016.…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President for convening this debate on agenda item 122, entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”. The number of delegations that have already sp…
Burkina Faso welcomes this high-level meeting of the General Assembly and also welcomes yesterday’s adoption by consensus of the political declaration on the Implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (resolution 72/1).
In adopting the Global Plan of…
Exactly two years after the adoption of resolution 69/324, on multilingualism, I have the honour to introduce, on behalf of its sponsors, draft resolution A/71/L.86, of the same title, under agenda item 125 at the seventy-first session of the General Assembly.
Access to information has always been …
It is a great privilege and honour for me to speak on behalf
of the Group of African States on this special occasion to pay tribute to Mr. Ban Ki-moon as he completes his term as head of the United Nations after 10 years of good, faithful service.
The African Group co-sponsored resolution 71/131, …
