We have now been meeting in this Hall for a week as part of the general debate at the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly, as is customary, but unfortunately in unusual conditions. The coronavirus disease pandemic, far from driving us apart and despite the social distancing in which we mus…
It is a real pleasure for my country, Benin, to take this opportunity to address this plenary meeting, which reflects the General Assembly’s ownership of the political declaration (resolution 74/4) adopted at the Sustainable Development Goals summit.
Four years into the implementation of the Sustai…
Mr. Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon, President of the Republic, Head of State and Head of Government of the Republic
of Benin, who was unable to travel to New York, has instructed me to deliver the following message on his behalf and on behalf of the Government:
“It is with particular pride that …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of African States.
At the outset, allow me to welcome to you to New York again, Mr. Foreign Minister, and to thank the presidency of Equatorial Guinea for organizing this important open debate on the Silencing the Guns by 2020 initiative. The Group …
I have the honour to deliver the following statement on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin, who had to leave New York because of other commitments.
“On behalf of the delegation of Benin and on my own behalf, I would like to reiterate my warmest congratula…
It is with pride that I take the floor on behalf of the delegation of Benin at this high-level plenary meeting dedicated to the theme of world peace in honour of the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela. I welcome the fact that the General Assembly has included in its agenda prior to the opening…
