I thank you, Mr. President, for having scheduled this meeting to discuss a country that is dear to us, the Central African Republic.
As we are holding this meeting, the Central African Republic is entering a decisive phase for peace, stability and reconciliation, for which the mobilization of the i…
I would like to thank you, Sir, and the Belgian presidency for including this important issue in our discussions. I would like to underline the exceptional nature of the address by His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians, to the Security Council today. I know how great his commitment is to y…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for the opportunity to speak today to the Security Council and to congratulate you, on behalf of the African Union, on the way in which the sisterly Republic of Equatorial Guinea is presiding over the work of the Council this month.
As I am…
On this holy day on which we commemorate the birth of the Prophet, I would like to express our warmest congratulations to all present.
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On behalf of the African Union and on my own behalf, let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, and the People’s Republic of China for demonst…
At the outset, on behalf of the presidency of the Commission of the African Union, allow me to express the deep gratitude of the African Union to Angola, which holds the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March 2016, for scheduling this debate on the Great Lakes region. I would like…
We are meeting here to discuss a serious situation that is receiving increasing international attention. We fervently hope that this meeting will mark a new and decisive stage in the international mobilization for the Central African Republic.
I thank the Security Council for its ongoing follow- up…