The delegation of Benin is not simply bowing to tradition by joining previous speakers in paying a friendly and well- deserved tribute to Ambassador Juan Somavía of Chile, the Chairman of the Preparatory Committee and the Main Committee of the World Summit for Social Development, held last March in …
Before taking up the agenda item before us, I should like to convey to our sister Cameroon delegation the most sincere condolences of the delegation of Benin on this morning’s air disaster at Douala international airport, which claimed many victims.
The General Assembly is now considering agenda it…
As a coastal State of the South Atlantic maritime region, Benin is deeply committed to the goals of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic established in 1986 by the terms of resolution 41/11. Thus, the consideration of agenda item 37 gives my delegation the pleasant opportunity to …
I have the honour to reconfirm to the Assembly the decision of the Government of Benin, already conveyed on various occasions by correspondence, to present Benin as a candidate for one of the non-permanent Security Council seats allocated to Africa for the biennium 1996-1997.
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the subject of agenda item 32, should be easy enough to understand in the context of Chapter VIII of the Charter of this universal organization.
For that reason, many African delegations, including the delegation of…
The “Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s” is and should be for us Africans one of the main agenda items of this forty-ninth session of the General Assembly, over which you, Mr. President, a worthy son of Africa, have presided with so much skill …
Before getting to the heart of the matter before us, I should like to pay a sincere tribute to the people and the Government of Nicaragua for the warm welcome they gave my delegation during the Second International Conference of New or Restored Democracies in their beautiful capital, Managua, from 4…
As we are reminded in substance by draft resolution A/49/L.18/Rev.1 — submitted under agenda item 30 by the representative of Brazil — the zone of the South Atlantic, situated between Africa and South America, is of strategic and economic importance in the world.
Indeed, this region is not only an …
It is no easy task to speak on a subject, after more than 30 speakers have already done so, without creating the impression that one is simply parroting what has already been so well enunciated. I will try as best I can not to succumb to pointless repetition.
I should like first of all to offer my …
Coming to the rostrum after some excellent speakers, especially my brother, Ambassador Lamamra of Algeria, who spoke on behalf of the Member States of the Group of 77 and China, I shall deliver only a supplement to all the relevant observations and interesting proposals heard during this rich debate…
Benin and its delegation unreservedly condemn any act of barbarity and any violation of human rights anywhere in the world; such acts and violations have been visited upon the Bosnian people every day for the last three years. “Ethnic cleansing” is an odious practice that cannot be tolerated by any …
On 22 December 1992, when the General Assembly adopted, without a vote, resolution 47/188 on the “Establishment of an intergovernmental negotiating committee for the elaboration of an international convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertific…
Benin, on whose behalf I have the honour to speak, is honoured that its name appeared on the impressive list of countries which joined in signing the letter requesting the inclusion of agenda item 152 on the agenda of this session and that it is a sponsor of draft resolution A/49/L.3, which would gr…
The restoration of the democratic process in Haiti, which was interrupted by the military coup d’état of September 1991, is among the priorities of the Government and the people of the Republic of Benin. Hence, my delegation welcomes the Assembly’s consideration of this important agenda item, item 3…
Allow me first, on behalf of the delegation of Benin, to thank the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Samuel Insanally, for his diligence in organizing on Friday 29 October last the moving ceremony during which the General Assembly, which he is leading with such wisdom, paid an impressive tribut…
Like the preceding speakers, the representatives of Guatemala, France and Colombia, I should like, on behalf of my delegation, to express very serious reservations about the content of paragraphs 7 and 27. Over and above those aspects that have been so eloquently stressed by the previous speakers, t…
The Minister of
Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Benin would have liked to
participate in the special meeting herself, but for reasons beyond her control
she is unable to be here today. She has asked me to convey her sincere wishes
for the success of our work.
It is a great honour f…
The Minister for
Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Benin will at the appropriate time present
to you. Sir, the greetings of the people and Government of Benin on your
election to the presidency of our Assembly. I am convinced that he would not
begrudge me this opportunity to express the satisfa…
The implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s is for us Africans one of the chief items on the agenda of this, the forty-eighth, session of the General Assembly, which you, Sir, have been presiding over with great competence and skill since work began…
