As I address the Assembly from this rostrum it is night in Africa, but from Algiers to Cape Town, from Praia to Mombasa, Africans of all generations are passionately following the event for which we are gathered today here at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Indeed, since Friday, the great n…
The commemoration today of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) affords me the great honour of paying warm tribute, on behalf of the States members of the African Group, to an organization whose work lies at the heart of the most noble concerns of mankind. The basi…
Participating today on behalf of the member States of the African Group in this special meeting of the General Assembly to discuss the problem of trafficking in human persons, especially women and children, I speak with a strong sense of being the spokesperson of a continent that has paid a great pr…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/51/L.30, “Assistance to Mozambique”, on behalf of the States members of the Group of African States and the following sponsors: Australia, Austria, China, France, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania and the United States of America.
The text of the draft re…
The United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF), which the General Assembly adopted unanimously on 18 December 1991 on the basis of the principles of shared responsibility and full association with Africa in the attainment of its objectives, constitutes an importa…
The delegation of the Congo, Sir, has many reasons to be pleased to see you presiding over the work of the Security Council this month. Among these reasons we would highlight your qualities as a seasoned diplomat, your wisdom and your extensive experience and understanding of United Nations affairs,…
As I join in the Assembly’s consideration of the Agenda for Development, I wish, like other speakers, to pay a well- deserved tribute to the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for the high quality of his recent report on this item.
The delegation of the Republic of the Congo endorses the…
My delegation fully endorses the statement made on behalf of the Group of 77 by the Permanent Representative of Algeria during the General Assembly’s consideration of this agenda item, entitled “Report of the International Conference on Population and Development”.
By introducing an innovative appr…
The report on the work of the Organization provided to us every year by the Secretary-General gives us an opportunity to assess the progress made on the road travelled by the international community in its quest for more freedom, security, peace and social progress for all people.
First of all my d…
On behalf of the Group of African States, I wish to say how much we all feel the great tragedy of the untimely p a s s i n g o f o u r c o l l e a g u e , L a o u m a y e M e k o n y o K o u m b a i r i a , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cha…
On this day, when we are celebrating the anniversary of the Organization of African Unity, which recalls so many memories of struggle for the dignity of the individual, including that of the peoples of our continent, the African Group sincerely appreciates the fact that this historic meeting of the …
My delegation fully agrees with the statement made here on behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) by the Ambassador of Egypt, and highly values the support given on behalf of the Group of 77 by the Ambassador of Colombia.
The critical situation affecting the economies of African countrie…
