On the occasion of the adoption of resolution 55/253, I would
like to recall that the Committee on Development Policy, in the course of its last triennial review of the list of least developed countries, which was held from 3 to 7 April 2000, recommended that Senegal be placed on that list. The Eco…
Permit me first of all, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Lavrov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for his work last month. I also wish to thank t…
The dynamic of peace and reconciliation that began in 1991 with the onset of the Middle East peace process has continued in recent years to grow stronger through the mobilization of increasing support by all, within the region and throughout the world, who are convinced that the only promising route…
I wish to say at the outset that the Senegalese delegation fully supports the statement made this morning on behalf of all the sponsors, Senegal among them, by the representative of Egypt in introduction of the draft resolution before our Assembly.
In adopting the draft resolution entitled “Coopera…
It was with great sadness that I learned this morning of the death of Mr. Bradford Morse yesterday at his home in Naples, Florida. I immediately informed the Government of Senegal of his passing, because Bradford Morse was
Although 24 years ago there was much uncertainty about Namibia’s acceding to…
It is now a little more than one year since, on 13 September 1993, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel committed the Middle East region to a decisive turning-point in its history: on that date, after mutually recognizing each other, they signed the Declaration of Principles on Int…
The splendid job done by Mrs. Nafis Sadik and her team, in close cooperation with the Population Division of the Department for Economic and Social Information and
This consensus was unquestionably the result of the international community’s unprecedented recognition of the need for the United Nati…
The events that have unfolded since the presentation by the Western Contact Group on 30 July last of its peace plan have certainly finally eliminated the doubts, if any remained, as to the true intentions of those who for more than three years now have been conducting continuous aggression against t…
It need hardly be recalled that the elaboration of an international convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa, was an African initiative that received the support of the international community. This Convention…
The delegation of Senegal is happy to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council during the month of September, a task that you are performing with your usual talent and skill. I should like to extend to you our warmest congratulations.
To those congratulations I should also like to add our …
Despite the persistence of hotbeds of tension, violence and horror that mire the world in consternation and uncertainty, certain significant events of recent years give us reason to believe that the dawn is breaking on the twenty-first century in a climate of strengthened peace, security and interna…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes your assumption, Sir, of the presidency of the Security Council not only because of your outstanding qualities as a skilled diplomat but also because your presidency coincides with the holding of today’s Council meeting. This coincidence is highly significant, espe…
I should like, first, to congratulate you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you, on behalf of my delegation, for the efforts you have been making in guiding the work of the Security Council in April.
I wish also to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassad…
