I bring the General Assembly warm greetings and a goodwill message of peace, progress and stability from President Adama Barrow and the Government and the people of the Gambia — Africa’s smiling coast.
We congratulate the President on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy…
My delegation has always maintained consistency in lending support to the entry of Taiwan to the United Nations. Over the years, the results have always been like this: a sort of refusal, and in some cases, a refusal that is baseless, without any legal or procedural support, as we witnessed in the l…
My delegation is pleased to be associated with the unanimous adoption of the draft resolution in document A/AC.250/1 (Part I), relating to the Agenda for Development. The adoption of the draft resolution would not have been possible, Mr. President, without your wise guidance and spirited involvement…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Group of African States, I would, on behalf of the African Group, like to pay tribute to the memory of the late Benny Kimberg, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations, who sadly passed away on 8 June 1997.
We will all remember Ambas…
My delegation has taken due note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee for the mid- term review of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF). We note as well the distinguished
My delegation fully supports the draft resolution on the su…
I would first of all like to join my colleagues who have already spoken in congratulating you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also wish to thank you and all the members of this body for kindly facilitating my delegation’s participation in the consideration …
At their recent ministerial meeting, the States members of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic reaffirmed once more their concern about the international situation, particularly as it impacts on the socio-economic development of developing countries, the preservation of peace and…
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution contained in document A/50/L.10, which asserts some of the cherished principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, because it serves as a relevant reminder of the importance of the status quo of sovereign equality and interdependence…
My delegation would like to refer to the statement made this morning in this Assembly by the Foreign Minister of Madagascar, His Excellency Mr. Jacques Sylla, and to express very strong reservations about the negative comments he made about the Gambia and its present leadership. These negative comme…
The successful conclusion of the negotiations for the elaboration of the International Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa, within the time frame set by this august body, and the consensus adoption of a C…
On behalf of its sponsors in the African Group and other sponsors, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to the General Assembly draft resolution A/49/L.10 on the situation in Burundi, which is before the Assembly for consideration.
One year after the assassination of Burundi’s first democratical…
On behalf of the African Group I am pleased to indicate that the African Group endorses the candidature of Botswana for the vacancy allocated to Africa in the Security Council.
The Gambia as Chairman of the African Group for this month is greatly honoured to address this Assembly on behalf of the African Group on the occasion of the commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the operations of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Since this is the first time m…
On behalf of the African Group of States and of my own delegation of the Gambia, I have the pleasure to express our support for draft resolution A/49/L.3 on observer status for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the General Assembly.
The universality of the work…
