I am particularly pleased to be speaking to the Council on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity at a time when you, Mr. President, have taken up your important duties with such distinction, talent and modesty. I should like to congratulate you sincerely and also take t…
At its summit meeting in Algiers, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) declared 2000 the year of peace, security and solidarity on our continent. You yourself, Sir, chose to make the first month of the new millennium the “month of Africa”, which, in many ways, it effectively has been. In giving o…
May I at the outset express the appreciation and gratitude of my delegation to the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group on Security Council reform, and in particular to Ambassadors De Saram and Dahlgren for the skill and devotion with which they have guided the Working Group’s deliberations over t…
As the representative of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), it gives me pleasure to state the views of Algeria in today’s General Assembly debate on agenda item 46, “Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa”. I am espec…
As representative of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), it is my privilege to speak in this debate on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity. My country, like all of Africa, clearly attaches particular interest to this cooperation, …
At the end of this century that has seen man firmly take control, open up new frontiers and assert his mastery over nature through scientific and technological progress, our planet finds itself at the same time swept into great disturbances of various magnitudes and duration. Whether created by man …
I am speaking on behalf of the Group of African States.
Ten years ago, breaking with a shameful inaction vis-à-vis the children of the world, especially the hundreds of millions among them left to their own devices, with neither rights nor protection, robbed of their childhood and condemned to hope…
My delegation would like first of all to pay a well-deserved tribute to the Secretary-General for the consistently remarkable way in which he has been guiding the work of our Organization, and to convey our thanks for his concise and complete report on the work of the Organization. As this is the la…
Before the decade that is now coming to a close, the international community had never so thoroughly understood the global nature of the challenges facing it — especially those in the social sphere, in which it had never taken a great interest. Suddenly, conferences and summits followed one another …
It is indeed a pleasant duty to submit to you, Sir, on my own behalf and on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whom I have the honour of representing here, my heartfelt congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Secur…
Fifty years ago today, at the end of a long nightmare during which the most heinous atrocities were committed in plain sight, mankind kept a date with history by adopting a body of norms and values designed to restore human dignity and endow the human being with the status of citizen of the world, e…
My delegation is very pleased by the opportunity offered to us today, one year after the adoption by this Assembly of a new batch of reforms, to evaluate how far we have come since then and to exchange, with clarity and tranquillity, our opinions, analyses and — why not — our proposals
The United N…
I wish at the outset to convey our appreciation and gratitude to the former Bureau of the Group for its outstanding work over the past year and, in particular, to Ambassadors Breitenstein and Jayanama, whose threw themselves into an exercise that was all the more arduous and fraught with risk becaus…
Less than six months ago the Secretary-General submitted a very rich report that, for the first time, clearly and lucidly analysed the long-standing and new problems affecting
Before turning to a few specific aspects of the report, I should like, as I did before the Security Council, to recall a nu…
I should like at the outset to express my satisfaction at seeing Mr. Didier Opertti preside over this high-level intergovernmental meeting on the resumption of the dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership, which, I hope, will provide us with ne…
Allow me at the outset to convey to you, Sir, the great pleasure it gives me to see you presiding over the Security Council with such skill and competence and in a manner that commands our respect and admiration.
I should also like to pay a well-deserved tribute to the representative of Kenya, Mr. …
I should like from the outset to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for your initiative in convening the Assembly today in order to continue our consideration of a question that has become so vital for us: the reform of the United Nations — an issue that, under your presidency, has expe…
For the delegation of Algeria and for me personally, it is enormously gratifying to see a worthy son of Africa presiding over the Security Council’s deliberations this month. Allow me to congratulate you warmly, Sir, and to wish you every possible success in your difficult but interesting task.
I a…
My delegation endorses the statement made by the representative of Tanzania on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Assembly has just adopted by consensus draft resolution A/52/L.72/Rev.1 under agenda item 157 of the General Assembly, entitled “United Nations reform: measures and proposals”. Th…
This Assembly is about to adopt draft resolution A/52/L.17 entitled “Renewing the United Nations: a programme for reform” on the actions of the Secretary- General which you yourself, Sir, have introduced. On this solemn occasion, my delegation wishes to express to you, Sir, its sincere thanks for th…
