On behalf of the delegation of Benin, I should like to join my colleagues in congratulating Mr. Opertti and thanking him for following up the initiative of the President of the Security Council and convening the General Assembly to enable us to reflect together on one of the most pressing questions …
The speakers preceding me have already made statements eloquently describing the great significance of this memorable day, when the international community is commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The tone and content of the statements, …
My delegation is pleased to participate in this debate on the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic. It welcomes the Secretary-General's report in document A/53/488, entitled “Zone of peace and cooperation in the South Atlantic”, and more specifically the interest shown by
My delegati…
The delegation of Benin congratulates the Secretary- General on the issuance of his report (A/53/554) entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”, which contains extremely useful information for our current deba…
The inclusion on the agenda of item 31, entitled “Culture of peace”, gives me once again the opportunity of taking
Following the example of other delegations, the delegation of Benin would like to commend and thank most warmly the Secretary-General and the Director- General of the United Nations Ed…
We have recently witnessed an unleashing of the forces of nature in the form of hurricanes, bringing with them material damage and a great loss of human life. We are living in an interdependent world in which a phenomenon at one end of the earth rapidly gives rise to upheavals and repercussions at t…
In participating in the debate on this agenda item, “Oceans and the law of the sea”, my delegation would like to reaffirm that it attaches great importance to this issue. Indeed, the seas and oceans are an essential part of our geophysical environment and of the framework of our economic and social …
My delegation welcomes the inclusion of item 156, entitled “Towards a culture of peace”, on the agenda of the plenary of the General Assembly.
The most urgent task all developing countries must face today on the eve of the new millennium is none other than sustainable development, which can only be…
My delegation is happy to join in sponsoring draft resolution A/52/L.1, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACTC).
Two years is rather a short time to venture on an assessment of the strengthened cooperation between the two organizations,…
It is with great pleasure that I address the General Assembly for the first time to express Benin’s position on item 44 of our agenda, entitled “Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s”. The delegation of Benin fully associates itself with the state…
