At this advanced stage of our debate, when everything has been said, well said and sometimes excellently said, I come rather late. My delegation shares the concerns expressed, particularly regarding the need to redouble the political will to move from words to action — to fulfil the commitments we m…
My delegation is grateful to the Secretary- General for his two reports — one on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/62/203) and the other relating to causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (A/62/204) — submitted, respectively,…
The General Assembly is concluding this morning the review of the first annual report on the work of the Organization that the Secretary-General, since his election, presented to us, in accordance with Article 98 of the Charter.
My delegation believes that it is a solid and informative report. It i…
By resolution 61/221 of 20 December 2006, the General Assembly decided to hold in 2007 a high- level dialogue on cooperation between religions and cultures. As a sponsor of the resolution, Cameroon welcomes this debate, which comes at the right time. Our world continues to pay a heavy price for its …
The General Assembly has just adopted two resolutions dealing with, first, strengthening the capacity of the Organization to advance the disarmament agenda and, secondly, strengthening its capacity in peacekeeping operations.
My delegation believes that the Assembly’s actions in this regard are dou…
This debate on the report of the International Court of Justice is, in the view of my delegation, of twofold importance. First, it comes at a time when the Heads of State and Government of Member States agree that international law is vital in inter-State relations, as their conclusions at the 2005 …
I should like, on behalf of my delegation, to say how delighted we are to see you, Madam, the representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a friendly country, presiding over the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. I would like to assure you of our sincere wishes for your success. You can rest …
Although it is an annual item on the Assembly’s agenda, the present debate on the report of the International Court of Justice (A/60/4) has special importance for my country this year. This debate comes at a time when we are celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations a…
I am particularly pleased to express to you, Sir, Cameroon’s heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I wish you every success in carrying out your noble mandate and assure you of my delegation’s full cooperation. I pay a warm trib…
I should like to bow my head in tribute to the memory of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. At his funeral today, the people of Cameroon were present. His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, and his wife took part in the ceremony. With the passing of John Paul II, the world…
The General Assembly decided to consider both the report of the Security Council contained in document A/59/2 and the reform of the Council in a joint debate. Both questions are clearly interlinked, and both are crucial for our Organization.
I am participating in this debate, and my delegation woul…
Each year, during the session of the General Assembly, the peoples of the whole world look to the United Nations with concern as well as hope. People feel concern because their existence is threatened — threatened by intra-national conflicts which ruin and break up grief-stricken families, sometimes…
In taking the floor for the first time here at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, Mr. President, I would like to express to you our great pleasure and pride at seeing you preside over our work. Your outstanding qualities of statesmanship, your many
years of experience as a diplomat an…
Once again I would like to extend the appreciation of my delegation to the Secretary-General for having sent out the multidisciplinary assessment mission to the Central African subregion last June. I also thank him for having made the report of that mission available to us now. I thank Mr. Tuliameni…
Mr. President, I was away from New York when you assumed the Presidency of the Council, so now, even if somewhat belatedly, allow me to say how delighted we are to see you presiding over the work of the Council for the month of November. We are particularly delighted in doing this because your entir…
We are once again gathered in an open meeting — just a few days after the Quartet’s 26 September meeting and the Security Council’s own meeting of 5 October — to address the subject of the Middle East. The General Assembly also discussed this question in depth during the course of its general debate…
I wish to thank you and congratulate you, Sir, for having organized this meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina. It comes on the heels of the rich, long and intense debate we had on 24 and 30 September, on justice and the rule of law and the role of the United Nations.
Today’s debate provides us with th…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council during October and to assure you of my delegation’s full cooperation. I would also like to express our appreciation to the permanent representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Emyr Jones Pa…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. You have set in motion a cycle of African presidencies of the Assembly — today, the African diaspora, tomorrow the African motherland. Your election attests…
Mr. President, let me at the outset congratulate you for taking the initiative to include on the agenda of the Security Council for October the theme that is the subject of the current debate. This is a very important theme that brings us to the very essence of the United Nations, since it has to do…
