I would like to take the opportunity offered us by the consideration, at the beginning of this session, of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/65/1) to reiterate to the President the sincere congratulations of the Senegalese delegation on his election to the presid…
Assessing the progress made in implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reminds us once again that our ambitious mission to build a world free of the scourges of poverty and famine has not yet been accomplished. In the unusual current circumstances, where the combined effects of the rece…
I endorse the statement made by the representative of Syrian Arab Republic on behalf of the States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and welcome the holding of this second biennial review of the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy, which offer…
Allow me, at the outset, to express, on behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, our sincere appreciation to all the representatives of Member States, observers, representatives of intergovernmental organizations, United Nations system entities and…
At the outset, I should like to warmly congratulate you and to express my profound gratitude for the commendable initiative on the part of Burkina Faso, as President of the Security Council for the month of December, to organize, under the agenda item entitled “Peace and security in Africa”, an open…
I would like to thank and congratulate Ambassador Alex van Meeuwen of Belgium, President of the Human Rights Council, for the outstanding presentation he has given of the report of the Council, and to state that the consideration of the report (A/64/53) is for my delegation a welcome opportunity to …
At the outset, I should like to express my warmest and heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Sang-Hyun Song on his election as President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to thank him for his detailed briefing on the activities of the Court. My delegation endorses the statement made by the re…
Senegal would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report to the General Assembly on the progress achieved in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/64/204) and for his note on the Decade to Roll Back Malaria on the African continent (A/64/…
Taking the floor for the first time in the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, I wish to reiterate, following the President of the Republic of Senegal, His Excellency Maitre Abdoulaye Wade, the hearty congratulations of the Senegalese delegation on your election, Mr. President, to your pre…
It is today a tremendous honour for me and a great pleasure to present to the General Assembly of the United Nations at its sixty-third session this draft resolution under agenda item 113 on multilingualism. This draft resolution, which my country, Senegal, has coordinated this year, is the outcome …
I would like, at the outset, on behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to most sincerely thank all who participated this morning in the special meeting held to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On that solem…
My delegation is pleased to participate again this year, in the consideration of the agenda item on the report of the Security Council. We thank Ambassador Jorge Urbina, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica and President of the Security Council for the month of November, for having introduced the …
The delegation of Senegal would like to thank the President for having organized this meeting at the sixty-third session of the General Assembly on the theme of the culture of peace through the dialogue among religions. This is a subject of central importance for the whole of humanity, which, today,…
The Senegalese delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Uganda, on behalf of the States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), on cooperation between the United Nations and the OIC. However, Senegal, in its capacity as Chair of the OIC Summi…
I should like at the outset to express my heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court, on the quality of the work that he has accomplished at the helm of that institution and on the detailed information contained in his statement. I also congratula…
Allow me first to extend my warmest congratulations to Ms. Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, and to the other judges and all of the Court’s staff for the excellent work they have accomplished as part of that institution.
As an international court with a general chara…
At the outset, I wish to convey my most heartfelt gratitude to the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for the quality of the Council’s report (A/63/53) and for the exemplary manner in which he has led that body, whose stre…
In taking the floor for the first time before the plenary at the sixty-third session of the General Assembly, I would like to reiterate the congratulations of the Senegalese delegation to the President and to all members of the Bureau as well as our wishes to him for great success in discharging his…
My delegation subscribes to the statements made by the representative of Pakistan on behalf of the States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and by the representative of the Republic of Guinea on behalf of the Group of African States. We thank President Kerim for having organized …
I would like at the outset to pay tribute to the outgoing President of the International Court of Justice, Dame Rosalyn Higgins, for her exceptional work at the head of that body. I would like also to extend my hearty and warm congratulations to Mr. Hisashi Owada on his election to the presidency of…
