It . is for me an honour and a great pleasure to extend to Mr. Hamilton ShirleJI' Amerasinghe, on behalf of the dele- gation of Senegal snd on my personal behalf, our warm congratulations and our best wishes as well as those of the Government and people of SenC?ga1 on his being elected to the presid…
Senegal would like to thank the Sierra Leonean presidency for dedicating the signature event of its presidency to peace consolidation in West Africa, specifically the fight against terrorism and violent extremism, of which our region has become the epicentre. In this regard, I welcome the briefings …
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, and thank you, Sir, for allowing the delegation of Senegal, which is Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to address the Council on an issue that no one can ignore: the hu…
Senegal would like to thank Algeria for holding this important meeting. We welcome the briefing by Ms. Vivian van de Perre. My delegation also welcomes the presence of Her Excellency Ms. Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
At the outset o…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2397 (2017), which reinforces the range of existing sanctions, specifically with respect to prohibitions on coal, crude oil exports, condensates, refined oils and natural liquefied gas from the Democratic People’s Republic of Ko…
The Senegalese delegation would like to begin by thanking you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting on Afghanistan, given the leading role that your country plays in Afghanistan.
I would also like to thank Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United …
First of all, I would like to thank the Japanese presidency for haven taken the initiative to organize this briefing on peacekeeping operations, just two months after that held in October under the French presidency (see S/PV.8064). This reflects the Council’s ongoing concern and efforts to make its…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the adoption of resolution 2393 (2017), renewing for 12 months the mandate of the mechanism for the cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid to thousands of innocent Syrian victims in need. For that reason, the Senegalese delegation congratulates the penholder del…
I would first like to thank the Japanese presidency for organizing this
briefing on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I also thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, as well as Ms. Joanne Adamson, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union t…
The delegation of Senegal supported the draft resolution (S/2017/1060) submitted by the delegation of Egypt, as we are absolutely certain of the need to underscore the parameters and principles underpinning the historic and legal issues on Jerusalem, which are very deeply held by the parties to the …
Senegal thanks Japan for convening this meeting and is pleased to see Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, presiding over this debate on the issue of
the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). We also thank Secretary-General António Guterres for his briefing, which…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the convening of this briefing by the Japanese presidency, and thanks Ms. Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for very clearly presenting her report on the state of the investigations and proceedings of her Office with regard to the Darfur iss…
At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the Senegalese delegation, to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, for their respective briefings.
My delegation is of the view that each State mu…
I join other colleagues in expressing our condolences and sympathy to the authorities and the people of the United Republic of Tanzania for the tragic deaths of the 14 Tanzanian Blue Helmets who were killed while carrying out their duties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Senegal welcomes th…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having agreed to the request of eight members of the Security Council, including Senegal, to allow this organ, charged by the Charter of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security, to be able to discuss in an open meeting today the s…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to reflect on our collective efforts regarding the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan, which Senegal has had the honour to chair for the past two years. I would also like to thank the…
The delegation of Senegal would like to warmly thank and commend the Italian and French delegations for once again inviting us, as they did eight months ago on 24 March (see S/PV.7907), to contemplate and take action based on the maxim of the German thinker Heinrich Heine that “where they burn books…
At the outset, I should like, on behalf of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to sincerely thank all delegations and, in particular, you, Mr. President, for your active and engaged participation in this morning’s special meeting in observance of the In…
The Senegalese delegation wishes to warmly thank the Italian delegation for its timely choice of this topic. Trafficking in persons in times of conflict goes hand in hand with the many briefings that the Italuian
presidency has organized this month, including those on Libya and security challenges …
As we were yesterday, the Senegalese delegation is pleased to see you presiding over today’s debate on security challenges in the Mediterranean, Mr. President.
For a change, I will begin by reading out a press statement issued today by the Government of Senegal.
“The Government of the Republic of …
