As we inevitably move towards the expiry of the mandate of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM), the Security Council — our Council — which is responsible, pursuant to the Charter of the United Nations, for the maintenance of int…
The delegation of Senegal is pleased to see you, Mr. President, presiding over this important briefing on the situation in Libya — a situation that your country is right to define as a top priority during its presidency
of the Council. I also welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Siala…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the opportunity afforded us by the Council’s consideration of the fourteenth report on the activities of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the situation in Libya. We thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for the clarity of her pres…
The Senegalese delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this briefing in order to review the seventh report (S/2017/904, annex) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons- United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM). I take this opportunity to th…
The Senegalese delegation would like to begin, Mr. President, by associating itself with the condolences you expressed, Sir, in connection with the victims of the terrorist attack that befell the American people, as well as the Argentine and Belgian people.
On the occasion of this first public meet…
The delegation of Senegal is pleased to see you, Sir, presiding in person over today’s briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the Joint Force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (S/2017/869), only a few days after the Security Council’s mission to the region.
We also welcome the presence…
The Senegalese delegation welcomes the convening of this open debate on the topic of women and peace and security, 17 years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), which marked the first milestone of truly taking into account the issue of women in peace efforts. It is a topic that the Security…
We are disappointed that the Security Council was not able to maintain its unity to adopt a technical renewal of the mandate of the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) for another year.
Senegal voted in favour of draft resolution S/2017/884, as we are convinced of the central role that the Mechanis…
First of all, I would like to thank this month’s French presidency for having agreed, at the initiative of the United Kingdom delegation, to hold this briefing on the important issue of strategic force generation. My thanks also go to my colleagues from Bangladesh and Canada, and of course to Under-…
The Senegalese delegation is pleased that the Security Council finally decided to hold a public briefing on the dangerous situation that has been developing in Rakhine state for many months now. It is a situation that has reached an unprecedented level since the unacceptable attacks by the Arakan Ro…
The delegation of Senegal welcomes the convening of this briefing, one year after the Security Council’s adoption of the historic resolution 2309 (2016) of 22 September 2016. It gives us an opportunity to deepen our thinking on the possible solutions to counter the threats to international peace and…
The delegation of Senegal would like to begin by welcoming the participation of His Excellency Mr. Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Afghanistan, in today’s meeting, as well as his positive contribution thereto. In addition, my delegation would like to thank Mr. Tad…
The delegation of Senegal commends the unanimous adoption by the Security Council of resolution 2377 (2017), approving the Secretary-General’s recommendations with regard to the size, operational modalities and the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. The new Mission, crea…
First of all, I thank you, Sir, for having organized this briefing, and take this opportunity to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the African Union Haile Menkerios very much for his enlightening briefing, which strongly highlights the stakes related to strengthening cooperati…
The delegation of Senegal welcomes the unanimous adoption by the 15 members of the Security Council of resolution 2375 (2017) on non-proliferation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It also commends the constructive spirit that has prevailed in the negotiations on and the adoption of this…
I would first like to thank the American, British, French and Japanese delegations for calling for today’s emergency meeting of the Security Council. I would also like to
take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. President, for having agreed to convene it so swiftly. I also offer thanks to the Under-…
First of all, Sir, I would like to thank the Egyptian presidency of the Security Council for taking the initiative to organize this open debate on the theme of peacekeeping operations and their potential contribution to the overarching goal of sustaining peacekeeping.
I would also like to thank our…
The Senegalese delegation thanks you, Sir, for convening this briefing and presenting us with a detailed report (S/2017/672/Rev.1) on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which you are chairing effectively and objec…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s briefing, and Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for the helpful briefing he has just given us on the establishment of the joint force of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel).
We would…
I would like to begin by thanking the Egyptian delegation for having convened today’s briefing on the goals and outcome of the high-level joint African Union-United Nations solidarity mission to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 19 to 27 July.
I commend t…
