The Senegalese delegation welcomes the convening of this meeting by the United States presidency to discuss human rights and the prevention of conflicts. The Senegalese delegation would also like express its appreciation for the opportunity to hear the statement by Secretary-General António Guterres…
Senegal voted in favour of resolution 2350 (2017) as a further sign of its continued solidarity with the Government and people of Haiti, with whom we share special historical relations. This commitment led to Senegal’s deployment of 173 police officers to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in …
My delegation would like to reiterate once more that nothing can justify the atrocity that is the use of chemical weapons. We are party to the Chemical Weapons Convention. Senegal reiterates its condemnation of the use of chemical weapons on 4 April in Khan Shaykhun in Idlib province. That is why my…
I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Steffan de Mistura, for his tireless efforts in the service of pursuing peace in Syria.
I should also like to acknowledge the spirit of responsibility shown by the Syrian actors during the fifth round of discussi…
Madam President, you spoke eloquently in extending condolences to our colleague from Egypt on behalf of all Council members. I now do so on behalf of the Senegalese delegation, as my Government did on Palm Sunday, to condemn the heinous murder of persons who were praying in a holy place during a hol…
First and foremost, I would like to express, through our colleague Ambassador Skoog, the sincere condolences and sympathy of the Senegalese delegation to the people
and the Government of Sweden in connection with the tragic attack this morning.
We welcome the holding of this morning’s emergency me…
At the outset, I wish to thank the United States, which is presiding over the Council for the month of April, for having taken the initiative to organize this important meeting on the review of peacekeeping operations, a subject of great importance to my country.
The Council has entrusted us with t…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). I warmly welcome the presence here today of His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and African Integ…
My delegation would like commend France and the United Kingdom on their initiative to request today’s meeting, and you, Madam President, on your decision to promptly convene the meeting to enable the Security Council to address the subject of the alleged use of poisonous substances — chemical agents…
I thank you, Madam President, for having convened today’s meeting. and especially for having invited our colleague Ms. María Emma Mejía Vélez, which gives me an opportunity to renew the sincere condolences of the Senegalese people to the people of Colombia after the catastrophic natural disaster in …
At the outset, as my Government did yesterday morning, I would like to echo my delegation’s firm condemnation of the terrorist attack in Saint Petersburg, which resulted in many deaths, numerous injuries and considerable property damage. Our sympathy, solidarity and condolences go out to the familie…
The thoughts of the Senegalese delegation are with Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp. We would like to convey our sincere condolences to their families and the Swedish Government and the American Government. Our thoughts are also with the four Congolese nationals whose whereabouts are still unknown. W…
The delegation of Senegal welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2349 (2017) — the first of its kind on the Lake Chad basin. We thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for making it a priority of its presidency of the Council, which is coming to an end today.
There is no doubt that the re…
The Conference on Safeguarding Endangered Cultural Heritage, held in Abu Dhabi from 2 to 3 December 2016 on a joint initiative of France and the United Arab Emirates, has already allowed us to broaden the scope of our reflection on the crucial importance concerning the protection of cultural heritag…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening today’s briefing with the President of the Central African Republic. The Senegalese delegation welcomes Mr. Faustin Archange Touadéra, who, during his visit to the United Nations here in New York, wanted to take time out to inform us about …
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Ms. Sima Samar, Chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, as well as our colleague, Ambassador Saikal, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for their briefings. I also than…
On behalf of the delegation of Senegal, I should like at the outset to warmly congratulate you, Sir, on the United Kingdom’s assumption to the presidency of the Council for this month. You may rest assured of our support and full cooperation.
We also deeply thank the Governments and the peoples of …
(spoke in French): Senegal would like to take its turn in recalling that nothing can or must be used to justify something as horrific as the use of chemicals as weapons, including during conflicts and against civilians who undergo unspeakable suffering as a consequence.
The draft resolution that wa…
At the outset, I thank and commend the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, our friend Ambassador Zahir Tanin, for his excellent presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2017/95/Rev.1) and reassure him …
As the penholder for this topic, the delegation of Senegal welcomes this opportunity to introduce the draft resolution before us (S/2017/153) with a view to extending the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) until 28 February 2018. My delegation t…
