At the outset, I would like to commend Mr.Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for the clarity of his briefing. I would also like to commend the high quality of the twenty-ninth report (S/2016/631) presented to the Council, pursuant to r…
I should like to begin by thanking you, Sir, for your outstanding initiative in organizing this briefing on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015). I also thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Ambassador Vale de Almeida, Head of the Delegation of the Eur…
(spoke in French): Before I go into my statement, I would like to thank the French presidency for quickly acceding, with the Security Council having such a busy programme, to the request by the delegation of Senegal to hold this briefing on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. On behalf of the members of…
At the outset, on behalf of the entire delegation of Senegal, I would like to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, and your team for the professionalism and efficiency with which you steered the work of the Security Council in the month of May.
The Egyptian presidency was certainly busy and prod…
I want to first express my profound gratitude to you, Sir, and my colleague from Spain and your delegations for taking the initiative of organizing this very important meeting. Our exchange today on the topic of peace and security in Africa and challenges in the Sahel region are in line with the bri…
I, too, would like to thank and congratulate the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the presentation of her eleventh report. I reiterate Senegal’s support for the Rome Statute, and reaffirm our commitment to resolution 1970 (2011), which was adopted unanimously on 26 February 2…
The delegation of Senegal thanks the Egyptian presidency for having taken the initiative to organize this important debate on the theme “United Nations- African Union peace and security cooperation: Chapter VIII application and the future of the African Peace and Security Architecture”. We also comm…
The convening of this second open debate on terrorism, in line with the one held under the Chinese presidency (see S/PV.7670) in April, constitutes — if there ever was such a need — eloquent proof of the special attention that our Council devotes to the scourge afflicting modern times, namely, viole…
With Senegal’s vote in favour, the Security Council has just adopted resolution 2285 (2016), renewing for a period of 12 months the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, which was to expire tomorrow on 30 April. It is assuredly a balanced resolution, for which t…
The Senegalese delegation strongly welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of resolutions 2283 (2016) and 2284 (2016) on Côte d’Ivoire, concerning the total lifting of sanctions against that brotherly country and the extension for a final term of the mandate of the United Nations Operation in …
Mr. President, the delegation of Senegal thanks you and welcomes your initiative to convene this public debate on counter-terrorism. It cannot come at a better time, given the almost metronomic recurrence of terrorist attacks across the globe.
International terrorism, which continues to spread, has…
Madam President, the Senegalese delegation is pleased to see you presiding in person over today’s Security Council open debate on the role of women in preventing and resolving conflicts in Africa, an extremely important subject that continues to be a priority for the Council in its primary mission, …
The delegation of Senegal is pleased to see the Minister for External Affairs of Angola presiding over today’s meeting of the Security Council. We also welcome the briefings of the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, and those of Mr. Said Djinnit, Mr. Smail Chergui, C…
I thank the United States delegation for having taken the initiative of submitting to the Security Council the text of resolution 2272 (2016), which we have just adopted, concerning cases of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by United Nations peacekeeping personnel and external forces authoriz…
The delegation of Senegal would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing on the Syrian issue, which has taken up so much of your presidency in the month of February. My delegation also thanks Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura for his briefing.
In voting in favour of resolution 2…
On behalf of the entire Senegalese delegation, it is my pleasure to convey, through you, to the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela our warmest congratulations on a very rich and productive presidency of the Security Council during this, the shortest month of the year, February. It wa…
I would like to say how pleased I am that my delegation was given the honour and the privilege of sponsoring resolution 2267 (2016), which the Security Council
has just adopted unanimously. On behalf of the entire Senegalese delegation, I should like to thank all the members of the Council and to e…
I thank the President of the Security Council for having taken the initiative to organize this open debate on the theme, “Post-conflict peacebuilding, review of the peacebuilding architecture”, and for also having provided a valuable concept note (S/2016/104, annex) to guide our discussion.
Allow m…
I have the honour to brief the members of the Council in my capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan. In my briefing, I will present the main findings and recommendations set out in the final report of the Panel of Experts (S/2016/70), …
The Senegalese delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this briefing. We would like to thank the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009), concerning Somalia and Eritrea, which you, Sir, preside over, for the excellent report you presented. We assur…
