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Blaise Compaoré

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1998-09-24

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2013-09-24

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1. “But first, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, as well as the other members of the Bureau, upon your election and the confidence placed in you to bring the work of this fifty-third session to a successful conclusion. I also congratulate your predecessor, Mr. Udovenko, on the energy with which he discharged his duties. Mr. Secretary-General, I would like to address my congratulations to you and your staff on the work you have done in so little time and offer my encouragement 16 for the battles still to be won. It is entirely to the credit of the whole United Nations system that it carries the torch of peace higher every day. The century which is drawing to its close will be remembered as one of great challenges.”

   1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)

2. “It is not without some emotion that I appear before this Assembly both as Head of State of Burkina Faso and current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), to extol, here in this sanctuary of nations, peace and harmony between human beings. To promote peace and security for our era and for future generations is the objective of the nations of the world gathered here. It is also the message which I bring on behalf of Africa, being convinced that, armed with this immense hope, the Organization for African Unity and the United Nations, intimately linked, can make a reality of humanity’s legitimate aspiration to a better destiny.”

   1998-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 53 (1998)