YouSaid · the spoken record

Youssouf Ouédraogo

lines on the record: 82
first: 1999-09-24
most recent: 2006-09-24
sittings or episodes: 6
sources: un-general-debate

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

“As he prepares to move on from this important chapter in his life, we wish him every success in his future activities. The aspirations of our peoples are vast. Just as we must strive to optimize governance globally, we must also work to entrench local governance, democracy and freedom. That is the only way we will be able to satisfy those legitimate aspirations and to bequeath to future generations a world of peace that is reconciled to itself.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“That spirit of openness and universalization in the Organization must be a component of a genuine and irreversible democratic movement. That is why we must do justice by the 23 million Taiwanese whose only aspiration has always been to play an active role in our common endeavour to build a better world. In that respect, Burkina Faso is very pleased to welcome Montenegro as the 192nd Member of the United Nations. On behalf of my country, Burkina Faso, I wish now to pay special tribute to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who, with commitment, tact, selflessness and unprecedented efficiency has breathed new dynamism into the Organization over the past 10 years and rejuvenated the founding elements of the new United Nations that we have dreamed of for decades.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“That is why we have undertaken to ensure deep-rooted reform of the Organization and its working methods. Africa in particular is dedicated to that cause because we are convinced that it is the only way to put right an unjustice that has festered over decades. Change was launched with the creation of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Central Emergency Response Fund, the conversion of the Commission on Human Rights into the Human Rights Council, and the adoption of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. We must now all work together to ensure that multilateralism and universalism triumph over unilateralism. To that end, we need a strong and democratic United Nations that is open to all peoples who seek peace and justice.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“With this reality in mind, Burkina Faso has already decided to make the development of biogas from the waste of plant crops, such as cotton, one of its priorities. The question of nuclear energy has been on the agenda of most of our meetings for some time. Burkina Faso reiterates its firm condemnation of the arms race in general and the proliferation of nuclear weapons in particular. It is now imperative that we give full force to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. However, we must do so without prejudice to the rights of all States to develop, produce and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. In the name of democracy and justice, we have all sought to create a new United Nations, a symbol of modern governance and efficiency in its management of world affairs.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“That is why we welcome the results of the Euro-Africa Conference on Migration and Development, held on 10 and 11 July 2006 in Rabat, the initiatives taken by the African Union to prepare a joint African policy on migration and the 29 06-53323 conclusions of the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, held recently in New York at the margins of the current session. The unprecedented rise in the price of a barrel of oil and the resulting energy crisis have hit our countries hard. The economies of African countries that do not export oil, such as Burkina Faso, will take a long time to recover. This crisis means that we must find not only innovative forms of international solidarity but also alternatives to fossil fuels.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“The sheer scale of international migration in recent years, together with the daily tragedies experienced by thousands of young people who risk their lives, presents a new challenge caused by accelerated globalization. To deal with the problem, the countries of origin, transit and destination must find more imaginative solutions that go to its root causes, as neither barriers, nor borders, nor interdiction, nor forced repatriation can be an adequate, much less a sustainable, response.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“For Burkina Faso, which has thrown its full weight behind the interests of African cotton producers, this requirement is more imperative than ever. Sustainable development, the reduction of poverty and the elimination of hunger and precariousness in the world still constitute challenges that must be faced. Over and above what has been done to reduce debt and find innovative financing mechanisms, which we welcome, the international community must work to forge a true North-South partnership that will guarantee fair treatment of the questions of concern to all the regions and countries in the world. The midterm review of the implementation of the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries, held several days ago, and its conclusions suggest that we are moving in the right direction.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“While welcoming the adoption of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) and the deployment of an expanded United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Burkina Faso strongly hopes that negotiations will continue and intensify at all levels in order to achieve a global and lasting peace in that region, a peace that will restore the sovereignty of Lebanon, provide freedom for the Palestinian people and ensure Israel’s security. The question of free and fair international trade remains on the table. The collapse of the Doha Development Round is proof of this, and it has shown us the need to search for the best way to ensure that the rules of the multilateral trading system set by the World Trade Organization are strictly observed.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“The crisis in Côte d’Ivoire is at a decisive turning point. We are convinced that with the firm and sincere commitment of all parties and the support of the international community a lasting solution can be found very quickly. In the Middle East, we have watched a disturbing escalation in the violence in recent months. Since the causes of that conflict are sufficiently known to all, there is no reason to go into them here.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“In Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Burundi, democracy and building the rule of law have now become a reality. That is proof that nothing, absolutely nothing, can replace the political will of people to engage fully in inclusive and constructive dialogue. We very much hope that the democratic process which is under way in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be successfully pursued. Likewise, we welcome the progress made in the inter- Togolese political dialogue. Having had the privilege of following that process as a facilitator, President Blaise Compaore has been able to sense fully the degree of determination of the Togolese political leaders. That is why we reiterate the appeal he made to Togo’s partners to provide the support necessary for the economic revitalization of Togo.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“Madam President, Burkina Faso is pleased to see you presiding over the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Please be assured of the full cooperation of my delegation, which will spare no effort to help your noble mission succeed. I would also like to express our gratitude to Mr. Jan Eliasson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, who successfully guided the work of the Assembly at the sixtieth session. This session is being held at a time when peace and security are seeing their foundations severely shaken in several regions of the world. Areas of tension persist in Africa, despite recent efforts to dispel them. That is the case, for example, in the Sudan, Somalia and Côte d’Ivoire. Fortunately, fighting has ceased in several countries, thus opening up real opportunities for progress and development.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“The time has come to deal justly with that people, which for decades now has demonstrated its commitment to democracy, peace and international solidarity. Today more than ever, the fate of humankind is in our hands. Moving in concert, in the same direction and inspired by the same principles, we must assume our new common responsibility: to build a world in larger freedom, with development, security and dignity for all.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“We believe that working for peace also means respecting international conventions. We therefore believe it to be our duty to discharge our international obligations by acceding to most of the relevant agreements and treaties, such as the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which Burkina Faso has signed and ratified. I should like to take this opportunity to encourage other countries to do likewise in order to speed up the coming into force of that legal instrument, whose importance for world peace and stability is fully evident. I hardly need recall that the current session’s leitmotif is the democratization of the United Nations. It is therefore rather difficult to understand how we can continue to disregard the rights of 23 million Taiwanese people.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“It is therefore essential to recall the need to respect the rules of the multilateral trading system, which are the foundation of the World Trade Organization. It should therefore be clear why Burkina Faso continues to demand an end to the unfair export subsidies of the countries of the North, particularly as concerns cotton. Burkina Faso is a staunch proponent of democracy, good governance, respect for human rights, and peace and development in Africa and throughout the world. In that context, it is actively involved in peacekeeping operations in Africa and in other regions. Furthermore, my country, which currently holds the chairmanship of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States and of the International Organization of La Francophonie, is proud to serve the cause of regional integration and of international brotherhood and solidarity.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“That is also why we support President Jacques Chirac’s international solidarity contribution initiative involving an airline ticket levy, which is aimed at helping to finance the struggle against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria; Prime Minister Tony Blair’s International Finance Facility; Qatar’s Fund for Development and Humanitarian Assistance; and President George W. Bush’s Millennium Challenge Account, of which my country has just become a beneficiary. Burkina Faso also welcomes the G-8’s recent decision to cancel the multilateral debts of a number of developing countries. We hope that additional countries will be included on that list. There can be no doubt that trade relations between industrialized and developing countries continue to be marred by inequality — even inequity.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“7 Nevertheless, however committed and however passionate our debate is on the reform of the United Nations, it is of paramount importance that we give even greater priority to the question of development. Speaking of development, as is so aptly pointed out in the final document of the High-level Meeting that we have just adopted, it is not so much promises and commitments that are lacking but rather their diligent and consistent fulfilment, given the urgency and acuteness of the problems we face. Under these circumstances, Burkina Faso willingly associates itself with all activities that promote genuine international solidarity. That is why we have associated ourselves with President Lula da Silva’s anti-hunger initiative.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“In this connection, once again we should welcome the Secretary-General’s lucidity and farsightedness, whose report “In Larger Freedom” (A/59/2005) gives us a thought-provoking framework, indicating that comprehensive and thorough reform is essential for our Organization. Furthermore, the African position on this reform, particularly that relating to the Security Council, is now well known. Burkina Faso is convinced that justice must be done to Africa and has fully joined the other members of the African Union to formulate a common platform that will make it possible for Africa to reclaim without hesitation its legitimate place in the essential United Nations decision-making bodies.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“The numerous terrorist acts throughout the world claim our attention and remind us of how vulnerable we are in the face of terrorism. We must, henceforth, realize that no strategy, no matter how energetic it might be, will be able to wipe out this scourge, unless it attacks the underlying causes, which are injustice, exclusion, humiliation and poverty. It is quite obvious that desperate behaviour stems from those sources. More than ever, the quest for democracy, good governance and respect for human rights has become part and parcel of the daily behaviour of peoples and nations. It is this vision that makes it so necessary that unprecedented reform be carried out of the United Nations, which, 60 years after its creation, is duty bound to take full account of the new challenges and new problems that have arisen.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“The current session will receive specific notice in the annals of the United Nations. Apart from its coinciding with both the midterm review of the Millennium Development Goals and the reform of the Organization, this session is also being held at a watershed in world history and international relations. In Africa, despite the constant efforts of States and regional groupings, the persistence of numerous conflicts and hot spots continues to be a subject of major concern. I am thinking particularly of the situation in the Great Lakes Region, Darfur, Somalia and Côte d’Ivoire. In the Middle East, the struggle for survival is the daily battle of the Palestinian people. It is our conviction that only the strict implementation of the Road Map will make peace possible in that sorely tried region.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“Burkina Faso is delighted to see this important session of the General Assembly being presided over by an illustrious son of a great country, Sweden, with which we have maintained exemplary and fruitful relations of friendship and cooperation for several decades. I hasten to assure the President of the full cooperation of my delegation. It is also my pleasure to pay a tribute to his predecessor, Mr. Jean Ping, whose talents as a seasoned and effective diplomat we have been able to appreciate throughout the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. I would like to associate in this tribute the Secretary-General, a man of great vision, who has been the architect of this new United Nations that we have so earnestly sought and who has had the courage to lay its foundations.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“Taiwan has clearly shown that it is a free, independent, democratic nation that enjoys all the attributes of a State under international law and that would thus be able to make a truly useful contribution to the building of a better future for humankind. The credibility of the United Nations is at stake in this respect. In conclusion, I should like, on behalf of my country, to pay tribute to Mr. Kofi Annan for his assured leadership of this Organization, as well as to the staff of the United Nations for their tireless contribution to the quest for peace.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“Furthermore, our Government is determined to greatly enhance the status of women and children in line with the recommendations of the special session of the General Assembly on children. It is thus clear that the credibility and effectiveness of the United Nations is increasing on a daily basis, whether with regard to the promotion of peace and security, to economic cooperation or to activities in the social and humanitarian sphere. The recent admission of Switzerland to the United Nations and the forthcoming admission of Timor-Leste further confirm the irreplaceable role of the United Nations as an means of ensuring international stability. It is precisely because of that universality that Burkina Faso is able to call upon the international community to consider the return of the Republic of China to this world Organization.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“The people of Burkina Faso have thus just renewed, for a third consecutive time and for a further five years, the mandate of the National Assembly. That election, in which all the political parties took part, took place in a calm, transparent and fair manner and has seated members of 13 political parties to legislate on questions of interest to the people of Burkina Faso. The Government has also created a Ministry for the Promotion of Human Rights to ensure respect for and the implementation of human rights in all their aspects. That is why my Government welcomes the election of Burkina Faso to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which will enable us to make a positive and active contribution to the work and the deliberations of that international body, which monitors the implementation of human rights throughout the world.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“More generally, the various meetings on development that have taken place this year, in particular the International Conference on Financing for Development, held at Monterrey, and the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held at Johannesburg, as well as the commitments set out in 16 the Millennium Declaration, open up new and encouraging prospects for developing countries. It remains true, however, that the best form of development is that which takes into account the requirements of democracy and human rights. In this connection, I would like to assure the Assembly that my country will be resolute in ensuring that democracy becomes rooted in our political and institutional life, and we are taking significant and concrete actions to that end.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“During a recent forum that took place in Ouagadougou on the role of the private sector in the implementation of NEPAD, President Blaise Compaore stressed two major responsibilities that are incumbent upon the international community. The first relates to the enhancement and structural reform of official development assistance so as to adapt it to the needs of its beneficiaries and to improve its effect on their standard of living. The second relates to the problem of the access of African goods to the markets of the industrialized countries and the need to put an end to anti-competitive subsidies that run counter to the rules of the World Trade Organization.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“We therefore request the lifting of all sanctions against Iraq, Cuba and Iran, as well as those imposed on Libya in connection with the Lockerbie question. With regard to that latter question, Burkina Faso believes that the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya has fully discharged its obligations to the Security Council and that the sanctions imposed on it should now be lifted. As a result of the demands of globalization, protecting the right to development has become the most important obligation for our countries. We therefore place great hope in the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), to which the Assembly has just devoted a special debate. We should recall that that new initiative shows how determined African leaders are to work tirelessly to rid the continent of poverty and marginalization.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“We remain convinced that unilateral preventive action that is not authorized by the Security Council would have dire consequences for world peace. In that connection, we would like to pay tribute to the courageous decision of the Iraqi Government, which has just agreed to the return to Baghdad of United Nations weapons inspectors. We earnestly hope that that approach will ultimately lead to a definitive resolution of the crisis, especially since the sanctions imposed on that country are unjust and have made martyrs of the Iraqi people. Burkina Faso has always made it clear that, apart from their unjust character, sanctions cannot properly resolve substantive problems but are counterproductive.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“The initiative was supportive of efforts that had already been agreed upon in the context of the Rabat process and the Mano River Union. This year has been particularly bloody in the Middle East. We cannot forget the excesses committed in Jenin and the harassment of President Arafat at Ramallah. The atrocities perpetrated every day against the unarmed Palestinian civilian population are a great cause for concern. Dialogue and negotiation must prevail over confrontation and violence. Burkina Faso reaffirms its support for the creation of an independent Palestinian State, existing side by side with Israel, and we strongly urge the Security Council to ensure that its relevant resolutions are implemented. With regard to Iraq, Burkina Faso welcomes the fact that reason has prevailed.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“In Western Africa, the hopes that arose at the end of the war in Sierra Leone unfortunately seem unfulfilled with the resumption of combat in neighbouring Liberia. We cannot remain passive in the face of civil war in that sister country. Supported by others of goodwill and working within the framework of the process of the Economic Community of West African States, Burkina Faso convened a meeting in Ouagadougou from 8 to 11 July between a number of Liberian political parties, civil society organizations, associations and movements with a view to renewing the inter-Liberian dialogue. By agreeing to host that important meeting, my country, Burkina Faso, hoped to provide a further chance for dialogue, which the Liberians themselves desired.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“In this 15 connection, Burkina Faso welcomes the laudable initiatives of the United Nations to restore peace to many regions of the world, particularly Africa, where United Nations interventions — coupled with the initiatives of the Organization of African Unity, which has become the African Union, and those of the African subregional organizations — have made it possible to pacify many areas of tension and conflict that were ravaging parts of our continent. We also welcome the gradual return to peace in Sierra Leone, in Angola, in the Great Lakes region, between Ethiopia and Eritrea and in Sudan, even if in the latter case we must regret the suspension of the agreement between the Government of that country and the armed rebellion.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“As a member of that community, Burkina Faso — which has made the quest for peace a creed — reaffirms most solemnly, vigorously and unambiguously its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, whatever the motivations. Our determination to fight alongside the United Nations against that danger is unwavering, and our implementation of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) was the subject of a report submitted to the Committee established pursuant to that resolution. If the fight against terrorism henceforth occupies the spotlight, that must not obscure the imperative necessity of finding just and lasting solutions to international crises, particularly regional conflicts that so often feed and maintain that scourge.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“The quest for peace and security and the promotion of cooperation and development are the essential values that presided over the creation of the United Nations. Today, more than ever before, with the tragic events of 11 September 2001 — whose first anniversary we have just commemorated — those objectives have assumed a more immediate and urgent character, because world peace finds itself seriously threatened, in particular by international terrorism. We must all convince ourselves that the best response to international terrorism must proceed from collective action — in other words, from action by the entire international community.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“As is the case every year, Burkina Faso is very pleased to take part in the regular session of the General Assembly, this great meeting of peoples united by the same destiny and motivated by the same ideal: to build a world of justice, love and peace. I am convinced, Mr. President, that the choice of a person of your great ability to preside over this fifty-seventh session will help us greatly. As we congratulate you and the members of the Bureau on that special honour, my delegation and I want to assure you of our full availability and cooperation for the success of your mission. We also want to express again our profound recognition of your predecessor, Mr. Han Seung-soo, for the competence with which he presided over the fifty-sixth session.”
2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)
“The best of possible worlds is within our grasp. Scientific and technological progress means that we can overcome the ills that beset humanity. We simply need to unite, show solidarity and act together.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“This involves in particular the status of the opposition, new voting procedures, the single-ballot system, financing for political parties, trade unions and the private press, and the creation of the Constitutional Council, the State Council, the Appeals Court, the State Audit Office and an independent national electoral commission. Economically speaking, the Government is constantly struggling to improve the living conditions of our people. Need I recall that destitution and poverty are the first way we deny human rights. They deny human beings their main raison d’être: their dignity. Therefore, we have decided to stress the struggle against poverty and exclusion by working out, with our development partners, a strategic framework to fight poverty. In our global village, happiness for everyone is possible.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Our world is in constant flux. The ardent desire for peace and security and the search for democracy and well-being are, with each passing day, becoming ever more rooted in people’s minds. During the past few years, Burkina Faso has undertaken wide-ranging political and economic reforms, which are in keeping with the permanent validity of these universal values. Politically, the reforms undertaken by the Government, based on a consensus approach, have enabled it to improve the institutional environment and to meet the expectations of the political class and civil society.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“This is the sine qua non requirement for achieving a viable new international order based on a necessary dialogue among civilizations and a culture of sharing and solidarity. This new world order, in order to be more just, has to be based on two basic concepts. First of all, there should be a reform of the United Nations to provide a more collective and democratic way of managing the affairs of the world. Secondly, there should be a more equitable distribution of the world’s resources, through revision of trade mechanisms and financing for development. Turning to the reform of the Security Council, Burkina Faso reaffirms Africa’s position, which resulted from the Harare Summit, advocating equitable representation of all regions of the world and guaranteeing greater transparency and effectiveness for the United Nations.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“It has decided to bring closer together its peoples and economies and to strengthen its partnership with other regions in order to better integrate itself in the world economy. The African Union was set up precisely to accomplish this huge project. Burkina Faso reiterates here the appeal made by the heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) for the effective support of the international community for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development. The debate in the United Nations should enable all Member States to express themselves and contribute to the discussion on how best to meet the concerns of humanity. All opinions must be heard and taken into consideration. Decisions taken pursuant to the rules 3 must also be applied by each Member State.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“One activity that fuels and sustains conflicts and serious banditry in the world is the manufacture, sale and circulation of arms and anti-personnel mines. Burkina Faso firmly supports the actions taken by the United Nations aimed at reaching general and complete disarmament, both at the level of weapons of mass destruction and conventional weapons. As for combating the proliferation of light weapons, in addition to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) moratorium to which it subscribes, Burkina Faso has set up a high authority responsible for monitoring throughout our national territory the import and use of weapons. Africa has decided to further unite.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“The Republic of China in Taiwan, which has demonstrated sufficiently that it is a democratic and peaceful State, is prepared to play its rightful role in the concert of nations, and it should no longer suffer from the injustice that we are combating each day. That is why, in the name of equality among peoples and nations, we make an urgent appeal for the readmission of the Republic of China to the United Nations. Turning to the question of Western Sahara, Burkina Faso has always supported United Nations initiatives and efforts here. Accordingly, the recent plan proposed by Mr. James Baker, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, seems to us to be an acceptable political compromise for a constructive negotiating basis.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Attacking these injustices means necessarily that we have to find a solution to the question of the Middle East. The right of the Palestinians to establish an independent State, respectful of the existence and security of Israel, is a sine qua non here. Because of the continuing tension in that part of the world, convening a special international conference on the subject at the earliest possible date is necessary. It is also essential to lift the iniquitous embargoes imposed on some States, such as Libya, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, and Cuba. For, not only do these embargoes cause suffering to their people, but they also help to weaken world peace and security.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“As President Blaise Compaore recently stated: “As we see it, there is a risk that, if we are not careful, the responses to the events of 11 September might lead to a catastrophic scenario for humanity, with a tangled web of conflict: conflict between the Judeo-Christian world and the Muslim world; conflict between West and East; conflict between the rich North and the poor South. It is therefore crucial for our current leaders courageously to attack the injustices and inequalities which fuel violence and hatred.” The international community must therefore resolutely commit itself to combating poverty, epidemics, in particular HIV/AIDS, and economic and commercial marginalization, as well as exclusion of all kinds, which continue to be the daily lot of many regions of the world.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In other words, in addition to military action, the campaign must include the most appropriate political and diplomatic measures in order effectively to deal with conflicts and regional political problems and to reduce gross injustice and inequality which, because of the frustration they generate, serve as a breeding ground for extremists and fuel violence and hatred. As our mobilization to fight terrorism must be total, so also must we see to the prior definition of clear objectives and appropriate methods for their implementation. While it is true that terrorists are our enemies, it is also true that the manner in which we combat them should not provide them with allies.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“In cooperation with the United Nations, Ouagadougou will be hosting, from 28 to 30 November, a seminar for the foreign ministers and ministers of justice of the 2 countries of the Economic Community of West African States, the aim of which is to accelerate the ratification of that Convention. If it is to be effective, the campaign against terrorism must be part of a coherent and solid world coalition, with its basis in the United Nations. At the same time, it must take into consideration the realities and constraints confronting international relations.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“Burkina Faso firmly and unambiguously condemned those barbaric, criminal and repugnant acts, and we condemn them still. Furthermore, we are resolved to take part in any initiatives undertaken by the international community to eradicate terrorism and its causes. That is why Burkina Faso has begun the process of ratifying the Organization of African Unity Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism, as well as United Nations conventions on this subject. My Government has just adopted a draft law with a view to ratifying the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the first, second and third protocols thereto, relating, respectively, to the smuggling of migrants; trafficking in persons, particularly women and children; and the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in weapons.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“The Nobel Peace Prize, which has just been awarded to him, is eloquent testimony to that. Last year, the leaders of the world met here to give new impetus to our Organization and to commit the international community to mobilizing itself more resolutely in the quest for international peace and security and to fighting poverty, injustice and other scourges that threaten the very existence of humankind. The terrorist attacks of 11 September which struck the United States and plunged the American people, as well as other peoples throughout the world, into grief truly marked a turning point in the development of international relations. They were a brutal and atrocious reminder of both the complexity of problems facing humankind and the urgent need to find appropriate solutions to them.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“I should like first of all to offer the profound condolences of Burkina Faso to Algeria and the Dominican Republic following the disasters that have struck those countries. I would like to convey to you, Sir, my heartfelt, warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. I would also like to congratulate the members of the Bureau, as well as Mr. Harri Holkeri, President at the fifty-fifth session, for the outstanding efforts that he made during his term of office. I would like to take this opportunity to pay a resounding tribute to Mr. Kofi Annan, whose noteworthy re-election to the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations confirms the exceptional qualities that he possesses as a diplomat and tireless champion of peace and justice in the world.”
2001-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 56 (2001)
“For that reason we have spared no effort to help create the African Union, which the African peoples so fervently desired. These are the main ideas that Burkina Faso wanted to share with the international community and which attest to our unswerving commitment to the ideals of the United Nations and to our unshakable faith in our common ability together to forge a better future a glorious future for the whole of humankind.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“We welcome the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative, which seeks to reduce the debt of poor, highly indebted countries, and the election of our country to that body, which strengthens our anti- poverty strategy. At the African level, Burkina Faso has consistently worked to strengthen good-neighbourly relations and to promote subregional and regional integration as well as peace and security. That is why we are committed to the institutional stability and the strengthening of the subregional cooperation or integration organizations of which we are a member, in particular the West African Economic and Monetary Union, the Economic Community of West African States and the Economic Community of Sahel-Saharan States. We hope that the latter will be accorded the status of observer at the United Nations.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“That process is essentially characterized by the regular and systematic holding of elections at the municipal, legislative and presidential levels, in objective, transparent and fair conditions recognized by the international community; the strengthening of public freedoms and the promotion of human rights; public financing of political parties, unions and an independent press; recognition of official status for the opposition; reform of the judicial system to allow it to play its full role in consolidating and regulating the rule of law; and strengthening decentralization and local governance. Turning to the economy, our Government is concentrating on a truly unified type of development. Its priorities are poverty eradication, environmental protection, food self-sufficiency, and education and health for all.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)