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Denis Sassou-Nguesso

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2002-09-24
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2023-09-24
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  1. “09-52470 8 When one’s main resource is the forest, one bears an immense responsibility. We represent the Earth’s second most important environmental lung, after the Amazon. Together with our Latin American brothers, we are aware of our responsibility as guardians of forests that represent an essential treasure for all humankind. Since the 1990s, the Congo has worked continuously with the international community to combat global warming and to implement a policy of forest protection. Today, our action is more essential than ever. Our forests represent vast carbon sinks of global importance for regulating the greenhouse-gas effect. They are our common salvation and home to 400 species of mammals, more than 1,000 species of birds and more than 10,000 species of plants, 3,000 of which are endemic.”

    2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)

  2. “The Brundtland report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (A/42/427, annex), submitted to the General Assembly in 1987, gave us, more than 20 years ago, the following definition of sustainable development: “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Ibid., p. 54). Sustainable development is not a concept, as we have all learned at our own expense; it is an issue fraught with genuine responsibilities. The balance of ecosystems has never been so threatened. Urgent measures are required in Africa and in all nations to guarantee food security, combat drought and desertification, and restore natural ecosystems. Such measures require the mobilization of significant resources.”

    2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)

  3. “It is here that are forged freedom and human rights, solidarity and universal justice — in a word, the destiny of humankind. The men and women here know that more than a billion people still live on less than a dollar a day and that children die unnecessarily of hunger and disease. All of us here know how climate change is abetting these scourges and how the countries least responsible for it suffer the most from its effects. Producing only 3.8 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, our continent is the most affected by global warming. Poor populations are its main victims. The agriculture, fauna and infrastructure of coastal regions are on the front line.”

    2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)

  4. “The Summit on Climate Change, held recently at the initiative of the Secretary-General, called once again upon the collective conscience of all nations large and small, united and stirred by a common resolve to work to build the better world of which the founding fathers of our Organization dreamed. In this village that our world has become, we Members of the United Nations are the guarantors of people’s liberties and rights, their security and their future, their dignity and the promise of world peace. Mr. Hackett (Barbados), Vice-President, took the chair. I know what solidarity owes to the dedication of the United Nations, and what peace owes to its actions, commitment and determination. And I foresee what the future will owe it.”

    2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)

  5. “I would like at the outset to welcome the election of Mr. Ali Treki to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, which is taking place at a time when major challenges continue to test the effectiveness of our Organization. From this rostrum, I would also like to pay tribute to his predecessor, Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, and to his courageous and energetic actions throughout his term. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his exceptional work at the head of our Organization at a time in history when important reforms are being undertaken. I wish to emphasize the extent to which, now more than ever, the United Nations symbolizes hope in the face of the major challenges threatening our planet, which no nation can meet alone. People have never had such need of that hope.”

    2009-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 64 (2009)

  6. “The Congo hopes to be a State that unreservedly abides by the universal principles and values of human rights, peace, fundamental freedoms and good governance. There can be no doubt that this vision is shared by all of our States. It is the basis our of Organization, whose principal objective is to work for peace and freedom throughout the world. The United Nations must tirelessly and resolutely work daily for the triumph of peace and freedom. Let us not forget this. We cannot forget that the United Nations was create to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war'. It was created essentially for peace.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  7. “It is with current and, in particular, future generations in mind that we have resolved, along with five other Central African States, to wage a widespread campaign to preserve forests, animal life and biodiversity in the Congo River Basin. We welcome the determination of the United States of America, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and South Africa, as well as that of major international organizations, specialized non- governmental organizations and forestry companies to take an active part in what we call the Congo Basin Initiative. It is also with the goal of speeding up the implementation of the objectives of sustainable development and of a healthy environment that my 12 country is committed to acceding, in the coming months, to the Kyoto Protocol.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  8. “Our determination to engage in active and dynamic international cooperation is reflected in particular in our effective participation in Central African activities through the Economic and Monetary Community of Central African States and the Economic Community of Central African States, of which Congo holds the presidency; in our vision of a common future for the peoples of the subregion; and in our resolute commitment to the Partnership for Africa's Development. It is with great pleasure and conviction that I convey to the Assembly the optimism and high hopes of the Congo a State that has reclaimed its place in the community of nations and intends to keep it. It wishes to serve as a genuine haven of peace, well- being, prosperity and modernity for current and future generations.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  9. “Since 15 October 1997, when the transition period in Congo began, my country has been facing major challenges. The first of these challenges to conclude the transition and the electoral process has been met. This political development, in spite of the setbacks and difficulties encountered, has led, thanks to the determination of the Congolese people, to the establishment this year of new democratic institutions following free and fair general elections. The achievement of that first objective has given us ample opportunity better to take up the other challenges and priorities ahead of us, namely the strengthening of peace and security, the consolidation of national unity and democracy, the promotion of human rights, economic reconstruction, and the revitalization of international cooperation.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  10. “Most of the conflicts that afflict our planet have their roots in the extreme poverty from which populations especially in developing countries are suffering. Their poverty is marked by underdevelopment, with all its evil effects, which prevent them from adapting to the new context of the international economy. It is with the goal of stopping the cycle of dire poverty that Africa has established, along with the new African Union, an original plan for its development: the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). NEPAD is Africa's contribution to assisting in its own development. This development choice shares the spirit of the new partnership defined in March 2002 by the Monterrey Consensus and the goals of the Rome World Food Summit and of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  11. “By the same token, we encourage the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo aimed at concluding an inclusive agreement involving all the sons and daughters of that brotherly country. In the light of the foregoing, I should like to ask the Assembly to devote all necessary attention to the activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa. That Committee has just held its 18th ministerial meeting, in Bangui, Central African Republic, and will report to the Assembly during the current session. Its recommendations deserve broad support from the international community. Central Africa needs to regain peace and stability in order to play the major role warranted by its immense potential.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  12. “We welcome the signing of that agreement and, in the same spirit, make an earnest appeal to the international community to give its full support to the populations of those countries faced with dire poverty. The situation in Burundi remains worrisome despite the formation of a Government of national unity. We ask the parties to go even further and to begin honest negotiations that could give South African mediation, which we encourage, every chance of success. With regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we welcome the peace Agreement of 30 July 2002, signed in Pretoria between the heads of State of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda. We also see as a positive development the agreement reached a few days ago in Luanda between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  13. “Because of irrationality, the Middle East, a veritable powder keg, is unravelling before us. The international community must become further involved in the talks between Palestinian and Israelis in order to put an end to the cycle of violence that has ravaged that part of the world for so long. Our own subregion, which covers the Economic Community of Central African States over which we preside longs for peace and security. Having suffered years of war and instability, Central Africa has only one desire: to emerge quickly from this infernal cycle. In that connection, we should firmly seize every opportunity available to us in order permanently to reverse old trends. In Angola, the 4 April 2002 signing of a Memorandum of Understanding as an addendum to the Lusaka Protocol offers a glimmer of hope.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  14. “During that historic meeting, the world's leaders adopted a Declaration whose ambitions were commensurate with the high stakes. In particular, they committed themselves to reducing by half by the year 2015 the proportion of the world's population living in conditions of extreme poverty. Since the Millennium Summit, the international community has convened a number of meetings whose objective was to improve the lives of our peoples through policies of shared management, of solidarity and of preserving the future in various areas involving the responsibility of our States. We should periodically evaluate our progress, and the current session offers us that opportunity. The absence of peace war and insecurity is gravely undermining humanity. Unfortunately, no region in the world has been spared.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  15. “Han Seung-soo, President of the Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, we express our earnest thanks for his excellent work. Likewise, we express to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, our profound gratitude and our wishes for success in the noble mission that he is brilliantly carrying out at the head of the Organization. Finally, we welcome and congratulate the Swiss Confederation on the occasion of its admission to the Organization. Undoubtedly, that is a major event for the United Nations, which thereby continues to increase its effectiveness. Two years ago, during the Millennium Summit, held in this Hall, the international expressed its wish to see established throughout the world a climate of peace and security favouring broad prospects for international cooperation, with a view to sustained world development.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)

  16. “This session of the General Assembly is beginning in a context that is still deeply affected by the memory of the painful events that struck the United States, and especially our host city, just a year ago. So I shall begin by paying tribute to the memory of the victims of the attacks of 11 September 2001. This sacrifice is a cruel reminder of how fragile our world remains, exposed to the most unimaginable threats. Humankind needs solidarity, and the Congolese people reaffirms here, through me, its solidarity with the people of the United States. The election of Mr. Jan Kavan to preside over the work of the fifty-seventh session is a tribute to his beautiful country, the Czech Republic, and to his reputation as an outstanding statesman whose experience and knowledge will inspire and guide our work. To Mr.”

    2002-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 57 (2002)