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Ahmed Ould Sid’Ahmed

lines on the record: 44
first: 1999-09-24
most recent: 2005-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
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“That holds true for other organs of the United Nations, in particular the Economic and Social Council. The Security Council needs to be strengthened, and to be made more representative by including members from Africa, Latin America and other regional groups, such as the Arab Group, as well as other industrialized States such as Germany and Japan. Finally, the working methods of the Council and its performance need to be improved so that it can achieve its mandate of maintaining international peace and security.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“It is in that context that we would like to reaffirm our total support for the Arab Maghreb, which remains an incontrovertible strategic choice and an ambitious project for the people of the region in their aspirations to greater complementarity and solidarity. With regard to the African continent, we would like to reiterate the importance we attach to our friendship and brotherly relations with all countries of the continent. We would like to further strengthen cultural dialogue, communications and relations, which we have pledged to do within the Five-plus-Five framework and the Barcelona process, the tenth anniversary of which we shall celebrate this year. Given ongoing world changes, we would like to see the role and functions of the General Assembly enhanced and to see its decisions implemented.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“This is with a view to conducting a constitutional referendum, which will be organized by July 2006 at the latest, as well as legislative and presidential elections to be held before 6 August 2007. The referendums and elections would be held in accordance with the commitment made by the Military Council for Justice and Democracy with the Transitional Government, in order to provide the appropriate conditions for a transparent and open democracy and to facilitate the establishment of institutions that will be truly representative and diverse. Mauritania is eager to contribute to the development of cooperation and solidarity in the regional context.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“At this point in time, no Mauritanian is being prosecuted for any political crime domestically or abroad. For the first time, the mass media are open to all political parties and civil society institutions. A constitutional law was enacted prohibiting the President and members of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy, the Prime Minister and members of the Transitional Government from standing in the forthcoming elections or supporting any political candidate or party. An independent elections committee was formed to supervise elections, seeking help from any nation willing to help. It is in this context that Mauritania presented a memorandum to the United Nations regarding provision of assistance to international observers invited by the Mauritanian Government to provide technical and logistical assistance for the elections.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“It has established three ministerial committees entrusted with the task of defining the modalities to guarantee proper elections, working together with political parties and civil society organizations to establish an equitable legal system, in consultation with the national bar association. The aim of these efforts is to propose all measures necessary for the emergence of a genuine system of good governance, in which the private sector and civil society participate. In order to ensure justice and national reconciliation and to enable all people to participate freely and actively in political life, a comprehensive and absolute amnesty was proclaimed on 2 September 2005 for all Mauritanians condemned for political crimes and misdemeanours.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“This initiative rests on the commitment of the Council to the Mauritanian people to create the right conditions for the emergence of an honest and transparent democracy and to allow civil society and all legal political actors 10 to participate in this endeavour with full freedom. The Military Council will not exercise its powers beyond the period necessary to prepare for and set up genuine democratic institutions, and that period will not extend beyond two years. The Military Council for Justice and Democracy solemnly reaffirms respect for all of Mauritania’s international commitments and instruments. In crystallizing this initiative, the Military Council for Justice and Democracy has defined the priorities of the transitional Government.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“Regarding Western Sahara, Mauritania supports the efforts of the United Nations and its Secretary- General to find a definitive solution to assure stability in the region, a solution that has the support of all parties. Mauritania today is on the eve of an era that began with an initiative taken by the Military Council for Justice and Democracy on 3 August 2005, which was hailed by the entire Mauritanian people. It put an end to totalitarian practices that caused suffering and led to dangerous derailments that threatened the future of the country over the last two decades.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“We are following with interest the developments of the situation in Iraq and are anxious to preserve Iraq’s territorial unity, the unity of its people, its sovereignty, independence and non-interference in its internal problems, in order to overcome the problems and ensure security, stability and the re-construction of the State, while supporting the transitional Government. We are following with equal interest the development of the situation in the Sudan, and we give our blessing to the Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army. We support the commendable efforts of the Sudanese Government, in coordination with the African Union, the Arab League and the United Nations, to tackle humanitarian, security and political questions related to the Darfur crisis.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“In this context, my country believes that the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a few cities of the West Bank constitutes an important step towards the implementation of the road map and the Arab peace initiatives. Through those initiatives Arab States have proposed to Israel a comprehensive peace and normal relations in exchange for total withdrawal from all Palestinian territories and from Syrian and Lebanese territories, a return to the 4 June 1967 borders, the establishment of a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital, and a negotiated, just settlement of the problem of Palestinian refugees.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“It is also important not to forget the considerable growth gap that exists between poor and rich countries, particularly since the social, scientific and technical lag is one of the major causes of tension and one that nurtures terrorism and violence in the world. In Mauritania, we condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and we view it as a phenomenon that is alien to our society and our Islamic values of tolerance. We reject violence and extremism and call for mutual understanding, dialogue and tolerance. It is clear that we must quickly begin a political dialogue, which is the only means to end the conflict in the Middle East and to restore calm there.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“I also hail the major efforts made during the intersessional period at the high-level dialogue begun in New York in late June on financing for development and at the Economic and Social Council session on national achievements and steps towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals and to implement the outcomes of the international conferences held from 1992 to 2002. Attaining the objectives of development, security and stability hinges on how effectively we deal with the issues of violence and terrorism. The global nature of the phenomenon of terrorism requires that the question be dealt with in a global manner, through the complementarity of the cultures of nations and a rejection of confrontation and conflict.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“Jean Ping, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gabon, for his gifted and patient performance at the helm of the General Assembly at the fifty-ninth session and for his tireless efforts to establish the appropriate conditions for the holding of the session and the High-level Plenary Meeting that preceded it. I should also like warmly to congratulate Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his colleagues on their intense and consistent mediation and efforts to ensure the convening of this session and the achievement of the Organization’s lofty objectives.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, I am pleased to extend to Mr. Eliasson my wholehearted congratulations on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. We are convinced that his wealth of experience and immense talent will allow him to address the international and regional issues on our agenda with confidence and ensure the success of this session, which coincides with the sixtieth anniversary of our Organization. I cannot fail to seize this opportunity to pay tribute to his predecessor, Mr.”
2005-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 60 (2005)
“On Kosovo, my country expresses its satisfaction at the positive developments towards ending the violence, restoring confidence and rebuilding the country after many years of war. 38 The United Nations was established to attain the common purposes of all mankind, notably international peace, security and stability. The text of the Charter contains the provisions necessary to ensure a balance between the rights and the duties of all those wishing to serve the common interests of international society. That is why, at the dawn of the third millennium, we must spare no effort to ensure the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“On the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we reaffirm our support for the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement, which in our view is the only acceptable framework for a peaceful, comprehensive and lasting solution. With respect to Angola, my delegation reaffirms its full support for Security Council resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997) and 1173 (1998), and calls upon UNITA to fulfil its commitments under the Lusaka Protocol so that peace and security may return to that country. Turning to the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, we express our satisfaction at the ceasefire achieved thanks to the efforts of President Abelaziz Bouteflika of our sister country the People?s Democratic Republic of Algeria. We hope that the negotiations between the parties will result in a final solution to that conflict.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“We welcome the success of the diplomatic approach, and we hope that this problem will be resolved once and for all. We are concerned about the ongoing conflict in Somalia, and we hope that our Somali brothers will agree to engage in constructive dialogue in a spirit of responsibility and patriotism with a view to a peaceful settlement and to restoring unity and national sovereignty to the country so that it can once more enjoy stability and a climate of conciliation. We regret the continuing tension in Sierra Leone, and hope that ongoing efforts will bear fruit, so that that country, which for nine years has been suffering in a destructive war, can once again enjoy stability and a climate of conciliation.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“We call for an end to the embargo imposed against the Iraqi people, who have suffered immensely from that embargo; it is children, women and the elderly who have suffered most. On the question of the Arab Maghreb, my country is working staunchly and resolutely in cooperation with our sister countries in the Arab Maghreb Union to strengthen cooperation and consultation to realize the aspirations of the people of that region. On Western Sahara, my country reaffirms its readiness to make every effort to promote the implementation of the United Nations settlement plan for that conflict. Turning to developments in the Lockerbie crisis, we wish to express our satisfaction at the progress towards a comprehensive settlement, including the suspension of the embargo imposed on Libya.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“This requires us to intensify our efforts to overcome the obstacles to peace in the region, a region that so sorely needs a chance to realize its potential and to turn a new page in the history of its peoples. In that context, we note with satisfaction the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon. We hope that efforts to bring stability and understanding to the Gulf region will be successful. My country reaffirms its respect for and adherence to international legitimacy, and reiterates its rejection of anything that could impinge on the independence or territorial integrity of Kuwait, as well as its rejection of any measure that would threaten the unity or territorial integrity of Iraq.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“Turning to the Middle East, my country, while reaffirming its support for the peace process, considers that a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the region can come about only on the basis of the Madrid agreements, the principle of land for peace, and the full implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) to ensure complete Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories and from the Syrian Golan and the restoration to the Palestinian people of their legitimate national rights, foremost among them the right of self-determination and the right to the establishment of an independent State with the holy city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“We express our satisfaction at the outcome of last June?s special session of the General Assembly, 37 ?Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century?, and we hope it will enhance the role played by women in all spheres. The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is founded on good-neighbourly relations, peaceful coexistence and strengthening regional and international cooperation. In line with those principles, my country attaches great importance to consolidating stability and eliminating the causes of conflict and tension that can threaten international peace and security and hamper development in many regions of the world.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“My country has created a commission entrusted with combating poverty and with implementing concrete programmes aimed at preparing our citizens to play a role in development. This commission is also responsible for guaranteeing the promotion of individual and collective rights. In this context, I would like to recall the special session of the General Assembly on social development, held in Geneva last June, which reaffirmed and stressed once again the Programme of Action adopted at the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen in 1995. We hope that the outcome of that special session will contribute to an improvement in the living conditions of all people and to the attainment of sustainable development by strengthening the links between social issues and development.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“The world today is facing numerous problems and challenges, the effects of which are not contained by national boundaries. They jeopardize international security and undermine the achievements registered in all fields. Thus it is our duty to work relentlessly to resolve these problems. They include, to give but a few examples, terrorism, poverty and violations of human rights. In this respect, my country wishes to reaffirm its condemnation of the phenomenon of terrorism, in whatever form and whatever its origin. We call for the reinforcement of cooperation and consultation at the international level in order to face this phenomenon with determination. There is also a need to put in place policies and adopt measures to combat poverty, in order to ensure sustainable development.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“It must help them accelerate their development in an effective manner by increasing official development assistance and by allowing more direct foreign investments into these countries and the opening of the markets of the developed countries to the products of developing ones, all of which will contribute to the establishment of a new world order based on consensus, cooperation and solidarity among all States. The problem of debt must also benefit from the attention and the interest of the international community, because it is an obstacle to the economies of the developing countries. In this respect, my country hopes that the initiative undertaken to alleviate the debt of highly indebted and poor countries will contribute to the solution of this problem.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“Despite some encouraging indicators in some of the third-world countries, the general trend is towards a wider gap between the industrialized world and the developing one, which is facing major obstacles such as external debt, low prices for their commodities, and the difficulty of accessing world markets. Our Organization should exert all possible efforts to alleviate the economic and social difficulties confronting the developing countries.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“The conditions in which the United Nations was founded more than 50 years ago have changed, and major developments have taken place in all fields and at all levels, making it essential to review the methods of work and structure of the Organization. For that reason, we support the expansion of the Security Council, in keeping with the principles of transparency and justice, so as to achieve equitable geographic representation and to reflect the universality of the Organization, in accordance with Article 24 of the Charter. This session is being held at the dawn of the third millennium, at a time when the majority of humanity is living in conditions that prevent them from realizing their aspirations.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“We deeply appreciate his efforts to reform and restructure the Organization as well as to develop its methods of work and rationalize its role in all domains so that it meet the needs and challenges of today. In this respect, we listened closely to the Secretary-General?s presentation of his report on the work of the Organization. It is also my pleasure to welcome Tuvalu as a new Member of the Organization. We are prepared to cooperate fully with it in order to achieve the objectives of our Organization. The reform and restructuring process of the United Nations bodies has become a necessity for the common interest.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, I should like to congratulate Mr. Harri Holkeri on his election to the presidency of the fifty- fifth session of the General Assembly. We are confident that his personal qualities and his extensive political and diplomatic experience are an excellent 36 guarantee of the success of this session. I should like to assure him of the full cooperation of our delegation in this lofty task. I should like also to seize this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to his predecessor, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, for the outstanding way in which he guided the work of the previous session. I pay tribute also to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan.”
2000-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 55 (2000)
“The United Nations was created in order to achieve objectives shared by all humanity: the maintenance of 20 peace, security and stability throughout the world. The letter and the spirit of the Charter of our Organization provide for a just balance between the rights and obligations of all and aim at achieving these common interests of the international community. Therefore, today, as we are about to enter the third millennium, we are duty-bound to devote our efforts to honouring the commitments laid down in the Charter and to work together to build a new world order based on justice and directed towards preserving international peace and security.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“In this regard, we reaffirm our wholehearted support for Security Council resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997) and 1173 (1998) and urge UNITA to respect the obligations it entered into under the Lusaka Protocol to restore peace and security. On the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, we urge the two parties to respect the ceasefire and to try to find a peaceful settlement, on the basis of the plan of the Organization of African Unity. In this context, we place great hope in the good-offices mission of Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, current Chairman of the OAU, to bring about a peaceful and equitable settlement of the conflict. On Kosovo, my country notes with satisfaction the progress achieved in putting an end to the violence, restoring confidence and reconstructing what was destroyed over the long period of war.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“My country also notes with satisfaction the gradual return of peace to the Republic of the Congo and urges our Congolese brothers to continue their negotiations, with a view to bringing about a peaceful settlement of their dispute so that that fraternal country can once again live in peace and harmony. As regards the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we welcome the diplomatic efforts of the fraternal countries of the region, in particular South Africa and Zambia, as well as the important role played by the leader of the Libyan revolution, Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi, in containing the crisis. In this regard, we welcome the signing of the Lusaka Agreement. As to Angola, my country expresses its profound regret at the resumption of fighting between the Government forces and the UNITA movement.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“In particular, we support the implementation of commitments entered into at the Geneva round table and aimed at organizing pluralistic elections and at the reconstruction of the country. Furthermore, while expressing our profound concern about the persistence of conflict in Somalia, we hope that our Somali brothers will engage in constructive dialogue and in a spirit of responsibility and patriotism so that a peaceful settlement can be reached and Somalia will again be united and will regain its national sovereignty in an atmosphere of stability and concord. My country also welcomes the Peace Agreement reached between the legitimate Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front, and fervently calls for stability and reconciliation in that country, which suffered tremendously during eight years of devastating war.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“As regards the Western Sahara, my country welcomes the positive steps taken towards the implementation of the United Nations plan to resolve the dispute. We reaffirm our readiness to do everything in our power to promote the implementation of this plan. With regard to the Lockerbie incident, my country welcomes the efforts undertaken to achieve a final settlement of this question, including the suspension of the sanctions imposed against the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Although we are pleased by the success of certain diplomatic démarches, we nevertheless feel that it is time for the Security Council to take the necessary steps to lift this embargo once and for all. As regards Guinea-Bissau, my country welcomes the settlement that was achieved within the framework of the Abuja and Lomé Agreements, and we support the transitional Government.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“In this regard, my country reaffirms its commitment to and respect for international legality and the resolutions of the United Nations, and repeats its rejection of anything that may be prejudicial to the independence and the territorial integrity of Kuwait. We also reaffirm our repudiation of any measure likely to threaten the unity and territorial integrity of Iraq. We call for lifting the embargo that for eight years now has been inflicted on the Iraqi people, who have suffered enormously, especially children, women and the elderly. In the Maghreb region, my country is working together with its brothers in the Arab Maghreb Union to establish cooperation and dialogue in order to fulfil the aspirations of the peoples of the region.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Today, as we embark on a new era, the international community is looking forward to reviving the peace 19 process and to restoring it to its proper track. In this regard, we believe that a resumption of negotiations on all tracks between all parties concerned is a most urgent measure. We therefore invite the two sponsors of the peace process to shoulder their responsibilities and to exert greater efforts to preserve the opportunity of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in this region. In the Gulf region, we hope to see a combination of regional and international efforts that would restore stability and concord to the region.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“While reaffirming its whole-hearted support for the peace process, my country believes that no just, comprehensive and lasting peace can be brought about in the Middle East without the application of the principle of land for peace as agreed at the Madrid Conference, and the comprehensive implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 425 (1978), which guarantee Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Palestinian territories, as well as from the Syrian Golan Heights, southern Lebanon and West Bekaa, and the restoration to the Palestinian people of all their legitimate rights, first and foremost their right to self-determination and to the creation of their independent State with Jerusalem as its capital.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“The Islamic Republic of Mauritania has adopted a foreign policy based on immutable principles of promoting good-neighbourly relations, peaceful coexistence and the enhancement of regional and international cooperation. On the basis of these principles, my country attaches particular importance to strengthening stability and to containing the numerous sources of tension throughout the world, which are likely to jeopardize international peace and security and compromise the development efforts of nations.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“We should also mention the special session on population and development held by the General Assembly in this very Hall at the end of last June at which the Programme of Action of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development was reaffirmed. We hope that the results of that meeting will help improve the standard of living of all peoples and will help bring about sustainable development thanks to the strengthening of the correlation between questions of population and those of development. In this area, I would like to point out that my country has stepped up its efforts to promote the status of women and to combat illiteracy in all its forms, and it has produced programmes with beneficial effects for the family, for children in particular and for society in general.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“It calls on the international community to strengthen cooperation and dialogue in order to combat this phenomenon with determination and firmness. Last year the General Assembly commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which coincided with the fifth anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna. That was an opportunity to evaluate the results of the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and the remaining obstacles in this area, and to identify necessary measures for the full implementation of the recommendations that the World Conference on Human Rights had adopted and that my country is striving to translate into reality.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“We express the hope that initiatives taken to help the most heavily indebted poor countries will make it possible to eliminate the obstacles that are neutralizing and frustrating their development efforts. Today the world faces many troublesome situations, the consequences of which are felt beyond the frontiers of the countries immediately involved. Such situations threaten security, nationally, regionally and internationally, and call into question the progress achieved towards economic and social development. We are required to find proper solutions for such problems. By way of example, I would mention terrorism, human rights violations and poverty. In this regard, my country reiterates its condemnation of terrorism, whatever its origin and form.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“The situation calls for the Organization to strive to lighten the heavy burden under which the developing countries languish in the economic and social fields. The United Nations must also help these countries step up the pace of their economic growth. In this regard, donor countries should increase their official development assistance, increase their foreign investment and open up their markets to the products of developing countries in order to help bring about a new world order based on dialogue, cooperation and solidarity. In this context, and since debt constitutes a burden that the developing countries are incapable of bearing, it is imperative to give the question of debt the attention it deserves.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“18 As we meet at the threshold of the third millennium, a large portion of humanity still lives in conditions that do not enable people to satisfy their legitimate hopes and aspirations to live in a world where peace, justice and well- being reign. In spite of some encouraging indicators in certain developing countries, the general tendency is that of a widening gap between developed and developing countries. The latter are going through profound changes over which they have no control, affected by, among other things, their debt burden, deterioration of commodity prices, poor access to international markets and weakness of foreign investment. This situation should alert the Organization of the need not to limit its actions to the traditional maintenance of international peace and security.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“No one can deny that the circumstances in which the Organization was founded more than 50 years ago have changed a great deal, and that important new changes have occurred in all areas since then. This only makes a re-examination of the structures and working methods of the Organization more imperative. It is in this spirit that my delegation supports the expansion of representation in the Security Council in accordance with the principles of democracy, transparency and equity in order to ensure equitable geographical representation in that body, and to reflect the universal nature of our Organization, as laid down in the Charter.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“Kofi Annan, for his tireless efforts in reforming and restructuring the Organization, and in improving its functioning and strengthening its role in all areas so that it can adapt to the requirements and challenges of the day. In this regard, we welcome the valuable report on the work of the Organization that he presented at the beginning of these proceedings. Mauritania welcomes the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru and the Kingdom of Tonga to the membership of our Organization. We would like to express our readiness to work with them to achieve the objectives of the United Nations. We have to undertake immediately the reform of the United Nations and the restructuring of its organs in order to serve the world’s common interests.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)
“At the outset, I wish, on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. I am convinced that his experience and his wisdom will enable him to guide the work of the session to a successful conclusion. My delegation assures him of its complete cooperation in that noble task. I take this opportunity also to express my thanks to his predecessor, Mr. Didier Opertti, for the distinguished manner in which he has conducted the session just concluded. I would also like to pay a well-deserved tribute to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr.”
1999-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 54 (1999)