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Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed

lines on the record: 27
first: 2020-09-24
most recent: 2021-09-24
sittings or episodes: 2
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“My country also reaffirms the need to make serious efforts to reach a political solution that maintains the unity and independence of the sisterly Syrian Arab Republic, the dignity of its people and its right to live in security and peace. Finally, my country reiterates its support for the legitimacy of brotherly Yemen. We call for a peaceful solution to the conflict pursuant to the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and relevant Security Council resolutions.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“My country also reaffirms its commitment to its unwavering position regarding the conflict in the Western Sahara. We have not taken any particular side; we maintain excellent relations with all. We support the United Nations efforts and all the relevant Security Council resolutions aimed at achieving a lasting solution agreed upon by all. In that context, my country urges the Secretary-General to appoint without delay a special envoy to resume the process that came to a halt two years ago following the resignation of the former envoy. My country also reiterates its support for international efforts to successfully conclude the transitional period in sisterly Libya and guarantee its unity and territorial integrity.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“But it is also clear that the political leaders of our subregion must uphold their promises of good governance and the promise to ensure a return to constitutional order to better meet the aspirations of their citizens and improve their living conditions, namely, in fragile areas. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania stresses its unwavering support for all just causes throughout the world and in all international forums. From this rostrum, my country reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to live in dignity and sovereignty in an independent and viable State with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and relevant international resolutions and in the framework of a two-State solution, namely, two States living side by side in peace and stability.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“The upcoming twenty-sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change should be an opportunity to mobilize partners to realize the commitments made in Paris in January in to meet the glaring needs of the peoples of the Sahel, who are desperate in the face of the vicious spiral of an unpredictable climate and growing insecurity. The transition — and I would say, above all, access — to clean and cheaper energy is fundamental in that respect. In that context, it is the moral obligation of our international partners to help the Sahelian States meet those challenges.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“That framework aims to broaden support to the Sahel countries, which in recent years have experienced a drastic deterioration in the security situation, forced migration, climate change and signs of an acute food crisis. This year, unfortunately, due to the significant lack of rainfall and its spatial dispersion, the already structural food crisis is likely to worsen. In the Sahel, about 14 million people are suffering from food shortages, while 29 million are in need of emergency humanitarian assistance. As its current Chair, my country considers the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel initiative to be of critical importance for the future of its 11 member States and for the living conditions of their peoples.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“In terms of security and the fight against terrorism, in cooperation and consultation with our regional partners, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania has strived to develop an effective and efficient strategy to combat terrorism and the various forms of extremism as part of a comprehensive approach that takes into account the security aspects, religious dialogue and the economic and social dimensions in order to neutralize terrorism and dry up its sources of financing, while taking into account strict respect for human rights. During Mauritania’s presidency of the Group of Five for the Sahel, the Coalition for the Sahel was launched at the Nouakchott summit in June 2020.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“Work is also under way to consolidate the principle of the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary, to consolidate national unity and strengthen social cohesion and to moderate political life through extensive consultations with various national actors, building the rule of law and freedoms and laying the foundations of good governance.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“The programme is being implemented in parallel with other programmes within the Government’s plan, launched by the General Delegation for National Solidarity and Fight against Exclusion, which aims to combat various forms of fragility and to ensure universal access to basic services, such as electricity, drinking water, health and education, combating poverty and promoting social solidarity. Work is also being done to train and equip young people with the necessary skills to enable them to enter the labour market and contribute to the development of the national economy, as well as to enable women to play their role by involving them strongly in political life and the conduct of public affairs.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“The programme seeks to create more job opportunities and conditions for an optimal use of our natural resources in the fields of agriculture, animal development, mining and fisheries. Among the main themes of the programme are strengthening infrastructure that supports growth; strengthening the capacities of the social sectors and supporting demand; upgrading and supporting the productive sectors to achieve food self-sufficiency; supporting the formal and informal private sectors; combating desertification and drought; and supporting employment opportunities.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“The convening of this General Assembly session represents an opportunity to study ways to raise the performance of our Organization to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to address the major challenges related to the environment, climate, health, education, security, stability and development. From that standpoint, His Excellency President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani announced a holistic economic revitalization plan, which seeks to address the negative effects and overcome the challenges and constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an integrated economic programme aimed at achieving the necessary conditions for a new economic recovery that gives the private sector the space and incentives to play a key role.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“The most important measures taken include launching extensive vaccination campaigns throughout the national territory, with the rate of vaccination shortly standing at 15 per cent of the entire population; imposing preventive measures on all national territory, which are strictly monitored; providing basic commodities to the local market, preventing speculation in them and reducing their prices, which rose globally due to the pandemic; providing essential medicines with fixed prices; bearing the burden of health insurance of 120,000 households, which is about 600,000 people from among the poor and vulnerable groups; and providing direct financial aid for thousands of vulnerable and poor households affected by the economic recession due to the crisis.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“They must get help to boost their technical capabilities to speed up the pace of vaccination, on the one hand, and to contain the economic, social and humanitarian damage of the crisis, on the other hand. In that context, and from this rostrum, we reiterate the call made by His Excellency President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani at several regional and international occasions for the complete and definitive cancellation of the external debt of countries of the African continent in order to enable them to overcome the economic impacts caused by the novel coronavirus disease pandemic. Guided by President El Ghazouani, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania has adopted many measures that made it possible to limit the spread of the pandemic and mitigate its effects on the population, especially the most vulnerable.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“As for the other economic, social and humanitarian challenges and consequences of the crisis, they are even more serious than those of the health crisis itself at the global level, but even more acute and dangerous in developing and poor countries due to the fragility of their economies and their inability to endure crises of this kind — and for such long periods — which greatly threaten the lives of the people in those countries. The measures taken by the world to date to address the pandemic and its repercussions are below expectations and not up to the crisis yet. That requires that we all redouble and coordinate our efforts to enable developing and poor countries to access vaccinations in sufficient quantities.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“This session is being convened for the second successive year at a time when our world is being subjected to a health crisis brought about by the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its variants amid increasing ramifications and challenges. The statistics are frightening. Infections worldwide have reached the terrifying number of approximately 250 million, while deaths have exceeded 5 million, which is also a terrifying number as compared to the toll at this time last year.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“At the outset, it is my pleasure to express my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres on his reappointment to a second term as Secretary-General. I am confident in the success of the great efforts and endeavours that he is making to reform and steer the Organization in the service of peace and security. I also extend my congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Shahid on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session. I wish him every success in his noble tasks. I would also like to extend my deepest gratitude and thanks to His Excellency Ambassador Volkan Bozkir, Permanent Representative of the sisterly Republic of Turkey, for the great efficiency and professionalism with which he managed the previous session of the General Assembly.”
2021-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 76 (2021)
“With respect to Yemen, we stress our support for legitimacy and call for a peaceful solution in accordance with relevant Arab initiatives and international resolutions. At the same time, we condemn the terrorist attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which target its national security. May peace and God’s mercy and blessings be upon you.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“We reiterate our firm commitment to the right of the Palestinian people to dignity and sovereignty within the framework of an independent and viable State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and relevant international resolutions. We also reiterate our condemnation of the ongoing human rights violations by Israel in Palestine and the remaining Arab territories. In Libya, we also support international efforts to bring peace to that brotherly country and ensure its unity and sovereignty. With regard to the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, we stress the need to seriously pursue a political solution to preserve the unity of that brotherly Arab country, its independence, its people’s dignity and its right to a secure and peaceful life.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“With regard to the crisis in Mali, we have successfully exerted mediation efforts to enable President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to travel abroad for treatment. We also called on the parties to the crisis to push forward an agreement on outstanding issues in order to return to constitutional status. I take this opportunity to applaud the efforts of the current Malian authorities and the Economic Community of West African States to resolve the crisis at the earliest and ensure a return to constitutional life in the country. We also stress that we remain on the side of just causes in all international forums.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“When we chaired the work of the Group of Five for the Sahel, we, along with our regional and international partners, engaged in intense consultations to develop a road map that would neutralize terrorism and dry up its sources of funding. In that regard, our country took part in various meetings and hosted two summits that enabled us to make progress in the fight against violent extremism in the Sahel region. That fight must be fully respectful of human rights. For decades, the countries of the Maghreb have endured the consequences of the dispute in Western Sahara. Mauritania maintains its consistent and unbiased position. We have excellent relations with all parties concerned and support the efforts of the United Nations and all relevant Security Council resolutions aimed at finding a sustainable and acceptable solution for all parties.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“In order to achieve sustainable development, we focus on an independent judiciary, the protection of human rights, promoting democracy and individual and collective freedoms, freedom of the press, the transparency of political institutions, ensuring that the Parliament plays its role in oversight and accountability, securing transparency as a comprehensive approach in managing public affairs and the development of legal and regulatory mechanisms to eliminate corruption and bribery. There can be no development without security and vice versa. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania has been keen to develop an effective strategy to combat terrorism and various forms of extremism with a comprehensive approach that takes the ideological, security, economic and social dimensions into account.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“With regard to the fight against poverty, we have also focused on addressing social disparities and marginalization while supporting the most vulnerable and fostering social solidarity. We established the Agency for National Solidarity and the Fight against Exclusion and have launched a series of ambitious projects aimed at improving employment and livelihoods, improving purchasing power and facilitating access to basic services, such as electricity, drinking water, health and education. In addition, programmes have been developed to train young people and help them to enter the labour market, thereby contributing to the development of the national economy. Considerable efforts have been made to help women play their role by participating fully in political life and public affairs.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“We have exerted great efforts to implement projects and programmes aimed at combating various forms of injustice, marginalization and vulnerabilities by securing universal access to basic services and supporting the health and educational systems. That is in addition to strengthening national unity, fostering social cohesion, calming the political arena, building a State of law, protecting freedoms and establishing the rules of good governance. We also continue to work to develop the educational system so as to instil in our generations the principles of freedom, tolerance and openness, based on our cultural and civilizational constants. The goal is to raise the quality of our education and develop its scientific and professional aspects as required by the national economy.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, has announced an economic programme focused on the following: fostering the infrastructure to support growth; promoting capacity-building in social sectors to stimulate demand; upgrading and supporting the productive sectors to achieve self-sufficiency in food production; supporting the entire private sector; combating desertification and drought; and increasing employment opportunities. The programme will enable us to ensure that our economy supports public policy, with a strategy of accelerated growth and common prosperity that is more inclusive and environmentally friendly, in order to make greater progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.”
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“It has caused a decline in gross domestic product. That has led to a decrease in tax revenue, increased spending and budget deficit. We therefore reiterate our call from this rostrum to eliminate the external debt of African countries in order to enable them to cope with the pandemic and its social and economic consequences. This year, we celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of our prestigious Organization. Let us also take this opportunity to consider ways to improve its performance as we seek to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and overcome major global challenges in the areas of the environment, climate, health, education, security, stability and development. In that regard, His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“This crisis has also exposed the weaknesses of current measures, which means that we all must unite our efforts to contain and mitigate its economic impact, in particular on developing countries, whose economic systems have been severely affected by the crisis. We in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have taken the measures necessary to reduce the spread and effect of the virus and to particularly protect the poorest in society. The most important of these measures is to monitor local markets and replenish them with the basic needs to prevent price hikes, ensure the availability of basic medicines at fixed prices and provide assistance to thousands of vulnerable and poor families hard hit by the economic recession. The COVID-19 pandemic has had negative repercussions on our national economy and the economies of our African neighbours.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“In this regard, I would like to pay tribute to His Excellency the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, for his continued great efforts and endeavours to reform and lead the Organization in the service of international peace and security. This session is being held in extremely complex global circumstances due to the health crisis caused by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has cast its shadow on various aspects of life in all countries of the world. Its tragic repercussions and challenges have caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in various countries and have totally paralysed the global economic system.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“In the name of God the Merciful and the Compassionate, May God bless the most honourable of Messengers, Mr. President, Your Majesties, Excellencies, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ladies and gentlemen, At the outset, I would like to warmly congratulate His Excellency Ambassador Volkan Bozkir, Permanent Representative of the sisterly Republic of Turkey, on assuming the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session. I wish him every success in his new tasks. I would also like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Permanent Representative of our sisterly State of Nigeria, for the high skill and professionalism with which he steered the previous session of the United Nations General Assembly.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)