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“In this regard, the Governments of the developed countries are becoming increasingly aware of the need to integrate dealing with the tragic economic situation of the developing countries into the strategy for global economic recovery. We commend unilateral decisions to alleviate or partially reduce the debt burden of the least favoured countries, proposals to refinance the debt in the form of bonds and to create multilateral funds for the debt and so on. However, important as those measures may be as symbols of solidarity, they are not in themselves enough to improve the economic situation of the developing countries. More general measures must also be taken.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“So far only partial, short-term and medium-term measures have been taken with regard to the debt, in a climate characterized above all by a decrease in flows of resources towards the developing countries, high interest rates and an unprecedented decline in commodity prices. Faced with such a situation, the international community must urgently adopt a new strategy based on growth and a sharing of responsibilities in order to achieve a lasting, comprehensive solution of the debt problem of the third-world countries, taking into account the guiding principles established in resolution 42/1S8 and the results of the seventh session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD VII).”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“Alongside the political challenges of preserving human rights and struggling for peace, which require the efforts of most of our States, we face the harmful effects of a continuing economic crisis, especially in the developing countries, which I do not need to elaborate now. Among the main problems that our countries still confront is the heavy burden of foreign debt and the intolerable pressure of all kinds that results from it. The debt constitutes a major obstacle to lasting growth and development in our countries because of its negative influence on our ability to import, invest and achieve our economic and social development goals.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“Senegal calls for dialogue to begin soon to preserve its identity, territorial integrity, unity and independence. The Korean peninsula provides another example. We desire peaceful reunification through sincere, fraternal talks, taking into account the free will of the whole Korean people. Despite some hopes of peace, I cannot fall to mention again this year the occupation, aggression and oppression experienced by Cambodia, and I must repeat Senegal's appeal for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Cambodia and the restoration of a genuine Cambodian Government led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk. My final example is Central America, where my country will continue to support the peace efforts of the Contadora Group to bring about a political settlement with absolute respect for the sovereignty of all the States of the region.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“In the process of applying those principles we must avoid viewing the problems through the distorting prism of ideologies and partisan politics and must ensure that they are not narrowly dealt with in the restricted ambit of East-West relations. However, there are other hot-beds of tension that have defied our Organization’s peace-making efforts for many years. One is Cyprus, where the de facto situation continues to jeopardize its unity and territorial integrity. Senegal very much hopes for the prompt success of the Secretary-General's efforts for the restoration of sovereignty to that friendly country. Another example is another friendly country, Lebanon, wounded by a combination of civil war, occupation of part of its territory and numerous acts of interference in its affairs, threatening its very existence.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“As guarantor of the right of peoples to decide their own destiny a right that it has made a universal principle, the international community must shoulder its full responsibilities in southern Africa and in Palestine. By clearly assuming its obligations and taking the decisions that the situation requires, it would meet the expectations of the peoples of those regions. There is overwhelming international solidarity in condemning oppression and denouncing occupation, but it is sometimes difficult to organize it into the collective response that such challenges demand. I have said that the doors of peace are beginning to open in a number of conflicts, where hope of a speedy solution is emerging and becoming stronger. In most cases the principles applicable and the framework for a settlement have been unambiguously defined.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“The lessons to be learned from the historic resistance of the Palestinian people to occupation and oppression are unambiguous: there can be no lasting peace in the Middle East without the involvement of the Palestinian people and its vanguard organization, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) - no peace without them, nor, a fortiori, against them. The promotion of peace in the Middle East requires, first, working for the convening of an international conference under United Nations auspices. The representatives that the Palestinian people have chosen to express their views and aspirations must participate on an equal footing with all the other parties to the conflict. I am referring of course, to the Palestine Liberation Organization.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“The outcome of the struggle being waged by the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC), the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) and the front-line countries will be linked in history with the picture of the past 30 years, in which many peoples who were previously oppressed have become free and independent. The same law of oppression, aggression, occupation and plunder continues to apply in Palestine and the Middle East, where injustice must be redressed and national rights must be restored.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“In that region a system survives under which every day people die under barbarous repression; a system under which a people is subjected with impunity to the arbitrariness of racist repression; a system under which the peoples of southern Africa are the victims of the outrageous belligerence of a racist totalitarian order. In southern Africa we see the survival of a system that the international community has declared to be a crime against mankind. Therefore, the international community has the historic responsibility of ending that system. The only way to do that is through comprehensive, mandatory sanctions that measure up to the magnitude of the crime. To delay such action in southern Africa can only result in the sacrifice of millions more lives that could be saved.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“By reiterating their commitment to the establishment of genuine collective security, by demanding the strict rule of law and of justice and the cessation of policies of oppression and domination, by proclaiming their will to stop being the arena and the prize of global confrontation, the countries of the Movement made it a protagonist in the new, changing international relations. The Non-Aligned Movement has had to call for increased respect for the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, because among its ranks axe peoples still dominated and oppressed and regions where there are hotbeds of conflict and tension. Thus in southern Africa, after four decades, the question of apartheid still arises in the same time the legitimate aspirations of a people are still stifled and its right to freedom and dignity violated.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“My country has always supported the peace-keeping operations decided upon by the Organisation and has endeavoured to make a practical contribution to their success by sending contingents on many occasions. We sincerely hope that this great distinction will encourage all the member of the international community to give their effective support to the United Nations peace-keeping forces, which have new, urgent and important tasks ahead of them. Deeply concerned by the vital issue of maintaining peace and security in the world, the Non-Aligned Movement, a few days ago in Nicosia, assessed what had been accomplished and what remains to be accomplished and took decisions on how the major problems of our day could be evaluated and tackled.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“But we must also work to promote the emergence of conditions that can lead to the extension of this process to other areas of regional conflict, beginning with the Middle East. That is, in our humble opinion, the sense of the message that the Norwegian Parliament addressed to our Assembly by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations peace-keeping forces. In the name of President Abdou Diouf and the Senegalese Government and people, I welcome this well-deserved tribute to the persevering efforts of our Organisation to eliminate hotbeds of tension, encourage the solution of conflicts by peaceful means and promote international peace and security. For Senegal, this award is of special significance.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“The hopes aroused by the improved relations between the super-Powers - which we welcome as it could bring about the strengthening of international peace and security - have not yet been translated into a new order in keeping with our expectations, in other words, a real democratization of international relations based on justice, equality of rights and the safeguarding of the interests of all the peoples of the world. Of course, the promise of the beginning of healthier international relations exists, and with that promise the will has been expressed in different regions to seek solutions to the various tensions, sources of friction and crises that exist. Thus, the doors of peace have begun to open in Afghanistan, in Kampuchea, in the Gulf region, in Western Sahara and in South-West Africa. This process must be encouraged and supported.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“As a Sahelian country attacked by desertification, Senegal is particularly sensitive to new threats that alter the quality of life on our planet and dangerously affect the fate of present and future generations, is why my country, like other African States, has asked the international community to draw up provisions without delay to prevent the developing countries from becoming dumping grounds for industrial waste from the developed countries. Such action would be an important, practical contribution to the defence of the rights of the weak and deprived and to the struggle against the degradation of the ecology, which we sincerely believe must be a global struggle.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“The quest continues because it is an effort that can know no respite until the total eradication of all vestiges of arbitrary rule and brute force such as exist, in particular, in southern Africa and in Palestine, has been achieved. The situation in these regions and many others is a clear indication of the efforts that remain to be made so that our world may come closer to the ideals for the attainment of which in inter-State relations the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should be the instrument. This struggle for the universal enjoyment of human rights is continuing today in the sphere of the protection of a sound global environment.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“Just as at the domestic level it established a multi-partisan democracy whose multifaceted expression is a sign of its vitality and its deep roots in the thinking of people, just as it contributed to the achievement of this in the African continent by playing an important part in developing and ratifying the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights and just as it is attempting to do in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, in which the unanimous and consistent confidence of the international community has won it a continued presence over many decades and the active presidency of that Commission on the occasion of its fortieth anniversary, so my country will spare no effort in the continued quest for greater justice and equity in human relations at all levels.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“The historical importance of that work must be recognized. As a State that has made respect for human rights a cardinal principle of its politics both within its constitutional system and in its foreign policy, and a country whose resolute commitment to the principles and objectives of the 1948 Declaration have won it many tributes, Senegal takes this opportunity to reaffirm its resolute support for the work of the United Nations to safeguard human rights.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“The celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights certainly gives us an opportunity to rejoice at the important successes achieved by the United Nations in the promotion and protection of human rights and freedom, and above all to consider what remains to be done in order to free mankind from all oppression. Concerning the balance sheet, suffice it to say that by proclaiming the Universal Declaration in 1948 and continuing to make appropriate efforts since then to transform the principles in that document into internationally binding obligations within the framework of legal instruments at the global level for which it attempts to ensure respect by States, the United Nations has accomplished remarkable work, in keeping with the basic aspirations of our peoples.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“Four themes will serve as points of reference with regard to our contribution: human rights on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights peace in the world in connection with the positive work done by the United Nations for the settlement of certain regional conflicts} development in a spirit of solidarity, in connection with the mid-term review of the United Nations Programme of Action for African Recovery and Development 1986-1990ţ and the strengthening of our United Nations through implementation of the recently adopted reforms.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“The present period seems to us to be one of those crucial moments which call upon our conscience, invite us to reflect anew, and encourage us to redouble our political will, determination, lucidity and courage in our endeavours. It is in this spirit that my delegation would like to make its modest contribution to this joint reflection, the primary objective of which must be the safeguarding and strengthening of international peace and security as well as the development of a space for active solidarity within our global village.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“We should like here to reiterate our gratitude to him. I should like also to pay a tribute to the Secretary-General, Hr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, a man of courage and conviction, a staunch fighter for peace and co-operation among peoples, who deserves our appreciation and out support for the continuation and completion of the remarkable task to which he has totally dedicated himself and whose encouraging results in many ways demonstrate the timeliness and impact of the noble ideals of our Organization, as well as a positive perception of his role in the field of international peace, security and co-operation. In the history of nations as well as of institutions, there are critical times when the future of mankind is decided.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“The delegation of Senegal is pleased to extend to the President through m, its warmest congratulations, to wish him very success in the important task conferred upon him and to assure him, in this context, of its complete co-operation and total support. His election to the presidency of the forty-third session of our Assembly is an eloquent tribute solemnly paid by the Members of the United Nations to his great country as well as to him on the outstanding intellectual and moral qualities he possesses. His high sense of responsibility, his faith in the United Nations and his vast experience in the field of international affairs undoubtedly guarantee that the work of the present session will meet with success. Mr. Peter Florin, who preceded him in his office, conducted our debates successfully throughout his term of office.”
1988-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 43 (1988)
“It is in that spirit that my country, whose candidature for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council has been unanimously recommended and endorsed by the countries of our region and by the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) , and which will endeavour to merit the trust that Members would place in us by electing us; assures the Assembly that we will make the most positive contribution we can to ensuring the advent of a world of peace, progress and solidarity and the emergence of a planetary village where, in the shadow of the skyscrapers of Manhattan, taking the place of the baobab tree under which palavers take place, our dialogue will be able to solve all the problems facing the human race.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“We must respond to their questions and expectations by genuine co-operation and international solidarity. We have the means to do this for, as the President of the Republic of Senegal said here when he was Acting Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU): "Mankind has in the past given us too many examples of its ability to meet constant challenges for us to have any doubts that it will be able to overcome those that beset it today." (A/40/PV.42, p. 15) Each and every one of us must show the political will necessary for our response to live up to the hopes placed in us.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The international community is faced with the phenomenon of international terrorism, which also constitutes a serious threat to international peace and security. The struggle against international terrorism must be waged with courage and far-sightedness and in accordance with the principles set forth in the Charter of our Organization. Senegal will continue to spare no effort to make its contribution to the international community's efforts to put an end as quickly as possible to international terrorism. This year once again the credibility of this universal Organization has been sorely tested. The political, economic and financial problems facing the human race as a whole constitute real threats to international peace and security. Our people are wondering what the future will be and they fix their hopes on us and our work.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“It is, more specifically, a Question of the withdrawal of the foreign troops to enable the Kampuchean people to exercise in all freedom their right to self-determination, achieve reconciliation and buckle down to the tasks of reconstruction and development of a country devastated by war. In Central America, the political settlement of conflicts, both internal and external, should be accompanied by regional guarantees of security and non-interference, protection of human rights and the establishment of democracy, with absolute respect for the sovereignty of States, as recommended by the Contadora Group, the Lima Support Group and the Guatemala agreement. My country welcomes the agreement entered into by countries in the region and assure those friendly countries of our support for its implementation.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“Under the far-sighted leadership of the President of the International Conference on Kampuchea, Mr. Leopold Gratz, the Ad Hoc Committee established by that Conference, over which my country has the honour of presiding, continues to seek ways and means of removing the obstacles to the application of the principles that were defined in July 1981 for a just, lasting and definitive settlement of all aspects of the problem of Kampuchea. Senegal, for its part, reaffirms its support for the eight-point proposal of the provisional coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea and will continue to spare no effort to help the people of Kampuchea to regain its dignity.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“Some months ago information was made available about an imminent complete withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, but this has not yet been confirmed in fact. On the contrary, the military situation in that country has worsened and the political situation seems to be deadlocked judging by the state of the negotiations in Geneva. It is high time for the resolutions adopted by this Organization during the last eight years to be taken into consideration so that the people of Afghanistan may finally exercise their right freely to determine their own future. , This aspiration to self-determination also inspires the people of Kampuchea, who are still living under foreign occupation despite the constantly renewed efforts of our Organization to bring back peace to that part of the world.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The tireless efforts of the Secretary-General made throughout this year confirm that this is the only right path in the present circumstances that can lead to the restoring of trust and a dialogue, both of which are essential to a return to harmony and peace in a region that has given so much to civilization. Now can we fail to express once again our concern over the interminable war between Iran and Iraq. Recent developments in the conflict do indeed strengthen our belief that the United Nations, through the Security Council in particular, should bring its full authority to bear to limit the threat of a general outbreak and to bring about a cessation of the fighting and lead the two parties to have recourse to the means of peaceful settlement of their dispute.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“As the appropriate framework for a search for a just and lasting solution to the problem of the Middle East, the conference should be held as soon as possible under the auspices of the United Nations and with the full participation of all parties involved or interested, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole and authentic representative of the Palestinian people The question of knowing what role such a negotiating forum should play and who the actors will be should not, in the view of Senegal, continue to block the efforts of the international community to convene it, if the political will to move ahead is indeed present in everybody. The Security Council must resolutely proceed with the preparatory phase of the international peace conference.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“This is a consensus, which today is supported by unanimity, on the recommendation of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for the convening of an international peace conference on the Middle East.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“But, despite these few encouraging signs, the international political situation over the last year is still marked by the persistence of traditional hotbeds of tension and the intensification of blind violence in many cases. The conflict in the Middle East, because of its complexity and the seriousness of the implications, is one of the most painful problems facing the International community and one for which a final solution must be found. Yet it is not recommendations or resolutions providing the framework for settlement of the conflict that are lacking. There is even a broad consensus in favour of a just and lasting solution to the problem of the Middle East based on the implementation of a global and balanced approach, taking duly into account the interests of all parties involved.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“We would express the hope that this process, now begun, will continue and that it will be extended to other kinds of weapons, to other countries and to other regions; that it will lead to general and complete disarmament and to the strengthening of peace and international security; and that it will help to make available additional financial resources for aid to development. On the question of the conflict between Chad and Libya and the question of Western Sahara, my country welcomes the promising initiatives that have been taken at the African level by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and its ad hoc committee and also at the level of the United Nations by the Secretary-General and the current chairman of the OAU. We hope that such initiatives will yield positive results.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“By virtue of the powers vested in it under its historic responsibilities, the Security Council must take the necessary measures under Chapter VII of the Charter to dismantle as soon as possible the abominable system of apartheid, which is the source of all the evils from which the southern part of Africa is suffering. Achieving peace also depends on improvement of the world situation as regards the maintenance of international peace and security. We can indeed be happy at the agreement, in principle, entered into by the United States and the Soviet Union on eliminating medium-range missiles from Europe. This is a contribution to 3isarmament, to security and to peace among the nations.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The advent of democracy in the southern part of our continent is indeed a real challenge to the United Nations. To take up this challenge, which is a blot on the millennium that is drawing to a close, the United Nations - which, in 1985, in a coming together of mind and heart, celebrated the fortieth anniversary of its Charter and, in 1986, commemorated the International Year of Peace and the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenants on Human Rights - must once again show that it is capable of mobilizing support for just causes that are in keeping with its purposes, principles and objectives.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“That new process of evolution towards a non-racial, democratic and egalitarian society does indeed inspire some hope of dispelling misunderstanding and fear. Those who participated in the meeting at Dakar — people of all races, all political persuasions, all social positions - unanimously recognized that the establishment of a non-racial democracy in South Africa was both urgent and The recent international conference on children, repression and the law under the apartheid regime, which met at Harare only a few days ago and brought together representatives of the ANC, domestic anti-apartheid movements and representatives of more than 30 countries, and the first meeting of 8ou national delegates of South African white groups against apartheid within the context of a conference entitled "Towards Democracy" were carried out in the same spirit as the Dakar meeting and extended its scope.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“It is difficult to conceive of measures other than the imposition of comprehensive mandatory economic sanctions against South Africa, to try to provide the conditions necessary to ensure the initiation of honest negotiations, carried out in good faith, between the Pretoria authorities and the legitimate representatives of the liberation movements and patriotic forces of South Africa with a view to establishing a system based on equality, democracy and fraternity.. There was a glimmer of hope at the meeting held at Dakar from 9 to 12 July 1987 between representatives of the African National Congress of South Africa (ANC) and a group of white Afrikaners from South Africa who initiated a new approach designed to avoid any conflict situation that could become tragic in its dimensions.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“That system of racism and institutionalised racial discrimination, with its permanent state of emergency, arbitrary detention, unjust sentences and arbitrary executions constitutes a serious challenge and threat to the authority and credibility of the United Nations. It is the most widespread and flagrant violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Illegally occupying the international territory of Namibia, the Pretoria regime continues to carry on with impunity its acts of aggression, destabilization and invasion against neighbouring African countries, thereby negating the principles and norms of modern international law. In the face of such a situation, it is difficult to conceive of any peaceful solution apart from pressure on the Botha regime.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“We are also pleased that its monitoring group, the African commission on the rights of the individual and of peoples, has now been established with the election of its 11 members on 29 July 1987, and we trust that its work will indeed live up to the hopes of all those who hold justice dear. While we welcome these measures taken by the Organization of African Unity to ensure true respect for human rights in Africa, we must recognize that much remains to be done, particularly in the southern-most part of the continent, specifically in South Africa, where the apartheid regime, that crime against mankind, continues to run rampant.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“International co-operation thus has open to it a vast field in which to seek the necessary conditions to achieve human rights through an approach that embraces the social, economic and cultural heritages of peoples. This must necessarily involve a regional approach, as it is true that such action will also strengthen international co-operation in the area. Against this background, we are happy to welcome the entry into force, on 21 October 1986, of the African charter of the rights of the individual and of peoples, which indeed holds great promise. It is the decisive contribution of our Mother Africa to the universal endeavour of protecting and promoting human rights.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“As important as economic recovery is, there is another aspect of building a world of progress, justice and peace, namely, the protection of human rights and the rights of peoples. Senegal, Whose Government has placed the individual at the very centre of its policy and its day-to-day preoccupations, continues to be involved in the exalted work of the international promotion of human rights Human rights are an indivisible and interdependent whole. The same importance must be devoted to promoting and protecting all the rights of man - civil and political rights; economic, social and cultural rights; individual rights or collective rights; the rights of the first generation, of the second generation, and even the third.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The Head of state of Senegal, in speaking about the long-term prospects for action against hunger and accepting the Hunger Project "Africa Leadership" prize here in New York on 17 September 1987, appealed to the international community to stand side by side with the African States in a world front for economic peace in Africa. The objective of such a front is to continue and increase action now under way to deal with the critical situation and nutritional needs and, above all, to establish an integrated strategy for carrying out lasting and definitive solutions to the problem of hunger. The initial responses to that appeal strengthen our conviction that this Assembly, which has already dealt with the concept of countries stricken by desertification, will indeed offer the support which this initiative deserves.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“On the occasion of the fourteenth anniversary of the Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, in his message of 11 September 1987, President Abdou Diouf, in his capacity as Chairman of that Organization, after expressing once again his thanks to the international community, solemnly stated that despite the perils of drought and desertification, the States members of the Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel were resolved to win what he called "the war against hunger and desertification".”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The struggle against drought, desertification and acid rain continues to mobilize us within the African regional context - in the Inter-state Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development and the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference - so as to ensure food self-sufficiency in a manner in which the balance of the ecosystem will be respected and restored.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Food and Agricultural Organization have also committed themselves to specific programmes for the countries of Africa. However important those efforts may be, they cannot conceal the even more important and major efforts that remain to be made. That is why Senegal ardently hopes that in the near future the response of the community of donors will deal more with official development aid, on the one hand, and, on the other, with an agreed approach to easing the external debt burden of Africa, whose conditions and modalities will have to be decided on in the context of an international conference.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“Nevertheless, and this is a very important point, these efforts have involved sacrifices on our part in the area of employment and the social sector in particular. Such sacrifices will prove viable for Senegal and for other countries undertaking such reforms only if there is active support and real commitment from the international community. Of course, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have established special mechanisms for reform programmes in Africa. Donors have indeed carried out the eighth replenishment of the resources of the International Development Association (IDA) amounting to $12 billion, and the World Bank has decided to raise to 45 per cent the IDA resources for investment in Africa south of the Sahara.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“This industrial development strategy required corrective intervention mechanisms and techniques. To that end, the State established an inter-ministerial structure to take effective action in restructuring enterprises that were in difficulty. In order to ensure greater investment, the State organizes regular meetings with creditors by holding sectoral meetings and meetings of potential private investors. Lastly, studies are now under way and measures have been taken to minimize the impact of structural adjustment on the social sector. That, in brief, is a summary of a few aspects of the implementation of the programmes undertaken by Senegal. We solemnly reaffirm our will to persevere on this path of organized and planned adjustment of our economy.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“The new agricultural policy is designed essentially to diversify agricultural output; to ensure food self-sufficiency; to ensure that the State is no longer involved in certain activities; to ensure the direct responsibility of the rural population and the peasants; to establish a credit bank to be managed by the peasants Instead of the State; and to provide new impetus for production co-operatives. And there are several other measures, including the setting of remunerative prices for agricultural products. The new industrial policy was instituted in 1986 and is intended to remedy the lack of dynamism and competitiveness in industry. The Government undertook to remove the State from this sector so as to promote private investment, which is essential to re-growth in the secondary sector.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“In the area of public finances, public expenditures representing 32 per cent of the gross national product in 1980-1981, amounted to only 21 per cent of the gross national product in 1985-1986. In 1987, despite the heavy burden of debt-servicing, which accounts for 40 per cent of budget income and almost 25 per cent of export earnings, the deficit is now only 1 per cent of the gross national product, and there has been a sharp drop in the commitments of the public authorities to the banking system and enterprises, Senegal has also adopted new agricultural and industrial policies in order to stimulate production and growth.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)
“Thus the Technical Committee meets on a monthly basis with the creditors in order to study development projects and programmes and together with our partners, hold economic and financial negotiations as needed. Thanks to these institutional and functional reforms, the assistance provided by organizations in the United Nations system is directed towards the adjustment programme, the priority programme and the United Nations Programme, thereby strengthening the co-ordinating capacity of the Government in the priority areas. These institutional and organic measures and initiatives are backed up by major economic reforms to respond to the priority programme of modalities and objectives of the United Nations Programme of Action.”
1987-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 42 (1987)