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Macky Sall

lines on the record: 90
first: 2012-09-24
most recent: 2023-09-24
sittings or episodes: 8
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“We wish to depend mainly on the mobilization of our own resources through more effective public spending, greater and fairer remuneration for our raw materials, regulated taxation and a more robust struggle against illicit financial flows. In that connection, Senegal supports the plan to combat tax-base erosion and profit-shifting, which was initiated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Group of 20, with support from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. At the same time, I would call for the immediate implementation of the “Strengthening assistance for complex contract negotiations” initiative of the Group of Seven, especially in the area of mines and hydrocarbons. We wish to see fair and balanced contracts that protect both the interests of the investor and the rights of the host country.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Furthermore, I call for a different view of development challenges in Africa. Let us set aside the clichés of a bygone past. Let us not look at Africa as a land of humanitarian emergencies and a receptacle for official development assistance, but rather as a continent that is being built, a centre for development and progress. Africa is a continent of roads and highways, of bridges and railways, of dams and power plants, of industrial zones and modern agricultural farms. That is our ambition for our countries. We cannot achieve that ambition through assistance, only through large-scale urgent investments in sectors that generate growth and development.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“The Paris Agreement, which we signed in April, compels us to work together and calls for developing countries, especially in Africa, not to adopt the same polluting patterns as industrialized countries. To that end, the African Union last July launched a support fund to provide electricity to Africa. The fund is housed at the African Development Bank, and its aim is to mobilize financing for electricity projects as part of an energy mix. On behalf of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, the steering committee of which Senegal chairs, I commend the support of France and Germany for that initiative. I invite all bilateral and multilateral partners to contribute to the financing of the fund for providing energy to Africa, in line with the commitments made under the Paris Agreement to finance mitigation and adaptation measures.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“For African countries, the issue of energy remains a vital challenge, because there can be neither industrialization nor development without access to electricity at competitive costs. Africa cannot continue to enlighten other continents with its resources, while it itself remains in the dark. Africa cannot continue to serve as a reservoir for raw materials, processed elsewhere to the detriment of its own industrialization. Africa cannot remain the continent that is most affected by climate change, even though our contribution to carbon dioxide emissions related to electricity is at the lowest level, expected to reach only 3 per cent in 2040.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Let us finally rectify the historical injustice of a Security Council without a permanent seat for Africa, the only continent in that situation. I would recall in that connection that Africa accounts for nearly one third of United Nations Members, and that issues involving Africa form the bulk of the work of the Security Council. Senegal will continue its mandate in the Security Council. We remain wedded to the African position, as set forth in the Ezulwini Consensus. We remain open to dialogue with those whose opinions differ from ours. Last year, we adopted the Agenda for Sustainable Development for the period up until 2030, and we adopted the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. With the theme of this session, which calls for a universal effort to transform our world, we have a fresh opportunity to translate our commitments into action.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Therefore, since we are the United Nations, let us apply the same commitment and diligence to tackling all of the challenges we face, from Syria to Libya, from South Sudan to Somalia, from Northern Mali to countries plagued by the criminal activities of the Boko Haram terrorist group. Let us give the same priority to all threats to international peace and security. Let us finally work to arrive at a fair solution to the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one which upholds the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to a State living side by side with Israel in peace, each within secure and internationally recognized borders. Let us extend the same respect and humanity to all migrants, refugees and displaced persons, regardless of their origin.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“It is high time to cease the madness and Islamophobic slurs. Senegal is concerned every time measures target Muslim countries and communities, in violation of human rights and the rules that govern international relations. To lapse into senseless Islamophobia only compounds suffering with more suffering. It stokes antagonism and exacerbates the clash of civilizations, which plays into the hands of extremists of all stripes. Given the global terrorist threat affecting us all, good sense dictates the need to cooperate to vanquish evil with a global, united and concerted response. The values that bring us together and make each of our peoples feel like part of the United Nations family derive from the fact that all civilizations and cultures are equal in dignity.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Senegal — a land of cultural and religious diversity, where the Muslim 95 per cent of the population live in harmony with their Christian fellow countrymen and people of other traditional religions — firmly condemns and rejects violence in all of its forms and manifestations. By the same token, we reject facile and unjust assignments of blame. Neither Islam nor Muslims are to blame for what we are witnessing. We refuse to have the senseless acts of a faithless, lawless minority be used as a pretext for stigmatizing more than 1 billion Muslims and their religion. When imams are killed and mosques are attacked, including acred Islamic sites, it is Muslims whose faith and very core are being attacked. We must therefore not condemn Muslims for actions of which they themselves are the victims.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“The delegation of Senegal wishes to thank the former President of the General Assembly for his efforts during the previous session and wishes the current President every success in the carrying out of his mandate. We are gathered here once again to breathe new life into the founding principles of the United Nations, to promote peace and progress and to cultivate the spirit of tolerance and mutual understanding among peoples. Nevertheless, the world has never been so violent or dangerous as it is now, as innocent people, whose only mistake was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, are being killed without reason, leaving entire families plunged into grief and mourning. No cause, certainly no religious cause, can justify violence. The height of cowardice is attacks against priests and imams, including at religious sites.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Last year, the Security Council established a medal in memory of my compatriot, the late Captain Mbaye Diagne, to honour the men and women who, in serving peace, have demonstrated exceptional courage. As a member of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, Captain Diagne was killed on 31 May 1994 when a shell exploded as he was returning from one of his many rescue missions in the field. He was just 36 years old and was ready to go home. Senegal and his family are proud that his memory will be honoured in this manner. We have a wise saying in my country — man alone can save man — that heightens our sense of human solidarity and fraternity. May the spirit of Captain Mbaye Diagne inspire our joint march towards a better world of peace that is more just and welcoming for everyone.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“As we move forward on the path of peace, we must strive towards a comprehensive, fair and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict pursuant to the vision of two independent States living in peace within secure and internationally recognized borders. Throughout the world, peace is our common good. Along with democracy, human rights and cultural diversity, it is the corpus of values of the International Organization of La Francophonie, of which Senegal is currently holding the presidency. Our commitment to these ideals makes Senegal the seventh-largest troop contributor to peacekeeping operations among 128 countries. It has more than 3,600 troops deployed in eight missions.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“I reiterate the unfailing commitment of ECOWAS to the Peace Agreement in Mali, while respecting national unity and the territorial integrity of the country, and to a successful transition in Burkina Faso. I call upon the international community and the Security Council in particular, to remain attentive to Burkina Faso. We also support Nigeria and other countries in their fight against Boko Haram. We support stable institutions in Guinea-Bissau. We will also continue to work together to eradicate the remnants of the Ebola virus in affected countries. As Chair of the Oslo Group on foreign policy and global health, Senegal will hold consultations during this session to draw the lessons from this health crisis.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“It makes sense to combat more vigorously illicit financial flows that cost Africa between $30 billion and $60 billion per year — a loss that is more than official development assistance. If Africa were to receive fair payment for its resources and recover the equivalent of 17 per cent of those assets that have been fraudulently invested abroad, it could settle the entirety of its debt and finance its own development needs. As the current President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), I am pleased to say that our subregion has continued on the path of progress. Economic growth remains above the global average and our democracy, in spite of everything, is being consolidated. We are also determined to pursue our efforts for peace and stability.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“Senegal, which is a candidate this year for a non-permanent seat on the Council, reasserts its commitment to the African Common Position on Security Council reform, in line with the Ezulwini Consensus. It makes sense to reform global economic and financial governance through a more equitable representation of the new realities and greater flexibility with regard to access to credit, to put an end to the paradox of resources that are available but not accessible. In our mining industries, it makes sense to establish, along with transparency, codes and contracts that are fairer and more equitable, reward and protect the investor and preserve the interests of States and local populations.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“Through the wealth of their contributions and the diversity of their needs, Member States confer an unequalled degree of universality upon the United Nations system. The world in 2015 is therefore not the same as the world of 1945, and if we wish to keep the promises made in the Charter of the United Nations, we must abandon our old ways of 15-29425 17/34 A/70/PV.15 28/09/2015 doing business. Common sense requires that we change our vision of the present and of the future. That is what will ensure that our Organization will remain faithful to its vocation as the unique hub where our efforts can work together towards a common end. It makes sense to enlarge the Security Council to ensure that it reflects these new realities that we all represent here.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“Migrant workers are being discriminated against and excluded from public policies, even though they are contributing by the sweat of their brow to the prosperity of their host country. No country can be indifferent to the tragedy of war. As a welcoming and hospitable country, Senegal appeals for greater openness and generosity for migrants. These are individuals who have been forced to leave their countries in a quest to save their lives. Indeed, we face many urgent problems. Nonetheless, the promise of a better world is still within our reach, and we can achieve it if we accept that this is a plural world, that all cultures and civilizations are equal in dignity and that change is the main dynamic that shapes the course of history. Over the years, 142 countries have joined the 51 founding Members of the Organization.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“Seventy years on, peace, which is not only the absence of war, but also development and human security, remains threatened by extreme poverty, hunger, disease and the unprecedented degradation of the environment. It is Senegal’s hope that the Paris Climate Change Conference will be successful and adopt binding commitments to controlling global warming and mobilizing adequate financial resources and transfers of environmentally friendly technologies. We face other changes, because the world is still struggling to overcome the hideous mask of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and violent extremism. Human beings are being targeted, rejected and attacked due merely to the color of their skin, their beliefs or social background.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“Senegal, through me, warmly congratulates the President and wishes him every success in conducting the work of this session. We thank his Ugandan predecessor for his service to the Assembly. Seventy years after the creation of our Organization, we are walking in the footsteps of the founding fathers to renew our collective faith in the ideals of peace, security, development and respect for human rights. Those values inspire the principal mission of the Organization of preserving the world from the scourge of war, creating the conditions necessary to the maintenance of justice, promoting social progress and ensuring a better standard of living in greater freedom. Seventy years later, that mission has become more burdensome and our world increasingly complex.”
2015-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 70 (2015)
“On 24 September, Senegal joined other countries in launching the international campaign for the fight against sexual violence in armed conflict. Sexual violence in conflict is an act of unbearable cruelty for the victims and their families. It is a war crime and a serious violation of human dignity and universal conscience. In the name of our common humanity, it is time to act to prevent and stop such horrors. It is time to act so that victims will no longer feel alone in their suffering, which destroys the very foundations of society. It is time to act so that the perpetrators and their accomplices in those crimes are tracked down everywhere, prosecuted and punished in a manner commensurate with the atrocities of their crimes.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“In regard to the Middle East, Senegal expresses its deep concern over the untold suffering of the Syrian population. We urge the Syrian Government to exercise restraint and to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention in the control and destruction of its arsenal of chemical weapons. In its capacity as Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Senegal is following the resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. It is a courageous and responsible act because it translates the vision of two States, Israel and Palestine, living within secure and internationally recognized borders. We therefore call for a halt to acts likely to affect that perspective, notably the ongoing establishment of settlements on Palestinian land by the Israeli Government.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“In Guinea-Bissau, Senegal is supporting the Government’s efforts to successfully carry out the electoral process. We urge our partner countries and institutions to pursue their support for the definitive resolution of the Guinea-Bissau crisis through the country’s economic recovery, the crucial reform of the defence and security sector, and the fight against illicit drug trafficking. We hope that similar attention will be paid to the Central African Republic and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the legitimate aspiration to peace, stability and the preservation of territorial integrity. Throughout Africa, we are committed to upholding respect for the African Union principles against anti-constitutional changes of Government, regardless of the process used.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Senegal, which remains active within United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, welcomes the restoration of the territorial integrity and constitutional legality of Mali. We congratulate the people of Mali and their political leaders for that happy outcome. We strongly support the national reconciliation efforts being made by the Government in the spirit of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement. Today, while the armed groups have been defeated, the terrorist threat to the Sahel has not yet been definitively ended. It is only through ongoing, coordinated and sufficiently deterrent action that we will be able to address the emerging security challenges on the African continent. It is urgent to make operational the African rapid response force, proposed at the last African Union summit.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Africa has become an emerging centre of opportunities and investments for innovative and mutually beneficial partnerships. The world has changed; Africa has also changed. Let us therefore change our paradigms and visions; let us change the way we look at the continent. Change is also needed for the reform of the Security Council. The Council’s legitimacy is not derived only from its status as the guarantor of the collective security system; it is also and especially derived from the representativeness that justifies its action in the name of and on behalf of all Member States. This time last year, Mali was doubly affected by a coup and a terrorist attack reminiscent of a bygone age. They were a source of great concern for us.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“We must now push ahead and launch the mechanisms we have agreed on for improving transparency in international transactions, including the mining industry. This is the best way to support Africa’s efforts to mobilize domestic resources in order to finance its development. Similarly, Senegal calls for the reform of international economic and financial governance, notably the terms for accessing credit and obtaining financing for economic and social development projects. Let us not pave the road to the future with the instruments of the past. While plummeting official development assistance no longer meets Africa’s needs, the trend towards progress should lead us to explore other innovative financing mechanisms available to our countries. Africa is no longer a zone of turmoil and humanitarian emergencies.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“It is precisely this vision that the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) seeks to promote through its Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). As part of that programme, 51 priority projects have been identified and established throughout the continent. Overall, they will cost $68 billion between 2012 and 2020. As Chairperson of NEPAD’s Orientation Committee, I am pleased with the consensus that our partners have built around PIDA, namely, the Group of Twenty and the Group of Eight (G-8) and with Brazil, Russia, India and China. I also welcome the very strong signal which the G-8, meeting in June in Lough Erne, sent concerning the need for a concerted campaign against tax evasion and other fraudulent practices affecting our economies.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“We need to take concrete and resolute actions to transform our collective ambitions into reality. In the quest for sustainable development, a conference on climate change in 2015 in Paris will provides us with another opportunity to pull ourselves together, by reversing the negative effects of climate change on Earth, our common habitat. Addressing the challenges of sustainable development and building the future we want, in the spirit of the Rio+20 Conference, require a more sustained effort than the fight against poverty. We should invest more in education, as the Global Partnership for Education expects of us. We need to modernize agriculture, make electricity accessible to everybody and develop infrastructure to foster trade and investment. These are the pillars that underpin growth and prosperity.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“On behalf of the Senegalese delegation, I would like to wish you, Sir, all the best as President at the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly. By focusing its debate on the post-2015 development agenda, the General Assembly reminds us that there is not much time left before attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is finally evaluated. Despite progress after more than a decade of implementing the MDGs, the magnitude of the challenges is still overwhelming. In terms of access to food, housing, education and healthcare, the daily lives of nearly one billion people have barely improved. Women continue to die in childbirth. Inequalities persist within and between countries. The economic crisis continues and environmental degradation is worsening.”
2013-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 68 (2013)
“Entering into dialogue and learning to live together depends on recognizing and respecting our differences as a source of richness rather than as a springboard for confrontation. It requires rejecting the defamation of religions and violence in all its forms. It demands renouncing any thought of domination by one culture or one civilization over others. It is about promoting mutual understanding in order to overcome unfounded feelings of suspicion and fear that deform our common humanity. If humankind embraces the “civilization of the universal” advocated by my illustrious compatriot, the late President and poet Léopold Sédar Senghor, man will no longer be a wolf to man, as Hobbes said. Instead, as the saying in our country goes, man will become a remedy to man. We owe that to ourselves and to future generations.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“With respect to the reform of the Security Council, Senegal reaffirms its belief in the African position expressed in the Ezulwini Consensus. It is only justice and common sense that Africa, the continent with the largest number of countries at the United Nations, and whose problems take up most of the work of the Council, should be fairly represented in that body. Indeed, the democracy required of States should also be required of the Organization to which they all belong. To conclude, on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, currently chaired by Senegal, I hope to renew our common faith in dialogue and the peaceful coexistence of religions, cultures and civilizations.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We call for new relations with Africa, not acting upon Africa and Africans but acting with Africa and Africans, in a spirit of cooperation and fairness, taking into account all parties’ priorities and interests. That is the hope we declare here in the United Nations. It is also what we call for in the relations between the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, on the one hand, and the Group of Eight, Group of 20 and other partnership mechanisms, on the other hand. As for Senegal, beyond the demands of democracy and good governance, about which we agree, our national priorities must more than ever focus on agriculture, infrastructure and energy. That is the only path to the progress that will improve people’s day-to-day lives, the sine qua non of development and democratization.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“What kind of world do we want when millions of fathers and mothers working for the minimum wage wake up one morning unemployed because the company has gone bankrupt, while those responsible enjoy generous golden parachutes? In a time of so many old and new challenges, history has shown that paradigms have changed and that old solutions will definitely not work. We need to redefine our priorities, invest in the real economy and agree on a new and fairer world order. The African continent, having endured centuries of slavery and exploitation, cannot afford to accept yet another Trojan Horse and be duped into forfeiting its resources in a contest hobbling its progress and well-being.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“What kind of world do we want when, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, more than 900 million people suffer from undernourishment even though agriculture has the potential to feed more than twice the planet’s population? What kind of world do we want when, in our towns and villages, millions of human beings have no access to basic social services and millions of women die in childbirth? What kind of world do we want when millions of young people, after years of study, hard work and sacrifice to escape their misery, rather than realizing their dreams are rewarded with nothing but the nightmare and indignity of unemployment?”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“More than ever before, we live today in an era of paradoxes and unanswered questions. The greatest paradox of our time is that never before in human history has the world accumulated so much wealth even though never before in human history has the world counted so many poor. So what will the world of tomorrow be like? The question is indeed difficult, but to govern is to foresee and we cannot dodge it. What kind of world do we want when, 20 years after the Rio Earth Summit, it is a proven fact that continuous environmental degradation as a result of human activity threatens to jeopardize the conditions for life on Earth?”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“In the interest of all the peoples of the region and the world, it is high time that the Holy Land of the three revealed religions no longer be a land of fire, blood and tears. The light of wisdom emanating from its spiritual legacies requires it instead to be a land of peace and human fraternity. In Africa, as in the rest of the world, Senegal welcomes and supports the progress of democracy and fundamental freedoms. We are deeply concerned because some leaders deny the obvious fact that the destiny of humankind is to live free, and respond to the legitimate aspirations of their people with appalling violence against innocent civilians. The adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful means, the apt theme of this session, should not overshadow other emergencies and unmet needs.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Already ravaged by years of institutional and economic instability, Guinea-Bissau also faces the issue of foreign drug traffickers. The country deserves the attention and support of the international community. The same holds true for Palestine. In its capacity as Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Senegal restates its support for the creation of a viable and independent Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital and with a seat here among free nations. A viable and independent Palestine, living in peace with the State of Israel, each within secure and internationally recognized borders, is one of our longest-standing unfulfilled promises, even though its fulfilment is the only guarantee for a peaceful, fair and lasting settlement of the Middle East crisis.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“If it does not do so, it will have failed to live up to its responsibilities. Therefore we call once again on the Council to authorize all actions required to combat those terrorist groups and restore the country’s territorial integrity. In addition, I reiterate our firm rejection of any partition of Mali and our condemnation of the 22 March 2012 coup d’état. It is our conviction that in Africa as elsewhere, the place of the army is in the barracks, under the command of a civilian authority. As for Guinea-Bissau, we, like other Economic Community of West African States member States, appreciate the efforts made by the transitional Government towards national reconciliation, the re-establishment of the country’s institutions, the holding of credible elections and the definitive withdrawal of the army from the political arena.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“That is the case in northern Mali, where organized and heavily armed terrorist groups, living off trafficking of all kinds, are occupying, in complete illegality, two thirds of the country, sowing despair among the population and destroying symbols of the world’s cultural heritage. Northern Mali has become a lawless area, used as a safe haven for recruitment and training by the international terrorist nebula, which wrongly uses Islam as a pretext to disguise its criminal activities and seeks to attack foreign interests as well as extend its reach to other countries of the subregion. As the guarantor of the collective security of Member States under the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council has an obligation to act in order to bring an end to such a situation.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Born out of the ashes and ruins of war, the United Nations is the expression of the dream of and hope for a world free from the spectre of antagonism and of any Manichaean view whereby the good are on one side and the bad on the other. Sixty-seven years on, through mediation efforts and good offices, conciliation, arbitration and peace missions, the United Nations has made a considerable contribution to the pacification of international relations. Yet, although commendable progress has been achieved, threats to peace and security remain worrisome and have radically evolved.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We were supported by friendly countries and organizations in that great undertaking, which was aimed at the consolidation of our democratic tradition, especially through the improvement of our electoral institutions and the monitoring of the various stages of the process. I would like to express here my deep gratitude to all those who supported that process. In my capacity as Senegal’s newly elected President, let me reiterate our faith in our shared values and in the mandate of the United Nations to promote, through cooperation, the advent of a better and friendlier world for all. Building a better world entails, undoubtedly and above all, working together for peace to reign among and within our peoples, as suggested by the theme of this session: “Adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful means”.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“I should like to begin by extending my congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, and I wish him every success. I would also like to commend Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, for his positive contribution to the proceedings of the Assembly. I would like to reiterate to Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon the encouragement and support of Senegal in the conduct of his delicate mission at the head of our Organization. On 25 March 2012, in a two-round, keenly contested presidential election, the Senegalese people, inspired by its values of democracy and freedom, calmly and serenely voted massively, by more than 65 per cent, for change and the respect of republican norms.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)