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Diagne

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1996-04-15
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2016-11-17
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  1. “They must pursue joint efforts to develop together education in pluralism and education in ecological awareness, the two values on which I focused my statement. Once again, I thank you, Mr. President, for your trust, and I also thank the Council members for their attention.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  2. “In conclusion, I direct attention to one word -"how", which is one of the questions I had asked. The answer to the "how" is single word - education. For human security there are immediate measures that must be taken to respond to violence. This point was underscored by the Assistant Secretary General of the OIC. But the true, lasting response is education. The preamble to the UNESCO Constitution reminds us that acts of violence begin in the minds of men, and therefore it is in the minds of men that barriers to extremism must be built. That is why it is vital that cooperation between the Organization ofIslamic Cooperation and the United Nations should be firmly founded on education.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  3. “To quickly evoke Islam's philosophic tradition on that point, I recall one element of the Islamic intellectual philosophical tradition. a philosophical novel of a twelfth century Andalusian author, Abou Bakr Ibnou Tufail, who wrote a philosophical novel, entitled "Hayy Ibn Yaqzan". It is a proper name. One of the many lessons that can be drawn from this novel is that for the individual, achieving full awareness of what he or she is, what he or she can become, and what is his or her duty towards the Creator - that is to reach an understanding of the responsibility to protect the environment and all beings with which we share our Earth. That is why I evoked the second value as being at least as important as that of pluralism in building cooperation that will truly promote human security.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  4. “The reason why I refer to the value of ecological awareness is because religions have a natural role to play in this task. It will be for the cooperation between the Organization ofIslamic Cooperation and the United Nations to show that this is the case for Islam. The reason for bringing this up in a conversation on, especially, the fight against extremism and violence is because it is necessary to draw attention to the nameless violence that is carried out against our common human security, and that is ecological violence. This is underscored because of the significance of that central notion in Islam, that the human is the Lieutenant of God on Earth. In a word, he is the Caliph. Now this lieutenancy, this Caliphate, confers on the human the responsibility to care for the integrity of creation and its ongoing renewal.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  5. “In addition to the reference in the texts, a rich intellectual and spiritual tradition supports what I have just said, in the sense of promoting pluralism. It is pressing that in the cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation, promotion of pluralism should be at the very heart of dialogue and exchanges. I also think that interreligious and intercultural dialogue organized in cooperation between the Organization for Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations must focus on - and here I move to the second value that I mentioned - the promotion of what I call ecological awareness. That is an urgent and pressing need in our times, when the concept of climate change has become tangibly clear, in spite of all the denials that we can unfortunately hear here and there.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  6. “The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations share a belief in the ongoing mission of advocating the unity of a human community in respect for diversity, which is one of its constituent features. Pluralism is evoked in the sacred text of Muslims when it says that, rather making of humankind a single and homogeneous community, God has confronted people with the tests of difference by enjoining people to respond with competition in good works, because, ultimately, says the text, only God knows what he wants to see in the nature of our variety. It seems to me that this states clearly that plurality, differences, are natural things, that differences are in the natural order of things and that it is right and proper that it is so.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  7. “The second great value on which this cooperation should be based is what I will call ecological awareness. It seems to me that fruitful cooperation between the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations must seek to promote pluralism. That requires all spiritual traditions, including Islam, to be aware of their capacity to be open to differences and to oppose exclusivism. Let there be several sects, let there be many interpretations. That is not a problem. The problem arises when one interpretation declares itself to be exclusive, when a sect declares itself to be the only way. That is where the promotion of pluralism is important.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  8. “Respect for universal human rights - and these human rights are universal because they can be translated into all languages, in all cultures and all spiritual and philosophical traditions - is certainly one of those values to be promoted in the framework of cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). I would like to further underscore two values that I think need to serve as the cornerstone of this will to live together. The first is pluralism. l stress that notion because it seems to me that pluralism is the authentic response to extremist violence, to all forms of violence based on tribalism and all murderous identities, which, unfortunately, we are seeing propagate and spread everywhere in our world.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  9. “The question raised by this issue, I believe, is twofold. Its first aspect is what needs to be promoted within and interfaith and intercultural dialogue. The second aspect, is how can that be done? On the first, it is not merely an abstract exercise of comparative religions, whatever the philosophical interest of such a dialogue might be. It will be agreed that such a dialogue must be focused on the universal affirmation of values that enable coexistence on our shared planet, which is now more united than ever before in the history of humankind.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  10. “I think that such language needs to be underscored, because in the sound and fury of the Violence being perpetrated today in the name of religion, we may lose sight of the fact that these religions have long and deep- rooted traditions that ultimately express humankind's aspiration to achieving its full potential. I believe that is a point we need to insist upon. In my capacity as a philosopher and an academic, I would therefore like to share some of my own thoughts, which are focused on the third question in the concept note before us (S/2016/965, annex), concerning the promotion of interfaith and intercultural dialogue. The other reason for this choose, beyond my interest in it as a philosopher, is that such promotion of interfaith and intercultural dialogue is and always has been a major policy direction of my country, Senegal.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  11. “At the outset, allow me to say what an immense honour it is for me to be able to address the Council in a meeting dedicated to a topic of such importance. For that honour, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having once again expressed your confidence in me. I would also like to clarify that my contribution to this meeting is from an academic perspective. I am a philosopher who has long been engaged in the study, among other things, of the intellectual and spiritual traditions of Islam. Islamic philosophy is one of my specialities. I say this by way of an apology in advance, as I may not speak the language of international institutions, but I hope Council members will forgive me for that. I would like to highlight the phrase "intellectual and spiritual traditions of Islam" that I used earlier.”

    2016-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7813 (2016) · source

  12. “My country, Senegal, and the entire international community are calling for this kind of genuine cooperation, which is the sole guarantee of, and is a prerequisite for, the successful continuation of the peace process, which is in turn the only guarantee of the security and the survival of the countries of the subregion. In conclusion, I should like to pay sincere tribute to all those in that part of the world who continue, despite the present situation, to believe in and to hope for the advent of peace. And I pay homage to the memmy of those who have died for this great cause.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  13. “We must now recreate these same conditions by calling upon Israel to demonstrate more restraint in order to put the process back in its true context: the establishment of a just and lasting peace, and, in the long term, the reconciliation of the hearts and minds of all the peoples of the Middle East. It is important, therefore, that the Government and the people of Israel once again undertake fully to cooperate with the people of Palestine and its representative: the Palestinian Authority and its leader, President Yasser Arafat.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  14. “We believe that the efforts and the sacrifices made by the people of Palestine in its quest for peace, freedom and justice have limits, even if we are firmly convinced that the path to peace is often long, difficult and full of obstacles, particularly in a region as troubled as the Middle East. My delegation agrees with the comments made here by many participants to the effect that a resumption of the peace process and its consolidation will depend to a large extent on a return to the climate of trust and hope created by the Oslo agreements and by the various international conferences on this subject.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  15. “Guided by this conviction, we wish to take the opportunity of this special meeting of the Security Council to make an urgent appeal to the authorities of Tel Aviv to ask them to return to the path of wisdom and to put an end to their current policies in the occupied territories, including Jerusalem/Al-Quds al-Sharif; to abide scrupulously by the relevant provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention, applicable to all territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem; to comply with the various resolutions of the Security Council, the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies; and, finally, to give a real chance of success to the ongoing peace process, to which the Israeli and the Palestinian parties have freely committed themselves with the emphatic blessing of the international community.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  16. “The complete closure of Palestinian territory, the interruption in the continuity of that territory, the forcible reoccupation of territories that had just been evacuated, the confiscation of Palestinian lands and the strengthening of the powers of Israeli settlers - not to mention other humiliating acts, such as the destruction of houses and the arbitrary arrest and detention of thousands of Palestinians: all these measures, which we condemn and want stopped, reveal the acute need for a balanced return to a logic of peace, without which no just and lasting solution can prevail in this ravaged land of Palestine, including Jerusalem/Al-Quds al-Sharif.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  17. “The recent decisions taken by the Government of Israel to impose a blockade of the territory of Palestine, both within the territory and between it and the outside world, thus restricting the free movement of persons and goods, amount to a real determination to strangle Palestine, including Jerusalem/Al-Quds al-Sharif, and its entire economy. As delegations that have preceded me in this discussion have already stressed, eloquently and in detail, it is difficult not to react to these various operations undertaken by Israel, which are intended solely to intimidate, punish and humiliate - to make an entire people pay for the actions, however reprehensible, of a tiny minority of extremists.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source

  18. “Mr. Diagne (Senegal) (interpretation from French): Allow me first to convey to you, Sir, my heartfelt congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. My congratulations likewise go to your eminent predecessor, Ambassador Legwaila, on the work he did during the month of March. I should also like to thank the members of the Council for having kindly authorized me to address this meeting, which once again shows how precarious the situation in the Middle East is, and also reflects the determination of the international community to reaffirm, forcefully and with conviction, its concern over the dangers that Israeli practices in the occupied territories pose for the peace process.”

    1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source