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“There is therefore a widespread View that the limited, hard-won progress cannot yet erase the general negative impression of a lack of cooperation attributed to Baghdad in certain areas. This prompts Senegal solemnly to appeal to Iraq to demonstrate further its full and unconditional cooperation. My delegation would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the UNMOVIC and IAEA inspectors for all their efforts and for the quality of the work that they have accomplished under very difficult and unpleasant conditions. Secondly, the inspectors should be authorized to continue with their mandate.”
2003-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717Resumption1 (2003) · source
“What have the Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told us? They have told us that, after many twists and turns and much procrastination since the adoption of resolution 1441 (2002), Baghdad had finally started to increase its active - even proactive - initiatives, which do not constitute the immediate cooperation demanded by the Council. They do, however, conclude that there is no proof or plausible evidence of the resumption by Iraq of a programme of weapons of mass destruction. Some have objected to that, stating that "absence of proof is not proof of absence of all weapons of mass destruction in Iraq".”
2003-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In taking part in this public debate, which the Security Council is holding to discuss once more the ongoing question of the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, my country would like, in keeping with our statement in the Council on 16 October 2002, to make four urgent, timely points, which are among the concerns of President Abdoulaye Wade and which our head of State outlined during the recent summit meetings of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kuala Lumpur and of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Doha. First, Iraq must be urged to abide by Council resolutions. In this respect, we refer to the imperative obligation for the leaders of Iraq scrupulously to implement, without engaging in any delaying tactics or procrastination, all of the resolutions adopted by the Security Council since 1991.”
2003-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Fall (Senegal) (spoke in French): For special, emotional reasons with which you are familiar, the delegation of Senegal is delighted to see you, Sir, the Permanent Representative of Guinea, a friendly fraternal country and neighbour of Senegal, following in the footsteps of our colleague from Germany and presiding over the destiny of the Security Council during this crucial month of March 2003 - a time that will be etched deeply in the collective conscience of the peoples of the United Nations.”
2003-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4717Resumption1 (2003) · source
“I thank the representative of Iraq for the kind words he addressed to me. There are no further speakers on my list. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I invite Council members to continue our discussion in informal consultations at 5 pm. The meeting rose at 2.20 p.m.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“The international community, which today seems to be in favour of a political solution, will not understand if Iraq should pursue the equivocation of the past. In the current state of crisis, Guinea, while in favour of continued inspections, believes that they cannot go on indefinitely. In the face of the challenge confronting us all, we remain more convinced than ever that the adoption of a unified approach is the only course that can give our action the necessary authority and legitimacy. We are among those who believe that if the Security Council manages this crisis effectively, its credibility and influence will be considerably strengthened. For its part, my delegation, during its presidency, will endeavour to seek elements of consensus to attain that objective. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“To that end, Baghdad must provide precise responses to important pending issues, in particular by giving convincing proof of the unilateral destruction of certain biological and chemical weapons; by further encouraging scientists and experts to submit to private interviews, inside and outside the country, in accordance with the modalities provided for under resolution 1441 (2002); by providing without delay an updated list of all those scientists involved in armaments programmes; and by expanding the scope of legislation on the production, import and export of weapons of mass destruction. We can never say this enough: this is in Iraq's own interests. It is especially in the interests of its people, who have suffered too much under the ongoing sanctions.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“These facts must be rapidly confirmed by further and more significant gestures so as definitively to re-establish confidence and bring us closer to our common share objective: the complete and effective disarmament of Iraq. Since the onset of the crisis, Guinea, which has opted for the peaceful disarmament of Iraq, has remained convinced that, while the opportunity for a political solution still exists, it can be seized only if the Iraqi authorities cooperate sincerely to guarantee an effective inspection regime.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“It is at this particularly critical moment in international life, defined by contradictory trends, that we are holding this public meeting on the thorny question of Iraq. The presence in this Chamber of almost all the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of States members of the Security Council bears witness to the importance of the subject we are debating today. A few months ago, with a view to finding a final solution to the Iraqi crisis, on which all international attention is now focused, our Council adopted resolution 1441 (2002) after arduous negotiations. It is true that significant progress has been made in the implementation of that resolution since then. My delegation welcomes that progress and expresses the hope that this trend will continue so as to consolidate this first active cooperation by Iraq.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the representative of Pakistan for his kind words addressed to me. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Guinea. I should like to thank Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei for their briefings and to express once again Guinea's confidence in and support for them. This statement comes at a special time. Humankind today finds itself at the crossroads in a period fraught with dangers and full of uncertainty, which threaten to call into question the basic common values that have always governed relations among States and that are the bedrock on which the United Nations is built. The world in which we live is characterized primarily by many hotbeds of tension, the combined effects of which seriously jeopardize international peace and security.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of Great Britain for his kind words. I now call on His Excellency Mr. Georges Chikoti, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Angola.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain for her kind words addressed to my country and to Africa, as well as for her encouragement. I now call on The Right Honourable Jack Straw, MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile for her kind words addressed to my country. I now call on Her Excellency Ms. Ana Palacio, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of China for the kind words he addressed to my country. I call on Her Excellency Ms. Soledad Alvear Valenzuela, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France for the kind words he addressed to my country and to Africa. I call next on His Excellency Mr. Tang Jiaxuan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of China.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for his kind words addressed to me. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Dominique Galouzeau de Villepin, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Secretary of State of the United States of America for the kind words that he addressed to me. I now call on His Excellency Mr. Igor S. Ivanov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs for his kind words addressed to my country. I now call on His Excellency Mr. Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State of the United States of America.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic for the kind words he addressed to me. I now call on His Excellency Luis Ernesto Derbez, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank the Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany for his kind words addressed to me. I call now on His Excellency Mr. Farouk Al- Shara', Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“Before giving the floor to Council members, I wish to recall the understanding we have reached, namely that all participants will limit their statements to no more than seven minutes, in order to enable the Council to work efficiently within its timetable. I now call on His Excellency Mr. Joschka Fischer, Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I thank Mr. Blix for his briefing. I now give the floor to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, and Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. I give the floor to Mr. Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“I welcome the presence at this meeting of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2003/232, which contains a note by the Secretary-General, transmitting the twelfth quarterly report of the Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. I should also like to call the attention of members of the Council to a letter dated 3 March 2003 from Malaysia addressed to the President of the Security Council, document S/2003/246. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by Mr.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“The President (Spoke in French): In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. Blix to take a seat at the Council table. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. It is so decided. I invite Mr. ElBaradei to take a seat at the Council table.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation between Iraq and Kuwait Note by the Secretary-General (S/2003/232) The President (spoke in French): I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Iraq, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Aldouri (Iraq) took a seat at the Council table.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of March, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Joschka Fischer, Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, for the leadership he provided in presiding over important deliberations of the Council during the preceding month. I should also like to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council to His Excellency Mr. Gunter Pleuger, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of February 2003. I am sure I speak for all members of the Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Pleuger for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the Council's business last month.”
2003-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4714 (2003) · source
“We hope that the outcome of this meeting will give fresh impetus to our common efforts, and, in this spirit, we support the draft statement to be adopted at the end of this meeting.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“Guinea is willing to contribute to the implementation of the recommendations of the Policy Working Group on the United Nations and Terrorism, which were submitted to the Secretary-General. Success depends on the solidarity of the entire international community in order to overcome divisive factors. This will require tolerance, a dialogue among civilizations, and accepting our differences for the sake of our common interests. We must also settle regional conflicts, which are ravaging so many countries, and seek just solutions to development problems. We are convinced that the road ahead is long and full of obstacles, but we must nonetheless continue to move towards our common goal to eradicate terrorism.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“My country, which has always been involved in efforts by the international community to combat terrorism, participated, inter alia, in the Special Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur from 1 to 3 April last. We also attended the High-Level Intergovernmental Meeting of the African Union on Terrorism, held in Algiers from 11 to 14 September 2002. My delegation believes that we can gauge the success of our efforts to combat terrorism by looking at how many lives have been saved and how many terrorist acts thwarted. Unfortunately, the Bali and Mombasa attacks and the Moscow hostage-taking resulted in the loss of human lives, making it clear that we need to strengthen cooperation further to combat terrorism.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“Therefore, Guinea has added to its penal code provisions aimed at averting and suppressing all terrorist threats or acts. Furthermore, our national courts have jurisdiction over terrorist acts or threats recognized in the international conventions to which Guinea is a party. This derives from article 79 of our Constitution, whereby international law has primacy over our national legislation. Our Government has taken steps to accede to all international conventions on terrorism to which we are not yet a party. The competent authorities have already undertaken proceedings to that end.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“The Committee has certainly been able to highlight the relationship between terrorism and other forms of organized crime. However, the Committee's work is far from over, for combating terrorism is a long-term endeavour which requires the strengthening of national legislations and the ratification by States of the various international instruments. My delegation would restate its strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, whatever the cause the perpetrators claim to be defending. Political disputes and differences should not overshadow our commitment to combat this evil, which affects the international community as a whole. Guinea believes that the fact that a country has not been the victim of such acts cannot be a reason for its failing to join in the struggle to eliminate terrorism.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“We welcome the CTC's proposal to convene, in the near future, a special meeting with representatives of international, regional and subregional organizations and institutions, which will without a doubt help to strengthen the capacity of States to combat terrorism through concerted and coordinated action at all levels. My delegation would encourage the Committee to continue its dialogue with all States on the specific steps to be taken to implement the provisions of resolution 1373 (2001). My delegation notes with satisfaction the fact that several Member States have undertaken to sign and ratify the 12 terrorism conventions. My delegation advocates the swift adoption of the comprehensive convention against terrorism, and we support work on a draft convention to combat acts of nuclear terrorism.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“The adoption and implementation of various resolutions by the General Assembly and the Security Council, as well as the actions taken by Member States, are part of this approach. We commend the work done by the CTC. The progress it has made is evidence not only of its resolve to discharge its responsibilities effectively and quickly, but also of the political will of our Member States to shoulder their responsibilities. I wish also to pay a well-deserved tribute to Sir Jeremy Greenstock for his ongoing dedication, his skills and the outstanding manner in which he has guided the work of the Committee.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“I should like also, Sir, to stress the particularly active part played by your country in the process of the drafting and adoption of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. That is why I am pleased to commend your delegation for France's ongoing outstanding efforts effectively to combat terrorism, which poses a clear threat to international peace and security. I should like also to thank the Secretary-General for his introductory statement, and the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) for his important statement. Since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the international community has taken many steps - at the subregional, regional and international levels - to combat the scourge of terrorism.”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“Mr. Fall (Guinea) (spoke in French): Allow me at the outset to say how pleased my delegation is to see you, Sir, presiding over this meeting, and also to welcome the five new member countries of the Security Council. The Security Council, through this meeting, is restating its determination to give high priority to the international community's fight against terrorism. Let us recall that it was during the French presidency of the Council, in September 2001, that the tragic terrorist attacks were perpetrated against the United States of America. Under the active leadership of France, the Council, at that time, adopted important resolutions, including resolution 1373 (2001).”
2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source
“We are aware that the United Nations was created on the ashes of the League of Nations, which was totally indifferent, a partisan of a wait-and-see policy dealing with the fate of small countries. Coming on the heels of the victory of the Allies in the Second World War. The basic mission of the United Nations, far from being war, remains a mission of peace - peace among States, peace among peoples, peace among nations. Let us refuse to be inadequate to the task, and let us always remain faithful to this cardinal objective, which remains the very raison d'etre of our Organization that, first and foremost, wishes to spare future generations from the scourge of war.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In this regard, Senegal particularly appreciates the recent clarifications by the United States and the United Kingdom on the real objective of Iraq's disarmament, while we support the position of the Europeans, especially France, whose efforts and initiatives towards a solution to the crisis within the United Nations deserve our recognition. In the search for a peaceful solution to the dispute between Iraq and the United Nations, Senegal supports Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his personal efforts towards a resolution based on the strict respect of the principles inscribed in the Charter of San Francisco and on the relevant Security Council resolutions.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Together, let us be optimistic but reasonable about the future, with the firm hope that multilateralism, the founding principle of our Organization, will triumph, in the enlightened interest of us all. At a time when many of us are nervously preparing loading weapons, when peoples bled white have exhausted all their tears, we must together continue to find unexplored ways for a diplomatic solution based on the strength of international law and derived from the relevance of Security Council resolutions.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In order that the exception does not become the rule and that the norms do not dissolve into a broad regime of exceptions, which many States would request, the same energy the Council is expending on the question of Iraq can and must serve as a precedent in the management of other, equally urgent issues. No Member State can claim to be above the United Nations or wilfully exempt itself from the field of international law, Council resolutions are binding for all, including the States that would defy the United Nations for 35 years, the States that would possess weapons of mass destruction and the States that would occupy militarily foreign territories in violation of United Nations resolutions.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“That is why Senegal believes that any coercive international action must absolutely be carried out within the framework of the United Nations by means of the Security Council, which alone can give such action indisputable international legitimacy. Therefore, it is most important for our Council to fully evaluate its historic responsibilities under the Charter of San Francisco, to which all of us without exception have adhered freely and without reservation. There is great risk that the Council and the United Nations along with it will lose credibility if they do not fulfil their statutory obligations on the question of Iraq, as well as on the other questions on its agenda.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The immense resources which might be swallowed up in a war, the scenario for which would be known in advance, could be used to reconstruct that country of a glorious past, to alleviate the suffering of its people and to construct a society that is more democratic, peaceful and in harmony with its neighbours and the rest of the international community. My country well understands the security, humanitarian, existential and humanitarian concerns of certain Member States. Those concerns are completely legitimate, especially in the light of the very real tragic events of 11 September 2001 and the persistence of the terrorist menace throughout the world. But only multilateral action, planned collectively in a concerted manner, can really overcome the many threats compromising the future of humanity.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In that spirit, Senegal strongly urges Iraq to comply scrupulously with the terms of the agreement concluded by facilitating immediate, unconditional and unlimited access to the suspected sites, including those considered sensitive. For everything must be done to prevent - rather than simply postpone - a military confrontation of incalculable consequences for the planet and especially for that crucial region of the world that has already suffered from so many conflicts and tragedies, most of whose victims have always been the unarmed civilian population, especially women and children. Iraq and its leaders must understand that they have nothing to gain from a military confrontation. On the contrary, they have everything to lose, as do we, the peoples of the United Nations.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“That doubt exists despite repeated assurances by Iraq, despite the multiple organized on-site visits in the last few months, which were highly publicized in the media. That said and noted, in accepting the return of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and in committing before all the world to offer all the required guarantees on security, movement and access to all agreed sites without conditions or hindrance, Baghdad has taken a significant step in the right direction. Therefore, my delegation welcomes the agreement concluded between the United Nations and Iraq in Vienna some days ago on the details ofthe return of the inspectors.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Accordingly, Baghdad must absolutely submit to the requirements of Council resolution 687 (1991) on the elimination of weapons of mass destruction that might be in its possession and to honour scrupulously the commitments it made with respect to the non-acquisition of arms prohibited by the Council. Moreover, the expulsion of the inspectors of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) in 1998 could only give rise to doubts, suspicions and exasperation on the part of the international community as to Iraq's real intention to comply with its international disarmament obligations. The community of nations therefore very legitimately continues to have doubts about Iraq concerning its possible possession of weapons of mass destruction, including biological, chemical, bacteriological, radiological or even nuclear weapons.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Eleven years after the adoption of Security Council resolution 687 (1991), the issue of Iraq is still very much on the Council's table. If the drastic sanctions imposed by the Council have still not been lifted, and the Iraqi people, unfortunately, continue to be the main victim, we must acknowledge that exclusive responsibility for this is due to the Government of Iraq's non-compliance with Council resolutions. Iraq absolutely must respond concretely to the requests of Kuwait, including those concerning the release of the Kuwaiti detainees and the return of all property and archives of the State of Kuwait, in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The basic objective of that operation was to put an end to the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait and to enable that friendly country to regain its full sovereignty over its territory. The coalition had been expressly set up on the basis and in implementation of a Security Council resolution. Ninety-three Senegalese soldiers lost their lives in a tragic airplane crash while on a pilgrimage several days before their triumphant return home. Their deaths are still mourned by their families and the Senegalese people, with the solidarity of all the members ofthe Desert Shield coalition. But it was our fight. It was the fight of the international community against aggression, a fight for the respect of international law and of the Charter. It was the fight of our common Organization, of which Iraq and Kuwait continue to be an integral part.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In participating in this public debate of the Security Council on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, Senegal would like simply to emphasize two major concerns. The first is the overriding obligation of Iraq and its leaders to comply, without conditions or conditionalities, with all the resolutions adopted by the Security Council since 1991. The second is the urgent necessity for concerted and completely legitimate international action, through the collective action of the Security Council, should Baghdad fail to comply with or deliberately refuse to abide by the Council's injunctions. Perhaps there is no need to remind the Council that my country, Senegal, is one of the few Member States of sub-Saharan Africa to have taken part in the Desert Shield coalition in 1991.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Fall (Senegal) (spoke in French): A few days ago, Mr. President, I had the pleasant duty of conveying to you my congratulations, and I would like to do so once again. What has come to be called the question of Iraq is now one of the most urgent items of international politics on the agenda of chancelleries throughout the world. Excessive media coverage of the debate on Iraq may be one of the explanations for that fact, but some observers would not hesitate to evaluate the growing importance of the Iraqi issue in the light of the tragic terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the re-emergence of violence in the Middle East. I would like to stress that, for its part, Senegal does not want to become embroiled in a controversial debate about the real, apparent or supposed interconnection of these facts.”
2002-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4625Resumption1 (2002) · source
“While conveying to you all my compliments and my sincere wishes for success, I should like to express my full conviction that you will honourably carry out the sacred, fruitful and lofty duty entrusted to your outstanding country at this very complex and sensitive moment in the history of humanity - the nexus between what has gone before and what is yet to come.”
2002-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4623Resumption1 (2002) · source