Africa
Africa’s development and representation at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised africa’s development and representation
Congo · Day 6Constant Serge BoundaAnd we further express our profound gratitude to His Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, for his advocacy on behalf of Africa, his constant commitment to the Congo Basin, and his support to the peace mediation and dialogue efforts undertaken by our country.
We believe that Africa, a continent at the center of many UN challenges and global geopolitical issues, must remain at the heart of the future Secretary-General's agenda.
The next Secretary-General must embrace a truly universal vision of the United Nations, one that leaves no continent at the margins and which fully takes into account Africa's place, responsibilities, and legitimate interests.
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Benin · Day 6Marc Hermanne Gninadoou ArabaAfrica does not have a permanent seat.
Benin would like to reaffirm its unswerving support for the common African position set forth in the Izolwini Consensus and the Siet Declaration.
interstate solidarity, regional cooperation, the action of the African Union, the support of the United Nations.
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Algeria · Day 6Ahmed AttafIn this regard, Algeria reaffirms its steadfast support for the common African position.
We stress that correcting the historical injustice suffered by Africa requires permanent and fair African representation in the Security Council with full powers.
And if the Palestinian cause constitutes a daily test of the credibility of the international legal system, Africa is yet another test.
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South Sudan · Day 6Cecilia Adout Majok AdengSouth Sudan, therefore, continues to recognize the indispensable contribution of IGAD and our African Union brothers and sisters.
Africa, with 54 member states, remains without a permanent representation on the Council.
South Sudan, therefore, reaffirms its support for the common African position.
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Burkina Faso · Day 6Karamoko Jean Marie Traorécourage, resilience, commitment and mobilization, as they are showing each and every day, supporting the efforts of the heads of state of the AES confederation remain the center of gravity of our journey towards sovereignty and stability and development to all of the peoples of Africa in the world who share our struggle and who recognize themselves and the ideals of peace dignity and liberty that the confederation represents I reiterate my gratitude Mr. president confederal dynamic that has been engaged in and taken up by our states, far from being an act in isolation, brings forward the rejection of fatality and chronic wardship that we face, as well as the reject of selective criticism when we see human tragedies.
We adhere to the vision of a rehabilitated Africa, with our dignity recovered, choosing our own path.
It's also appropriate to welcome the recent adoption just three weeks ago on the 4th of September of resolution A/80/L.104 seeking to give Africa its right size on the map.
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Malawi · Day 6George Chapatula ChapondaWe call for an urgent, comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council to correct the historical injustice done to Africa.
Africa deserves Permanent representation with full veto privileges are articulated in the Eswatini consensus.
Justice Chizumira is a distinguished jurist with extensive judicial legal experience at the national, regional, and international levels, including her service as a judge of the African Court on Human and People's Rights.
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Eritrea · Day 6Osman Saleh MohammedFor the urgency of reversing the war and related acts of subversion unleashed in order to format chaos in our broader neighborhood, that is, the Nile Basin, the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Eden, and the Gulf States.
Against this overall backdrop, it must be recognized that the prime victims of the zero-sum global order, whose hallmarks are plunder, domination, and deceit, as the African peoples who continue to seize under subsistence economy.
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Mali · Day 6Abdoulaye DiopThis is an essential condition to restoring the trust of member states and people in the organization.
It requires strengthening representation within multilateral institutions, including multilateral financial institutions, and ensuring that Africa's voice is heard more clearly in decision-making bodies which affect the future, our world, the future of humankind.
Mali reaffirms its readiness to contribute to common efforts of the international community for a world which is more peaceful, more secure, more just, more prosperous, and finally, more united.
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