21 September 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. President of the General Assembly,
Dear colleagues,
Mr. Secretary-General,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Distinguished delegates,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. President, on behalf of Senegal, I wish you every success in presiding over the work of the General Assembly. I thank your predecessor and renew our support for the Secretary-General in the exercise of his duties in service of the Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since our last session, the state of the world has not improved. For millions of people, daily life remains marked by fear, violence, poverty, and inequalities. Many countries continue to suffer from the economic and social impact of the pandemic. Climate change has reached an unprecedented level. The tragedy of illegal immigration reminds us of the necessity to implement the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration; and to relentlessly pursue the fight against criminal networks that organize this illicit trafficking of human beings. A high-intensity war puts humanity at risk of a major catastrophe. In Africa, the resurgence of coups remains a matter of grave concern. Senegal reiterates its firm condemnation of any form of unconstitutional change of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The urgent issue of the moment is also terrorism, which continues to gain ground in Africa, without an appropriate reaction from the Security Council. On many occasions, notably during its mandate on the Council in 2016 and 2017, Senegal has highlighted the inefficiency of peacekeeping operations in Africa, whose mandates and equipment do not match the nature of the situations. There is no peace to keep where it must rather be restored by fighting armed groups that plunder and mourn innocent populations daily, occupy entire territories, and threaten states in their existence. The tumultuous adventures of two peace missions in Africa are enlightening on this subject. Consequently, Senegal once again calls on the Security Council to fully assume its responsibilities in the fight against terrorism in Africa, under the collective security mechanism provided for by the Charter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the same spirit, we call for de-escalation and the peaceful resolution of the war in Ukraine. We renew our support for the right of the Palestinian people to a viable state, coexisting peacefully with the State of Israel, each within secure and internationally recognized borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. President,
The theme of this session reminds us that the ideal at the basis of multilateralism is to create and promote trustful, supportive, and inclusive relations between countries. Senegal recognizes the appreciable services that the United Nations system and the Bretton Woods system have rendered to member countries for nearly eighty years. But we all know that the multilateral system, inherited from a bygone past, has become obsolete. As Secretary-General Antonio Guterres rightly warned, a system that continues to ignore the realities of its time and the needs of more than three-quarters of its member countries accentuates inequalities, generates conditions for its contestation, and creates the risk of its fragmentation. If we want to avoid this fracture, wisdom dictates that we reform global political, economic, and financial governance to be more representative of diversity, thus strengthening its legitimacy. We can achieve this if we muster the necessary political will. The G20 has shown this by admitting the African Union as a full member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I warmly thank the members of the Group for their unanimous support for this initiative, which Senegal championed during its presidency of the African Union. We hope that the example of inclusion set by the G20 will be followed by the Security Council and the Bretton Woods Institutions for a multilateralism more representative of the interests of all its members. Likewise, Senegal remains committed to the vision of peaceful international relations, based on the equal dignity of peoples, cultures, and civilizations. On October 31, 1961, one year after our country’s independence, President L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor expressed this vision here with these words: I quote: “a particular civilization… cannot impose itself alone without raising against it the majority of humanity.” End of quote. Sixty-two years later, our position remains the same: among free peoples, whose histories and socio-cultural realities are diverse, there can be no legitimacy for some to define and impose a single way of life on all, like a “civilizational ready-to-wear.” What suits some does not necessarily suit others. Together, we can practice our common values. But together, we must respect our differences. For Senegal, this is what should underpin a revitalized universalism, more open and more effective in addressing the challenges of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among these challenges is the climate emergency. As extreme phenomena multiply, Senegal remains committed to implementing the Paris Agreement on climate. Thus, thanks to our proactive energy mix policy, renewable energies now represent 31% of our installed electricity capacity. With the signing last June of our Partnership for a Just Energy Transition, we aim to increase this rate to 40% by 2030. I thank the partner countries that support us in mobilizing 2.5 billion euros over an initial period of 3 to 5 years, starting in 2023, to finance our projects under this Partnership. At the same time, we continue to develop low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure, including two mass transport systems: a Regional Express Train and a Bus Rapid Transit line, both electric. With the execution of national and continental projects, such as the Great Green Wall, our countries are clearly committed to climate action, to the extent of their means. However, for the most part, green projects in Africa are financed through debt, whereas they should be supported by the mobilization of the 100 billion dollars per year agreed upon since COP 15 in 2009 to finance climate action. Climate justice would require that a continent contributing less than 4% of emissions, and suffering the most from them, should not be condemned to go into debt to repair and prevent damage for which it is not responsible. Senegal supports a just and equitable energy transition, taking into account the specific needs of our countries, including universal access to electricity, from which more than 600 million Africans are still deprived. Therefore, if we want COP 28 to be the meeting place for kept promises, let us ensure that the announced funds are available and accessible through simplified and transparent procedures and modalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. President,
Dear friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On February 25, 2024, the Senegalese presidential election will be held. Like the previous ones, it will be democratic, free, and transparent. And on April 2, I will hand over power to my successor after 12 years at the helm of our country. I would like to thank the member countries of our Organization for their friendship and collaboration. Representing Senegal, forging and maintaining friendships in this concert of nations where our common efforts harmonize towards our common goals, has been a great honor for me. On behalf of the Senegalese people, I would like to express my gratitude to all my colleagues, asking them to welcome my successor with the same friendship and consideration. I will hold for everyone the same feelings of cordial friendship and esteem. I am confident that in the Senegalese tradition of openness and dialogue, my successor will be faithful to the trustful friendships that unite our country and all United Nations members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you, and I wish every success to the work of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
21 septembre 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e G\u00e9n\u00e9rale,
Chers coll\u00e8gues,
Monsieur le Secr\u00e9taire G\u00e9n\u00e9ral,
Mesdames, Messieurs,
Distingu\u00e9s d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, au nom du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal, je vous adresse tous mes v\u0153ux de succ\u00e8s \u00e0 la Pr\u00e9sidence des travaux de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale.
Je remercie votre pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur et renouvelle notre soutien au Secr\u00e9taire G\u00e9n\u00e9ral dans l\u2019exercice de ses charges au service de l\u2019Organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Depuis notre derni\u00e8re session, l\u2019\u00e9tat du monde ne s\u2019est pas am\u00e9lior\u00e9. Pour des millions de personnes, le quotidien reste marqu\u00e9 par la peur, la violence, la pauvret\u00e9 et les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s. Nombre pays continuent de subir l\u2019impact \u00e9conomique et social de la pand\u00e9mie. Le r\u00e9chauffement climatique a atteint un niveau sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent. La trag\u00e9die de l\u2019\u00e9migration clandestine nous rappelle la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de mettre en \u0153uvre le Pacte mondial pour des migrations s\u00fbres, ordonn\u00e9es et r\u00e9guli\u00e8res ; et de poursuivre sans rel\u00e2che la lutte contre les r\u00e9seaux criminels qui organisent ce trafic illicite d\u2019\u00eatres humains. Une guerre de haute intensit\u00e9 fait courir \u00e0 l\u2019humanit\u00e9 le risque d\u2019une catastrophe majeure. En Afrique, la r\u00e9surgence des coups d\u2019Etat reste un sujet de grave pr\u00e9occupation. Le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal r\u00e9it\u00e8re sa ferme condamnation de toute forme de changement anticonstitutionnel de gouvernement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u2019urgence de l\u2019heure, c\u2019est aussi le terrorisme qui continue de gagner du terrain en Afrique, sans r\u00e9action appropri\u00e9e du Conseil de S\u00e9curit\u00e9. A maintes reprises, notamment lors de son mandat au Conseil en 2016 et 2017, le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal a alert\u00e9 sur l\u2019inefficacit\u00e9 des op\u00e9rations de maintien de la paix en Afrique, dont les mandats et les \u00e9quipements ne r\u00e9pondent gu\u00e8re \u00e0 la nature des situations. Il n\u2019y a pas de paix \u00e0 maintenir l\u00e0 o\u00f9 il s\u2019agit plut\u00f4t de la restaurer, en combattant des groupes arm\u00e9s qui pillent et endeuillent au quotidien des populations innocentes, occupent des territoires entiers et menacent des Etats dans leur existence. Les p\u00e9rip\u00e9ties tumultueuses de deux missions de paix en Afrique sont \u00e9difiantes \u00e0 ce sujet. En cons\u00e9quence, le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal invite \u00e0 nouveau le Conseil de S\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e0 assumer pleinement ses responsabilit\u00e9s dans la lutte contre le terrorisme en Afrique, en vertu du m\u00e9canisme de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 collective pr\u00e9vu par la Charte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dans le m\u00eame esprit, nous appelons \u00e0 la d\u00e9sescalade et au r\u00e8glement pacifique de la guerre en Ukraine. Nous renouvelons notre soutien au droit du peuple palestinien \u00e0 un Etat viable, coexistant pacifiquement avec l\u2019Etat d\u2019Isra\u00ebl, chacun \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de fronti\u00e8res s\u00fbres et internationalement reconnues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident,
Le th\u00e8me de cette session nous rappelle que l\u2019id\u00e9al \u00e0 la base du multilat\u00e9ralisme, c\u2019est de cr\u00e9er et promouvoir entre les pays des relations confiantes, solidaires et inclusives. Le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal reconna\u00eet les services appr\u00e9ciables que le syst\u00e8me des Nations Unies et celui de Bretton Woods rendent aux pays membres depuis pr\u00e8s de quatre-vingts ans. Mais nous savons tous que le syst\u00e8me multilat\u00e9ral, h\u00e9ritage d\u2019un pass\u00e9 r\u00e9volu, est devenu obsol\u00e8te. Or, comme l\u2019a justement alert\u00e9 le Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Antonio Guterres, un syst\u00e8me qui continue d\u2019ignorer les r\u00e9alit\u00e9s de son temps et les besoins de plus de trois quarts de ses pays membres, accentue les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s, g\u00e9n\u00e8re les conditions de sa contestation, et provoque le risque de sa fragmentation. Si nous voulons \u00e9viter cette fracture, la sagesse commande de r\u00e9former la gouvernance politique, \u00e9conomique et financi\u00e8re mondiale, afin qu\u2019elle soit plus repr\u00e9sentative de la diversit\u00e9, et conforte ainsi sa l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9. Nous pouvons y arriver si nous y mettons la volont\u00e9 politique n\u00e9cessaire. Le G20 l\u2019a montr\u00e9 en admettant l\u2019Union Africaine comme membre de plein droit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Je remercie vivement les membres du Groupe pour leur soutien unanime \u00e0 cette initiative que le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal avait port\u00e9e lors de sa pr\u00e9sidence en exercice de l\u2019Union Africaine. Nous souhaitons que l\u2019exemple d\u2019inclusion ainsi donn\u00e9 par le G20 soit suivi par le Conseil de S\u00e9curit\u00e9 et les Institutions de Bretton Woods, pour un multilat\u00e9ralisme plus repr\u00e9sentatif des int\u00e9r\u00eats de tous ses membres. De m\u00eame, le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal reste attach\u00e9 \u00e0 la vision de relations internationales apais\u00e9es, fond\u00e9es sur l\u2019\u00e9gale dignit\u00e9 des peuples, des cultures et des civilisations. Le 31 octobre 1961, soit un an apr\u00e8s l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance de notre pays, le Pr\u00e9sident L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor exprimait ici cette vision par ces mots : je le cite : \u00ab une civilisation particuli\u00e8re\u2026ne saurait s\u2019imposer seule sans dresser contre elle la majeure partie de l\u2019humanit\u00e9 \u00bb. Fin de citation. Soixante-deux ans apr\u00e8s, notre position reste la m\u00eame : entre peuples libres, dont l\u2019histoire et les r\u00e9alit\u00e9s socioculturelles sont diverses, il ne peut y avoir de l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 pour certains de d\u00e9finir et imposer \u00e0 tous une seule fa\u00e7on de vivre, comme un \u00ab pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter civilisationnel \u00bb. Ce qui va pour les uns, ne va pas forc\u00e9ment pour les autres. Ensemble, nous pouvons pratiquer nos valeurs communes. Mais ensemble, nous devons respecter nos diff\u00e9rences. Voil\u00e0, pour le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal, ce qui doit fonder un universalisme revitalis\u00e9, plus ouvert et plus efficace dans la prise en charge des d\u00e9fis de notre temps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parmi ces d\u00e9fis, il y a l\u2019urgence climatique. Alors que les ph\u00e9nom\u00e8nes extr\u00eames se multiplient, le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal reste engag\u00e9 dans la mise en \u0153uvre de l\u2019Accord de Paris sur le climat. Ainsi, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 notre politique volontariste de mix \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique, les \u00e9nergies renouvelables repr\u00e9sentent aujourd\u2019hui 31% de nos capacit\u00e9s \u00e9lectriques install\u00e9es. Avec la signature en juin dernier de notre Partenariat pour une Transition \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique juste, nous avons l\u2019ambition de porter ce taux \u00e0 40% d\u2019ici 2030. Je remercie les pays partenaires qui nous accompagnent dans la mobilisation de 2,5 milliards d\u2019euros sur une p\u00e9riode initiale de 3 \u00e0 5 ans, \u00e0 partir de 2023, pour financer nos projets au titre de ce Partenariat. Nous poursuivons, en m\u00eame temps, la r\u00e9alisation d\u2019infrastructures sobres en carbone et r\u00e9silientes au changement climatique, dont deux syst\u00e8mes de transport de masse : un Train Express R\u00e9gional et une ligne de Bus Rapide Transit, tous deux \u00e9lectriques. Avec l\u2019ex\u00e9cution de projets nationaux et continentaux, \u00e0 l\u2019image de la Grande Muraille verte, nos pays sont clairement engag\u00e9s dans l\u2019action climatique, \u00e0 la hauteur de leurs moyens. Il reste que, pour l\u2019essentiel, les projets verts en Afrique sont financ\u00e9s par recours \u00e0 la dette, alors qu\u2019ils devraient \u00eatre soutenus par la mobilisation des 100 milliards de dollars par an convenus depuis la COP 15 en 2009 pour financer l\u2019action climatique. La justice climatique voudrait qu\u2019un continent qui contribue pour moins de 4% des \u00e9missions, et qui en souffre le plus, ne soit pas condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 s\u2019endetter pour r\u00e9parer et pr\u00e9venir des dommages dont il n\u2019est pas responsable. Le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal est pour une transition \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique juste et \u00e9quitable, tenant compte des besoins sp\u00e9cifiques de nos pays, y compris l\u2019acc\u00e8s universel \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 dont plus de 600 millions d\u2019Africains restent encore priv\u00e9s. Alors, si nous voulons que la COP 28 soit le rendez-vous des promesses tenues, faisons-en sorte que les financements annonc\u00e9s soient disponibles et accessibles selon des proc\u00e9dures et modalit\u00e9s simplifi\u00e9es et transparentes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident,
Chers amis,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Le 25 f\u00e9vrier 2024, se tiendra l\u2019\u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle s\u00e9n\u00e9galaise. Comme les pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes, elle sera d\u00e9mocratique, libre et transparente. Et le 2 avril, je passerai le pouvoir \u00e0 mon successeur apr\u00e8s 12 ans \u00e0 la t\u00eate de notre pays. Je voudrais remercier les pays membres de notre Organisation pour leur amiti\u00e9 et leur collaboration. Porter la voix du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal, nouer et entretenir des amiti\u00e9s dans ce concert des nations o\u00f9 s\u2019harmonisent nos efforts communs vers nos fins communes, aura \u00e9t\u00e9 un grand honneur pour moi. Au nom du peuple s\u00e9n\u00e9galais, je voudrais dire ma gratitude \u00e0 tous mes coll\u00e8gues, en les priant d\u2019accueillir mon successeur avec la m\u00eame amiti\u00e9 et la m\u00eame consid\u00e9ration. Je garderai pour tous les m\u00eames sentiments d\u2019amiti\u00e9 et d\u2019estime cordiales. Je suis confiant que dans la tradition s\u00e9n\u00e9galaise d\u2019ouverture et de dialogue, mon successeur sera fid\u00e8le aux relations d\u2019amiti\u00e9 confiante qui unissent notre pays et tous les membres des Nations Unies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Je vous remercie et souhaite plein succ\u00e8s aux travaux de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9rale.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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