Niamey, September 28 (MAE-ANP)-The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad, BAKARY Yaou Sangaré led this year, the Niger delegation to the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the Nations United in New York (USA), reports the communications service of the said ministry.
He is accompanied in this trip by the Minister of Tourism, Madame Soufiane Aghaichata Guichene, the Director of the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr. Ousmane Samba Mamadou and several senior executives from his ministerial department.
On the sidelines of the work of the high-level session of the General Assembly, the delegation of Niger participated in several side events, notably the meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), coupled with the meeting emergency meeting of the Arab League which aims to debate the military escalation of the Israeli state in Palestine and Lebanon.
In his speech at this meeting, Minister BAKARY Yaou Sangaré reaffirmed Niger’s full commitment to the Al Quds Al Sharif Committee and its constant support for the Palestinian cause.
Minister Sangaré once again formulated our country’s request to rewrite resolution No. 59-50/POL, which aims to provide the OIC Regional Mission in Niger for the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin with adequate resources. for its operationalization.
Finally, note that the Nigerien delegation also participated in several meetings including that of the Foreign Ministers of the G77 + China where questions of financing development and strengthening solidarity between the countries of the South were discussed; at the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), which examined the progress of the Vienna Program of Action and took stock of the preparations for the holding in November 2024 of the third PDSL Conference in Gaboronne (Bostwana); at the meeting of Ministers of Affairs of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) during which Ministers reviewed the implementation of the Doha Action Plan adopted on March 17, 2022.
Com/MAÉ/ANP 0134 September 2024
