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| Jammeh, President of the Gambia, addresses the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly. |
Civil strife and
terrorism caused by the behaviour of some world powers is undermining human
security and even the viability of States, according to Yahya Jammeh, President
of The Gambia.
In his Friday
address to the 68th United Nations General Assembly in New York,
Jammeh said poverty, hunger and disease still decimated countless communities,
while the capacity to respond to man-made humanitarian crises remained
discriminatory and inadequate.
He challenged
the UN to find lasting solutions for peace and for the protection of human life.
He also called for informed and honest decisions, instead of “those driven by
the interest of a few self-appointed gods thereby causing irreparable damage to
the social fabric and economies of countries in conflict”.
Jammeh supported
the view that regional organisations in the Middle East should be closely
involved in negotiations for a solution to the Syrian conflict.
He warns that
attention to the two-year civil war in Syria had been diverted to the use of
chemical weapons. And encourage the UN Security Council and all powers behind
that conflict to not only prevent the use of chemical weapons but also bring the
war to an immediate end without preconditions.
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| Scenes from the 68th UN General Assembly, New York (Photo credit: United Nations Information Centres) |
The Gambian
leader noted that the Security Council had become a barrier to progress, peace
and security in some instances “where lopsided decisions can only be classified
as racist and misguided, and therefore unacceptable”.
Africa’s
legitimate quest for full representation on the Council needed to be urgently
addressed, he stressed.
Also, he urged
the United States to lift sanctions against Cuba, advocated for the UN
membership of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and supported the two-State
solution for Israel and Palestine.
Written by Modou S. Joof
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