Mogens Lykketoft: UNGA President Says Migrants Are Entitled To Protection

Mogens Lykketoft (centre), President of 70th UN General Assembly; Left - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; and Right -Tegegnework Gettu, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe)

United Nations Still Essential But Needs Reform to Be ‘Fit for Purpose’ in Coming Decades

UN General Assembly - mPhoto taken from Asian News Channel

The United Nations, notwithstanding its inadequacies and failures, was an indispensable “family of nations” that had nurtured countries in search of equality, peace and prosperity, the General Assembly heard as it continued its annual debate.

UNGA 2015: Statement by The Gambia’s Vice President Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy

"It is imperative that as agents of change, the United Nations must not fail to account for and cement the implementation of critical resolutions designed to assist our member nations, and indeed, the entire universe for the improvement and sustainment of a better quality of life," Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy said. (Photo: Daily Observer)

Jammeh: Human civilization on brink of catastrophe

Jammeh addresses 68th UNGA in 2013 where he identified “homosexuality” as one of “three biggest threats to human existence.”(Photo Credit: UN/Amanda Voisard)

Jammeh calls terrorists ‘human vermin’

Jammeh had also called for a United Nations investigation into the "man-made sinking" of boats carrying African migrants to Europe. Here (photo) he addresses 68th UN General Assembly in 2013 (Photo Credit: UN/Amanda Voisard)

VP stress need for nonstop economic growth for LCDs

VP addresses sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly/PHOTO:United Nations.

Gambia’s Vice President is of the view that for developing countries to continue to benefit from the appreciable growth they are experiencing and in order to compromise their capacities to bring education and healthcare to their peoples, debt cancellation or forgiveness is still a major option. 

“Debt servicing still poses a major threat to our ability to attain sustainable growth,” Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy told the United Nations 67^th General Assembly in New York on September 26, 2012.

Wake up from slumber VP tells United Nations

VP addresses sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly/PHOTO:United Nations.

In an address in New York to the 67thsession of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2012, Gambia’s vice president said the paralysis displayed by the UN member states common security mechanism is astounding.

Statement!

VP addresses sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly/PHOTO:United Nations

Delivered by H.E. Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy Vice President of The Republic of The Gambia on the occasion of the 67th United Nations General Assembly, 26 September 2012 New York,USA