UN General Assembly
2014

It is with great pleasure, Mr. President, that we participate in the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly under your presidency. My delegation joins previous delegations in congratulating you on your election, which simultaneously pays tribute to our sister nation of Uganda and recognizes your personal and professional qualities as an experienced diplomat. We wish you success in carrying out your term and assure you, Sir, of the Cabo Verde delegation’s support and cooperation. To your predecessor, the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, His Excellency Ambassador John Ashe, we would like to and express our recognition of and appreciation for the dedicated, dynamic and able manner in which he guided the work of the previous session. We would also like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Government of Cabo Verde, to congratulate and pay tribute to Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his efforts in seeking peace and global solutions for the challenges that currently confront us and require shared political will in the pursuit of global solutions.