UN General Assembly
2010

I would like first of all to pay tribute to you, Sir, for your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session, and wish you every success as you carry out your duties in that role. Cape Verde offers you its full support. I also appreciate the commitment of and the very fruitful work carried out by his predecessor, Ambassador Ali Abdussalam Treki, who was able to lead the Assembly during its sixty-fourth session with remarkable dynamism. We confirm our support for the Secretary- General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, as he seeks to make the United Nations system ever more effective in working for the legitimate aspirations of the peoples of the world to peace, dignity and progress. Our theme this year is reaffirming the central role of the United Nations in global governance. The points which I shall develop relate to that theme, which is a cross-cutting issue par excellence. First of all, we have to save the planet. To do that would seem self-evident — here everybody would