UN General Assembly
2006

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Burkina Faso strongly hopes that negotiations will continue and intensify at all levels in order to achieve a global and lasting peace in that region, a peace that will restore the sovereignty of Lebanon, provide freedom for the Palestinian people and ensure Israel’s security. The question of free and fair international trade remains on the table. The collapse of the Doha Development Round is proof of this, and it has shown us the need to search for the best way to ensure that the rules of the multilateral trading system set by the World Trade Organization are strictly observed. For Burkina Faso, which has thrown its full weight behind the interests of African cotton producers, this requirement is more imperative than ever. Sustainable development, the reduction of poverty and the elimination of hunger and precariousness in the world still constitute challenges that must be faced. Over and above what has been done to reduce debt and find innovative financing mechanisms, which we welcome, the international community must work