UN General Assembly
2009

I should like at the outset, on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania as well as on my own account, to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session and to wish you every possible success in your serious and noble mission. I have a great deal of confidence that your efforts will bear fruit and enable the Organization to continue to achieve the success attained under the presidency of your predecessor, Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann. I should also like to convey my gratitude and appreciation to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the efforts he has devoted to consolidating peace and security throughout the world, to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and to promoting the fight against climate change. This session is being held at a time when my country is extricating itself from a political and institutional crisis that lasted for a few months and was resolved, with the help of the efforts of the International Contact Group on Mauritania, through a consensus reached by the political parties of