UN General Assembly
2012

congratulations to the African Union Military Observer Mission in Somalia. Guinea also supports the ongoing negotiations between the Governments of the Sudan and South Sudan regarding post-independence issues, in accordance with the African Union road map of 24 April 2011, as approved by the Security Council in its resolution 2046 (2012). We welcome the agreement reached by the parties on sharing petroleum revenue. In the Middle East, the restoration of lasting peace in the region must of necessity depend on the creation of an independent Palestinian State, living in peace and security side by side with the State of Israel. The situation in Syria increasingly cries out to the international community. We urge the concerned parties to spare no efforts to halt the violence, protect the population and restore peace. My Government reaffirms its support for the declaration on Syria of the recent extraordinary session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The adoption on 21 June of the outcome document (resolution 66/288, annex) of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) offered the international community an opportunity