Within the framework of South-South cooperation , China will further intensify its cooperation with Africa and provide genuine assistance to the best of its abilities so as to make its own contribution to peace and development in Africa . Mr. Aboul Gheit ( Egypt ) ( spoke in Arabic ) : Allow me at the outset to express our thanks and gratitude to the Secretary-General for his progress report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in his report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa , as well as his report on the final review and appraisal of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s ( UN-NADAF ) .