Mr. Maiga ( Mali ) ( spoke in French ) : First of all , I should like to associate myself with the statement made earlier by the representative of Egypt , speaking on behalf of the African Group . Africa attaches particular importance to the two items before the General Assembly , related to the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa and to the independent evaluation of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s ( UN-NADAF ) .