Speeches

The Aral Sea used to be the fourth largest inland body of water in the world. Now it ranks eighth. The irrigation needs used to be for three million hectares. Now the requirements are for eight million hectares. The water discharged into the Aral Sea from the Syr Darya and…

Lake Chad used to be the sixth largest lake in the world. Now it has shrunk to a mere one-tenth of its former size. 90% of its water comes from Chari River. The average quantity of water flowing in the Chari has declined by half. As a result of the…

The Nile Delta is the only agricultural land available for the Egyptian people to live on. It provides them, furthermore, with one third of the fish catch. It is the main source of food for the Egyptian people. However it faces grave dangers that must be dealt with in order…

Greetings to my dear brother Abdullah Wad and the members of his government present in this hall. I salute the Senegalese people, one by one, men and women, and the African nation, on this day, through sister Senegal Thank you Mr. President, dear brother for your kind words in opening…

  Sport is either private, like praying performed by a person alone in the privacy of a closed room, or public practiced collectively in fields and arenas, like praying collectively in places of worship. Public sport is what interests all people. They practice these sports and do not let others…

In the Name of God. Welcome to Libya. I salute this gathering of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU). Since the subject of our meeting is migration and development, this continental gathering is a testimony to the sense of responsibility of governments and other actors towards the…