Gabon

(Chaired by Mme Paulette Missambo, Minister of Public Health and Population of the Gabonese Republic)

Letter dated 15 February 1994 (S 1994 180) from the representative of Gabon addressed to the Secretary General, transmitting the text of a communiqué issued on 4 February 1994 by the Gabonese Government.

Gabon has three karst areas where there are hundreds of caves located in the dolomite and limestone rocks.

Approximately 12 of the population of Gabon practice Islam, of which 80 to 90 percent are foreigners.

Introducing the item, the secretariat noted that no expert from Gabon had yet been designated for membership on the Committee.

The Government of Gabon recognized women's central role in the development of peace.

Despite this, a French uranium company based in Gabon may have sold Israel uranium in 1965.

(d) The delegation of Gabon should prepare a draft on the organization of a temporary general staff committee for crisis management in the subregion.

In 1910 Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa, a federation that survived until 1959.

In Gabon, women currently participated in the Government, Parliament, political parties and public and private enterprises.

The draft decision guidance document is distributed as a meeting document (in the six official languages of the United Nations) for discussion at a Chemical Review Committee meeting for finalization and approval.

The delegation of Gabon believed firmly that women could constitute a powerful vector of economic and social development, if they were sufficiently represented at the national and international levels.

Located on the equator, Gabon is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.

I would like to place on record our appreciation to the Government of the Republic of Gabon for its strong collaboration with the Tribunal in the apprehension and transfer of this fugitive.

It has been consolidated in 12 pilot countries to include the production of national integrated environmental assessment reports for Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia.

Examples of such initiatives had been the creation of a Ministry for the Promotion of Women, the adoption of laws recognizing women's right to participate in public life on an equal footing with men and the implementation of various projects intended to facilitate their access to microcredit.

3. Mr. AMAZIANE (Morocco), introducing draft resolution A C.2 49 L.35, said that Gabon should have been included among the original list of sponsors, and that Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi and Mongolia had become sponsors.

I should also like to express to his predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Jean Ping, Foreign Minister of the brotherly State of Gabon, our sincere thanks and profound appreciation for his efforts as President of the General Assembly during the fifty ninth session and for the patience and dedication that he showed in his excellent conduct of the preparatory work for the High level Plenary Meeting, thereby ensuring the success of the summit, which marked the sixtieth anniversary of our Organization.

Viewing Totality was visible from the northern Atlantic Ocean (east of Florida) to Africa (Gabon (landfall), R. Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia), with maximum of 1 minute and 39 seconds visible from the Atlantic Ocean south of Ivory Coast and Ghana.