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President of the Republic of Cameroon
# H.E.M. PAUL BIYA
SPEECHES, DECLARATIONS AND MESSAGES.
Volume 13/2023
Speeches, Declarations, and Messages Volume 13 2023
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President of the Republic of Cameroun
H.E.M. PAUL BIYA
# SPEECHS, DECLARATIONS, AND MESSAGES
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Volume 13 / 2023
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Speeches, Declarations, and Messages Volume 13 2023
# Summary
Speech by the Head of State in response to New Year Wishes from the Diplomatic Corps Yaounde, 6th January 2023 5
Head of State's Message 57th Edition of the Youth Day Yaounde, 10th February 2023 11
Speech by the Head of State 14th Edition of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) day Yaounde 16th March 2023 19
Speech by the Head of State 15th Ordinary Session of the Conference of CEMAC Heads of State (Opening Speech) Yaounde, 17th March 2023 25
Speech by the Head of State 15th Ordinary Session of the CEMAC Conference of Heads of State, (Closing Speech) Yaounde, 17th March 2023 31
Statement by President Paul BIYA first plenary Session of the Work 2nd Russia-Rfrica Summit Saint Petersburg, 28th July 2023 37
Statement by H.E. Paul BIYA, 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly New York, from 19th to 26th September 2023 42
Head of State's End-of-Year 2023 and New Year 2024 Message to the Nation Yaoundé 31th décembre 2023 63
BIOGRAHY OF THE PRESIDENT ON THE REPUBLIC 67
INDEX 74
Speeches, Declarations, and Messages Volume 13/2023
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# SPEECH BY THE HEAD OF STATE
IN RESPONSE TO NEW YEAR WISHES FROM THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS
Yaounde, 6 January 2023
Speeches, Declarations, and Messages Volume 13 2023
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Speeches, Declarations, and Messages Volume 13/2023
The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps,
First and foremost, I would like to thank you for your kind words addressed to me and to my country.
I am also pleased to see you again, two years after our last meeting, due, as you are aware, to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
The year 2022, which has just ended, was marked mainly by the lingering adverse effects of this pandemic and the outbreak of an armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
These two major events continue to have a far-reaching impact on the stability of our economies, particularly those of developing countries, and tend to exacerbate global trade dysfunctions.
I would like to reiterate here that Cameroon remains committed to the peaceful resolution of conflicts through dialogue and negotiation.
Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Over the past year, the world continued to face other equally disquieting challenges, notably terrorism and violent extremism, migration issues and climate change, to name but a few.
Hence, as part of the quest for solutions to some of these challenges confronting African countries, I appealed at the recently held United States-Africa Leaders Summit, for the establishment of more coherent financing mechanisms tailored to the needs of the African continent.