The Algerian Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the National Community Abroad and African Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, highlighted on Wednesday the deep-rooted, privileged, and exceptional relationship between Algeria and the United Nations, praising Algeria’s diplomatic efforts at both the continental and international levels in support of just causes.
Attaf delivered a speech during the ceremony, which he chaired, celebrating the National Day of Algerian Diplomacy and the 80th anniversary of the United Nations’ founding. The Minister of State opened his speech by conveying well wishes from the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on this occasion.
Regarding the reasons for the simultaneous celebration of these two events, “one of which with national significance, mirrors the pride that Algerian diplomacy brings to the country, and the second, of international significance, reflects the esteem the United Nations organization holds for humanity,” the Minister of State emphasized “the deep-rooted, privileged, and exceptional relationship between Algeria and the United Nations, which dates back to the latter’s recognition of the Algerian liberation cause and its historic inclusion as the first decolonization issue on the General Assembly’s agenda on September 30, 1955.
“The Algerian liberation cause was the very first decolonization issue to be directly included in the United Nations General Assembly’s agenda, a move that set a procedural and legal precedent at the time,” he stated.
Regarding the exceptional nature of the relationship between Algeria and the UN, Attaf emphasized that it stems from “the contribution made by the Algerian liberation cause to enshrining the principle of the right of peoples to self-determination within the UN, through the historic Resolution 1514 bearing the declaration granting independence to colonized countries and peoples, which was adopted on December 14th, 1960, just three days after Algeria’s major demonstrations on December 11th of the same year, marking the beginning of the end of one of the most brutal colonial regimes in history.”
