His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea in the Sulabh Campus

His Excellency

Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea in the Sulabh Campus on January 19, 2016

...I belong to a developing country and today I know the reason why the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has taken the decision to build toilets all over the country. The Sulabh Technology has to be exported...

Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua (born 1956) is a Guinean diplomat who served in the government of Guinea as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010. Previously he was an Ambassador to various countries. Currently he serves as Guinea’s Ambassador to India.

Diplomatic career Cécé Loua was born in Nzérékoré. From 1 December 1986 to 26 December 1994, he was head of the Legal Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was also a Guinean delegate at meetings of various international organizations during the 1980s and 1990s, including the 48th session of the United Nations General Assembly from September to December 1993 and the 50th session of the United Nations General Assembly from September to December 1995. He was Ambassador and National Director of Legal and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 27 December 1994 to 12 April 1996 and Ambassador to Yugoslavia, with additional accreditation for Bulgaria and Macedonia, from 12 April 1996 to June 1998. From 1995 to 1996, he was a member of the National Coordination Committee of Liberian and Sierra Leonean Refugees in Guinea.

Later, Cécé Loua served as Guinea’s Ambassador to South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar until 31 January 2007, when he became Ambassador to Germany. After nearly two years in that post, he was appointed to the Guinean government as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Guineans Abroad on 14 January 2009, following the December 2008 military coup d’état.

After junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara was shot in the head and wounded on 3 December 2009, Cécé Loua said that Camara had undergone surgery and that his condition was good. He visited Camara at a hospital in Morocco and told the press on 7 December 2009 that Camara was able to recognize people, although he still could not speak. Later on the same day, Cécé Loua said that he had spoken to Camara and that Camara had responded.

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Speech of His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua, Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea, during his visit to the Sulabh Campus on January 19, 2016 “Members and the staff of the Sulabh family, students, learners, ladies and gentlemen, I want to greet you all and, as you know, we all humankinds, we belong to different religions, so we are the sons of the God, so in the name of the God, I want to greet you with a big smile ‘Namaste’.

Dr. Pathak, I want to thank you very much for inventing this technology; by doing so, as I read somewhere, you have prayed a lot to God because you have helped some people in distress.

I did notice by inventing the technology you have restored the dignity of the poor people, especially the women. May God bless you in that endeavour.

To the staff of the school I am very pleased to thank you. I am very pleased to have prayed in my heart for you. To the learners, I think that, what you are learning here has already helped to improve your life, to improve the life of the humankind.

I belong to a developing country and today I know the reason why the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has taken the decision to build toilets all over the country.

That technology has to be exported.

Some colleagues of mine, some Ambassadors, diplomats have already visited that school and we are trying to duplicate in our country.

So’am very pleased to say that this is my first visit. As long as I am in Delhi, in India, in the capacity of Ambassador I will be one of your Advocates…

Dr. Pathak, thank you very much, thanks to all of you and Namaste”.

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His Excellency

Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, Founder, Sulabh Sanitation Movement welcoming His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua, Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea.

A joyous moment with the children of the Sulabh Public School.

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Liberated manual scavengers from Alwar, Rajasthan, welcoming His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua, by applying the traditional vermilion ‘Tilak’ on his forehead.

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak presenting the two-pit model momento to His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua.

His Excellency Ambassador keenly watching the process of making sanitary napkins.

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The Curator of the Sulabh International Museum of Toilets explaining the exhibits to His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua.

A group photograph with the liberated scavenger women from Alwar.

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His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua using the Sulabh Water ATM facility installed at the entrance of Sulabh campus.

His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua addressing the gathering at the Sulabh Auditorium.

His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua, interacting with the people of Madhusudankati village from West Bengal, who were suffering from the effects of arsenic in their drinking water, but are now recovering after using the Sulabh purified water.

A Sulabh official showing the treated water to His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua which has been taken out from the Sulabh Effluent Treatment Plant.

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His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua lighting the Mantle Lamp which uses biogas from the Sulabh Toilet Complex, as the source of energy.

His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Cécé Loua appreciating the technological marvel and invention of Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak.

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