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🇧🇫Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 20 sentences

• It's a real honor to bring from this rostrum the voices of their excellencies, Comrade Captain Ibrahim Traore, President of Faso, Head of State and President of the Confederation of Sahel States, Army General Assimi Goita, President of the Transition, Head of State of the Republic of Mali, and Army General Abdourahmane Tchiani, President of the Republic of Niger, Head of State. 51:28Copy
• On their behalf, the Confederation of Sahel States extends to you, Mr. President, their heartfelt congratulations upon your election to preside over the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. 52:04Copy
• But it is also with a sense of pride inspired by the resilience of the populations of the Sahel and the hope of the bravery of the defence and security forces of the confederation, as well as the crucial role played by volunteers. 52:53Copy
• For more than a decade, this blind and sustained violence has been sustained armed, financed and instrumentalised by criminal networks and their supporters intent on subjugating the Sahel through fear, but they must understand that they will never succeed here. 53:32Copy

🇳🇪Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 12 sentences

• and in our Sahel, the Sahel, in the name of supposedly universal values, which nevertheless remain unpunished, those crimes, even while sovereign nations are threatened with sanctions for simply having wanted to decide on their own fate. 5:58:09Copy
• Excellencies, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, our Sahel is 5:59:54Copy
• What is happening in the Sahel is not merely, not simply an armed rebellion or a war of religion, nor is it the inevitable result of our own weaknesses. 6:00:08Copy
• This perfidious attempt to destabilize the Central Sahel, conducted by France with the active complicity of Ukraine, is now documented, widely documented. 6:02:11Copy

🇲🇱Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 9 sentences

• It is for this reason that we welcome the strategic review of the United Nations Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel, which should lead to an approach better aligned with the realities and concerns of the people impacted. 21:51Copy
• Following Ukraine's initial statement in 2024 in which it acknowledged support for terrorist groups operating in the Sahel, that country publicly reiterated the highest level of state is interference in Africa and beyond our states other independent sources also corroborate these unacceptable actions by Ukraine here we have a country which claims to be protecting its territorial integrity where areas in Africa, in the Sahel, it provides clear support to terrorist groups and other harmful groups which undermine the territorial integrity of our countries. 22:29Copy
• And that is why His Excellency Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso and President of the Confederation of Sahel States General Assimi Goita, President of Transition and Head of State of Mali. 25:14Copy
• Our three heads of state took the historic decision on 6 July 2024 in Niamey to create the Confederation of Sahel States. 25:45Copy

🇱🇾Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 3 sentences

• The instability in the Sahel region represents an existential threat to the integrity of states. 3:31:28Copy
• It is no longer acceptable for the world to regard the Sahel merely as a source of resources, an arena for international competition, or a footnote in global decision making. 3:31:52Copy
• We therefore view the security of the Sahel region as part of Libya's own security and stability. 3:32:45Copy

🇲🇦Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 2 sentences

• The Royal Initiative to establish three African Climate Commissions for the Congo Basin, the Sahel region, and the African Island States has generated promising momentum to strengthen African climate action and coordination among the states of the continent in addressing these challenges. 12:16:21Copy
• The most prominent of which are perhaps the royal initiative to enable Sahel states to access the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the African Atlantic States process, the African Atlantic gas pipeline project, as well as investments in regional infrastructure, cooperation in the areas of food security, fertilizer production, and training programs for African executives This is in addition to partnerships in the areas of health, renewable energy, and water resource management. 12:22:10Copy

🇬🇭Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 2 sentences

• I am fluent in Hausa, spoken across the West African savanna and the Sahel. 1:03:36Copy
• We must also exercise solidarity with nations that are facing the terrorist scorch, especially our neighbors in the Alliance of Sahel States. 1:15:21Copy

🇬🇲Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 2 sentences

• Mr. President, the ongoing conflict in Sudan remains a matter of profound concern to the Gambia, together with continued instability across part of the Sahel. 4:38:25Copy
• In the Sahel and other conflict zones, our responses must be comprehensive and holistic. 4:38:52Copy

🇸🇳Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 2 sentences

• War in Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan, Haiti, Yemen, and Africa, including the expansion of terrorism in the Sahel, all of these bear witness to the continued worsening and deep cracks in international peace and security. 6:20:26Copy
• Because the scourge of terrorism is cross-border by its very nature, the Sahel must not be abandoned to its desolate fate. 6:22:38Copy

🇩🇿Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 2 sentences

• Algeria views the Sahrawi Sahel region as a single space where the challenges of security, development, and stability intersect. 1:38:33Copy
• As a neighboring and brotherly country, and in keeping with its historic commitment to solidarity, Algeria will remain ready to support the countries of the Sahel in confronting security and development challenges. 1:40:00Copy

🇨🇬Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 2 sentences

• We call for the stabilization of Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, return of the lasting peace in Sudan, continued reconciliation in Libya, lifting of the embargo against Cuba, restoring of peace and stability in the Sahel. 3:07:59Copy
• And in this spirit, we will continue to prioritize mediation, dialogue, and looking for peaceful political solutions so as to build Africa, which is prosperous and in peace from Libya to Sahel, from Sudan to Great Lakes. 3:08:25Copy

🇸🇱Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• Across West Africa and the Sahel, terrorism feeds on poverty, exclusion, unemployment, and weak institutions. 7:43:34Copy

🇭🇷Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• From Sudan and Myanmar to the Sahel and the Great Lakes region, civilians bear the highest cost when rules are ignored and diplomacy fails. 11:23:25Copy

🇷🇴Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• Lasting peace in Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Libya, in the Sahel, and in all regions of Africa affected by conflict. 53:42Copy

🇧🇮Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• We are paying particular attention to the situation in the Great Lakes region, in Sudan, in the Sahel, in Somalia, and in all regions facing violence and instability. 1:09:44Copy

🇨🇾Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• The devastating humanitarian situation in Sudan and the wider Sahel region have also been a priority for my country, with a large percentage of our resources directed to the region. 4:12:15Copy

🇰🇪Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• From Europe to the Middle East, from Sahel to the Horn of Africa, civilians are paying the ultimate price. 7:53:03Copy

🇮🇹Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• Ukraine, the Middle East, the Gulf, Sudan, the Sahel are not separate crises, nor are trade wars, AI competition, hybrid attacks, and their economic and social repercussions, nor is terrorism in all of its many forms, which we continue to fight in every corner of the world. 12:13:47Copy

🇰🇲Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• Everywhere around the world, from the Middle East to the Sahel, through the Great Lakes region, in Eastern Europe and Latin America, civilian populations continue to pay the high price of conflict driven by interests that are often hidden. 2:47:50Copy

🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• Meanwhile, violent extremism, transnational organized crime, and illicit trafficking of all kinds continue to destabilize a number of regions on the continent, and in particular, the Sahel. 7:03:21Copy

🇳🇬Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• The turmoil in the Sahel illustrates how insecurity in one territory can imperil its neighbors, displace populations, and frustrate commerce, regional integration, and democratic governance. 7:23:02Copy

🇲🇨Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• In Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan, the Sahel, in many other places out of the media spotlight, civilians are paying the price for conflicts which have discarded the most basic rules of humanity. 1:48:03Copy

🇲🇹Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Not just in Ukraine, Gaza and Israel But across the world, be it the conflict in Sudan, the ongoing violence in Myanmar, or the instability across the Sahel, it is evident that diminished trust means diminished chances of finding solutions. 2:31:49Copy

🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Devastating conflicts also persist in several regions of the world, as do security challenges, particularly in the Sahel. 7:32:41Copy

🇹🇩Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• The security situation in the Sahel and in the Lake Chad Basin demands our constant attention. 11:32:33Copy

🇹🇬Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• In West Africa and in the Sahel, for example, our country is working hard to encourage exchanges and to contribute to the emergence of lasting political responses. 12:35:59Copy

🇻🇦Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• The Holy See notes with concern the advance of jihadist groups from the Sahel towards the coastal countries of the Gulf of Guinea. 1:56:37Copy

🇮🇸Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• Leaders who deny or distort science should explain themselves to island communities watching the sea rise around them, to families losing land and livelihoods to drought and erosion, like in the Sahel. 4:07:31Copy

🇸🇲San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• From Ukraine to Gaza, from Sudan to Syria, from the Sahel to Afghanistan, civilians continue to pay the highest price. 6:35:24Copy

🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• follows with concern the conflicts in Ukraine, the Sudan, the Sahel, the Great Lakes region, the Horn of Africa, and the Middle East, and calls for stronger diplomacy and the protection of civilians in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and international law. 8:27:57Copy

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• We have continued to support every sincere effort to achieve peace, particularly in Yemen, Libya, the Sahel, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Haiti, and elsewhere. 3:32:23Copy