Peace and security
Sahel at UNGA 81
Raised by 21 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised sahel
Niger · Day 4Lamine Zeine Ali MahamanHow to restore trust when for decades, propaganda has been used to maintain the idea of a poor Africa condemned to do everything it is told to do to survive thanks to the assistance of supposed international generosity, even while its resources, its riches are stolen and locked away for the benefit of other agendas.
How to restore this trust when the international institutions that are supposed to protect us have become the tools of a world order in which some peoples count and others merely survive, and in which international law does not apply equally to all?
What can we say of the crimes committed in Libya, in Iraq, in Palestine, in Lebanon, in Cuba, in Venezuela?
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Chad · Day 4Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim MahamatAt a time when he is preparing to move on from being the head of our organization, I would like, ladies and gentlemen, to pay a very sincere tribute to the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres.
His leadership and constant commitment to peace, conflict prevention, and multilateralism warrant our recognition and respect.
Chad is grateful to him for his ongoing attention to the challenges that our country, the Lake Chad Basin, and Central Africa are confronted with.
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Guinea-Bissau · Day 4Ilídio Vieira TéIt is in this spirit that I bring to this Assembly a message of peace, freedom, and fraternity to all the nations of the world, in the firm hope that every people may live in peace, fully exercise its rights, and freely chart its own path towards development and prosperity.
We live in an interdependent world marked by growing uncertainty and by challenges that transcend borders, climate change, transnational organized crime, terrorism, structural inequalities, the burden of debt, and insufficient financing for development continue to undermine our efforts towards sustainable development.
Devastating conflicts also persist in several regions of the world, as do security challenges, particularly in the Sahel.
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Togo · Day 4Robert Komlan Edo DusseyLasting security cannot be boiled down just to its military dimension.
It requires us to act on factors causing vulnerability and it requires us to promote dialogue, prevention and mediation.
Along these lines, the President of the Council, His Excellency Faure Essozima Gnassingbe, has striven to promote dialogue, to bring people's positions closer and to contribute to find political solutions to crises that affect regions.
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