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  1. “In accordance with our mandate, we will continue to work together with our regional and international partners for the consolidation of peace, security and democracy in West Africa and the Sahel.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  2. “The United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel has leveraged those opportunities through its three pillars on building resilience, promoting good governance and strengthening peace and security. I urge Council members to continue supporting the Strategy. I would like to take this opportunity to salute the enormous resilience of the population of the region, particularly the Sahelian people, who, faced with many challenges of unprecedented magnitude, continue to fight every day for a better future. On behalf of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel and ahead of the renewal of our current mandate, I would like to thank the Council for its continued support and guidance.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  3. “I welcome the ongoing process to establish a forum for the Ministers of Justice of the ECOWAS countries, which could be a key tool for addressing the recurring allegations of the exploitation of the justice system in the region. Furthermore, as recommended by the regional colloquium on the reinforcement of democracy and good governance in West Africa organized by UNOWAS in September 2022, we will continue to work actively with relevant stakeholders on the process of revising the 2001 ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance with a view to strengthening democratic governance. (spoke in English) Despite the many challenges facing the countries of the region, especially in the Sahel, the region remains a land of immense opportunities.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  4. “We are also pleased that several countries in the region have adopted new national legislation on gender parity with regard to women’s participation in political decision-making, after years of sustained advocacy. In that regard, we hope legislators and other stakeholders in Nigeria and the Gambia will find consensus through dialogue and relaunch the legislative process on this important issue. For its part, UNOWAS will continue to work with the Working Group on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa and the Sahel to assess the effectiveness of the current approaches and find new ways to ensure that half of the region’s population has a voice in the forums where decisions are made and budgets approved.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  5. “Among those urgent challenges, combating insecurity and scaling up the provision of humanitarian assistance to adequately meet the urgent, basic needs of communities are vital in a context where millions of innocent civilians are still under constant attack, in particular in Mali and Burkina Faso. We commend the determination of the Gambian authorities, civil society and citizens to pursue the implementation of the recommendations made by the Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, and we call on partners to support the process, including through the international conference to be held in Banjul in a few months.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  6. “In Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire, peace caravans supported by the United Nations concluded their journey through those countries, providing spaces for effective intercommunal dialogue along the way. (spoke in French) We are pleased to note that thanks to the joint efforts of national actors, regional and international institutions, agreements have been reached on the length of the transitions in Burkina Faso and Guinea. UNOWAS will remain actively engaged in the monitoring and evaluation mechanism agreed between Burkina Faso and ECOWAS and in implementing the transition timeline in Guinea. The United Nations system should continue to support the countries concerned by focusing on addressing the grievances that led to their coups d’état.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  7. “We discussed solutions that could benefit all communities while strengthening collaboration, trust and resilience against violent extremists trying to establish a foothold in the borderlands. On another transversal issue, with the support of partners UNOWAS worked with young people and women’s groups from the region to promote conflict- sensitive best practices on climate-change adaptation and brought the findings to a broader audience at the twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm el-Sheikh. Our intervention energized a new commitment from ECOWAS and the African Union to accelerating the implementation of the Great Green Wall initiative.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  8. “UNOWAS has also been working with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the United Nations system in the region and the Office of the Special Coordinator for Development in the Sahel, as well as Government institutions and communities, to contribute to conflict resolution at both the regional and local levels. In that context, a joint UNOWAS-United Nations Office for Central Africa initiative brought together farmers and herders and local Governments from northern Benin with counterparts from West and Central Africa, national authorities, ECOWAS, donors, the Office of the Special Coordinator and other United Nations entities to take an in-depth look at the pitfalls and opportunities of settlement initiatives for herders.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  9. “As UNOWAS is engaging closely with the Initiative’s leadership and secretariat, I wish to call on all partners to support it decisively and in a coherent manner, learning from past experiences. UNOWAS is working with national stakeholders and partners to promote political consensus and ensure a level playing field ahead of the elections scheduled for this year in the subregion. In Nigeria, UNOWAS has liaised with the presidential candidates and other stakeholders and witnessed the signing of a landmark peace accord among political parties. In Kaduna state, in December 2022, the Mission supported the first of six State-level stakeholder forums to promote peaceful elections. In Benin, peaceful parliamentary elections were held just two days ago.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  10. “Against that backdrop, UNOWAS supports the efforts of the Independent High-Level Panel on Security and Development in the Sahel, led by the former President of the Niger, Mr. Mahamadou Issoufou, to find more innovative solutions and generate national, regional and international commitment for change in the Sahel. During the reporting period, countries along the coast of the Gulf of Guinea saw an increase in the number of attacks against their territories, threatening transport arteries to the landlocked countries further north. In that regard, I commend the commitment by leaders in the region to step up collective efforts to address insecurity under the Accra Initiative. A holistic approach is necessary, and the establishment of the Initiative’s Joint Force is an important development in that regard.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  11. “That is in flagrant disregard of resolution 2601 (2021), which condemns attacks against schools and demands parties to conflict to safeguard the right to education. Moreover, nearly 7,000 health centres have been forced to shut down owing to the activities of armed groups, violent extremists and criminal networks. Those non-State armed groups are fighting among themselves for supremacy and control of resources, pushing States to the margin and causing untold misery to millions of people who have had to leave their communities to seek safety. Indeed, the central Sahel continues to face multidimensional challenges, unprecedented levels of security and humanitarian challenges and sociopolitical instability, further compounded by the impact of climate change, and food insecurity, which has been exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source

  12. “Ms. Biha: I would like to express my best wishes to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I take this opportunity to wish a happy, prosperous and peaceful new year to all members of the Council. I am honoured to present today the most recent report (S/2022/1019) of the Secretary-General on the situation in West Africa and the Sahel and the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS). Despite efforts by national security forces and international partners, security has again deteriorated in large parts of the region. As a consequence, more than 10,000 schools across the Sahel have had to close, leaving millions of children unable to acquire the necessary skills to build their lives and their countries.”

    2023-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9238 (2023) · source