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Ibn Chambas

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2003-11-24
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2016-05-26
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  1. “A number of sound initiatives exist, and yet there is a feeling of frustration because results are not as tangible as one would wish them to be. Pooling efforts to rationalize the implementation of existing plans would go a long way in achieving our common goals.”

    2016-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7699 (2016) · source

  2. “Two days ago, world leaders gathered around the Secretary-General in Istanbul to consider ways and means to jointly make the world hospitable for all. Among the five core responsibilities defined by the Secretary- General in his report entitled "One humanity: shared responsibility" (A/70/709), I would like in particular to highlight responsibility one - "political responsibility to prevent and end conflicts" - an responsibility four - change people's lives, from delivering aid to ending need", which very much apply to the situation in the Lake Chad Basin areas and the Sahel. In conclusion, I would like to stress that the issues I have cited here have been thoroughly reviewed over the years. The problems have been identified, as have the set of actions to be taken to address them.”

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  3. “The European Union has already announced that €120 million from the Trust Fund for Africa has been earmarked for security ~ a point that I believe Ambassador Angel Losada may confirm. However, humanitarian needs in the Lake Chad Basin area continue to grow, with approximately 9.2 million people in need of assistance. More than 2.4 million people have been driven out of their homes due to terrorist activities, of whom 1.5 million are children. Up to 90 per cent of the displaced have found refuge with host communities, placing a heavy strain on their resources and weakening their ability to withstand shock. Despite that dire humanitarian situation, of the $535 million requested for humanitarian assistance in the region, only 10 per cent has been received.”

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  4. “In fact, the ongoing security deterioration due to deadly confrontations between farmers and cattle breeders in some regions of Nigeria is just another reminder of the devastating effects of desertification. Faced with those challenges, West African and Sahel countries are at a crossroads. While the responsibility for the implementation of those plans rests with the Governments concerned, national budgets are already being put under additional strain for higher security spending, such as is the case in the Niger, where I am today. External factors like insecurity in Libya and North Africa and jihadists returning from the Middle East are challenges beyond the scope of individual Governments and require collective international action. Thankfully, support is starting to be forthcoming.”

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  5. “Without real concerted and tangible efforts for those countries, with international support to address the acute challenges confronting the inhabitants of the Basin, the consequences in the future could be horrific when the Niger River, along its 4,200 kilometre course, begins to dry up, as can be visible in some sections already. I would also like to mention the Great Wall initiative to combat desertification, which was conceived in 2005 by the former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, adopted by the African Union in 2007 and signed by participating countries in N'Djamena in 2010. The Great Green wall is another example of a long-term approach to attack the root causes of poverty and marginalization.”

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  6. “It is an enormous resource for sustaining and improving livelihoods, as well as economic growth in the Sahel, but is now quickly dwindling as a result of the impact of extreme climate change and rainfall variability along the Niger River, a mainstay of the Niger River Basin. The Basin covers nine countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, the Niger and Nigeria. Seven of those nine countries are among the 20 poorest countries in the world. Up to 70 per cent of the 130 million people in the Basin area live in rural communities amid food insecurity - a situation that can only get worse, as the population is expected to double between now and 2050.”

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  7. “It directly provides livelihoods to about 2 million people, while at the same time constituting a food-exporting hub that supplies nearly 13 million people, including inhabitants of the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, and the capital of Borno state in Nigeria, Maiduguri. The economic opportunities of the Lake led to significant migration movements in the past, the consequences of which prove challenging today. As of 2015, the Lake Chad Basin was home to up to 50 million people, whereas its resources have decreased sharply. It is anticipated that the population will again double by 2030. The importance and urgency of restoring the productive capacities of Lake Chad in order to prevent crises in the future cannot be overemphasized. Another important area of note is the Niger River Basin area.”

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  8. “That has been achieved in close partnership with such actors as the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, which supports environmental monitoring and the governance of natural resources. The Boko Haram onslaught has galvanized attention to the devastating affects of climate change impacting the Lake Chad Basin area. To mention just one, the surface area of Lake Chad shrank from 22,000 square kilometres in 1960 to 1,700 square kilometres in 1985. Since then, it has rebounded to about 8,000 square kilometres, showing the unpredictability of external shocks and severely straining people's coping mechanisms. Lake Chad, despite its vulnerability, is blessed with a rich biodiversity that offers opportunities for fishing, agriculture and livestock farming.”

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  9. “The theme of the second Regional Security Summit, held in Abuja on 14 May, "Consolidating collective efforts for regional peace and development", testified to the willingness of stakeholders to focus on the economic potential of Lake Chad to alleviate poverty and bring development to the region. In the Sahel region, the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel guides the United Nations system's multidimensional engagement to address the root causes of instability in the region. Mitigating the impact of climate change, which features prominently under the resilience pillar of the Strategy, is the major objective of the Strategy.”

    2016-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7699 (2016) · source

  10. “Further west, strengthened regional cooperation and sustained international support are also required to help the countries of the Sahel address the threat of terrorism that continues to spread beyond northern Mali and into West Africa and the Sahel. The United Nations remains committed to playing its part within the parametres of its mandate to help the region face these security challenges. In the long run, there is a growing awareness of the need to address the underlying causes of the crisis, which are underdevelopment, poor governance and attendant poverty, all of which are, at least in part, linked to climate change.”

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  11. “On the positive side, the fight against terrorist activities is beginning to yield tangible and encouraging results owing to strengthened cooperation between the concerned countries and the significant support of partners. In the short run, however, more effort is still needed to back the military campaign against Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin area in terms of financial and operational support for the Multinational Joint Task Force, and to provide assistance to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of displaced persons and refugees, facilitating their return to safe areas and assisting them to rebuild their livelihoods.”

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  12. “Both regions experience various unresolved conflicts, ranging from the renewed insurgency in the Niger delta and deadly clashes between farmers and herders over scarce and dwindling agricultural resources, to terrorist activities in northern Mali and north-eastern Nigeria, which have spilled over to the neighbouring countries of Cameroon, Chad and the Niger. These threats go hand in hand with organized crime, trafficking and violent extremism, and are exacerbated, by recurring drought that climate change, by all accounts, has rendered more frequent and hazardous. The landlocked character of the area and poor transport links are yet another strain preventing regional trade that could provide employment and stimulate economies.”

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  13. “From Dakar to Djibouti, climate change is one ofthe most important of those challenges through its impact on societies and their livelihoods, as it directly affects security, development and stability. In that context, climate change becomes a fundamental threat to human security. In the maritime domain, natural resources are underregulated and overexploited, and criminal activities and piracy are threatening security and economic activities. Erosion and rising sea levels constitute another serious threat.”

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  14. “Mr. Ibn Chambas: I thank the Security Council for once again giving me the opportunity to brief it on challenges to peace, security and stability in West Africa, particularly in the Sahel region. I speak from Niamey, where I have just met with President Mahamadou Issoufou as part ofa tour of the five Sahel countries that are on the front line of humankind's struggle with climate change. I will be travelling to Ouagadougou right after this briefing, and will be sure to bring my hopes and the Council's concern for the impact of climate change on peace and security in that region. West Africa and the Sahel have for some time now been faced with multifaceted challenges.”

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  15. “Once again, we thank the Council for its deep interest in the preservation of peace and security in West Africa and for the honour done us in giving us the opportunity to address this body.”

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  16. “For this, we need to back political action by the presence of a robust peacekeeping force in order to create an enabling environment for dialogue, national reconciliation and the speedy and full implementation of the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement, which remains for us the sole framework for the resolution of the crisis. ECOWAS is confident that it can, as usual, rely on the support of the Security Council in its efforts to secure a lasting peace in Cote d'Ivoire and will appreciate any initiatives that the Council might wish to take in order to revive the peace process in Cote d'Ivoire. Peace in Cote d'Ivoire is inextricably linked to lasting peace in Sierra Leone, Liberia and, indeed, all of West Africa.”

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  17. “The existence of bands of armed groups, whose activities extend beyond the Ivorian borders and threaten the successful efforts of the international community to bring peace to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, should galvanize us all to act decisively to curtail their activities. There is, therefore, a need to secure Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone as a single undertaking. We should adopt a comprehensive regional approach to the crisis in those countries. ECOWAS is therefore calling on the Security Council to work with us in a concerted effort to restore peace and stability to Cote d'Ivoire, thereby consolidating the gains made in Sierra Leone and, lately, in Liberia.”

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  18. “These are compelling reasons why the restoration of peace and stability to Cote d'Ivoire is a sine qua non for the stability and development of the rest of the subregion, and in particular the consolidation of the fledgling democracies in West Africa. The continuing unrest in Cote d'Ivoire is a cause for legitimate concern to both the leaders and peoples of the West African subregion. Despite the considerable efforts deployed within the subregion by ECOWAS, the fact remains that the crisis rumbles on and, indeed, there are troubling signs that the situation is deteriorating.”

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  19. “At 30 per cent of the total volume of trade with ECOWAS countries, Cote d'Ivoire dominates intra- regional trade. In 2001, exports to other ECOWAS countries represented 33 per cent of total export figures, while imports represented 27 per cent. This is in comparison to an average intra-ECOWAS trade of about 15 per cent. Its port network of infrastructure and geographical position have combined to make Cote d'Ivoire a transit corridor for goods and travellers within the West African subregion. The country also plays host to a substantial number of West African workers and traders, who transfer a considerable volume of funds to their home countries.”

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  20. “The gross domestic product (GDP) growth of Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger has fallen as trade amongst those countries has been disrupted. The economy of Cote d'Ivoire, which is the second largest in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) subregion after Nigeria, represents approximately 13 per cent of the GDP of West Africa. The country has a population of about 16.6 million, with a 27 per cent immigrant component originating mainly from neighbouring countries. cote d'Ivoire exports agricultural, agro-industrial and manufactured goods to its neighbours and is a major destination for livestock products from the countries of the Sahel. It is the leading world producer of cocoa and one of the major producers of coffee, hevea and palm oil.”

    2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4873 (2003) · source

  21. “I wish to join Hon. Nana Akufo- Addo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, in expressing our appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to the other members of the Security Council for granting us another opportunity to address you on the crisis in C6te d'Ivoire, a matter of grave concern to peoples of the West African subregion. I wish to underscore the economic consequences of the war for Cote d'Ivoire and the other countries of the subregion, and particularly the social and economic dimension of the dangers posed if the crisis continues. Since the outbreak of the crisis on 19 September 2002, the economic and social situation in Cote d'Ivoire and the neighbouring countries has continued to deteriorate.”

    2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4873 (2003) · source