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Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo

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  1. “With a rapid increase in non-State conflicts since 2010, as the Secretary- General recently reminded us, and with over 70 per cent of the conflict issues on the agenda of the Security Council relating to Africa, it is evident that, in addition to strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union and its regional organizations, we must also consider the often-ignored simple solutions that are rooted in solidarity, and the urgent need for renewed, collective political will.”

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  2. “With a youthful bulge, which portends opportunity, Africa also risks destabilizing the world if its vibrant, but largely unemployed, youth are not made a strong part of the industrialization and transformational agenda of Africa. The risky migratory journeys of our youths to Europe in search of greener pastures, and the radicalization of some of them by extremist groups, could compound our situation if not addressed. We cannot take chances through inadequate responses to the threats we foresee. In conclusion, I have highlighted these points not because they are the most important or most assured for the resolution of the situations on our continent, but also because, like many other effective solutions, they represent the simple ones we ignore.”

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  3. “We need to further encourage capacity-building for young men and women in accordance with the parameters enshrined in the African Youth Charter, and to engage them meaningfully in contributing to the agenda of Silencing the Guns through the joint implementation of initiatives such as the Africa Young Women Fellowship on Silencing the Guns project. Fourthly, the linkage between peace and development cannot be ignored. We welcome a strengthened United Nations development system, which works with African institutions to strongly drive the continent’s development agenda based on Africa’s agreed priorities in Agenda 2063, including the further deepening of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, whose secretariat is located in Accra.”

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  4. “While prevention is less celebrated, a dollar spent preventing a conflict is worth something more than 10 times its value in resolving a conflict once it has broken out. Thirdly, the cooperation between the United Nations and Africa must be a steady effort towards resolving the root causes of these conflicts, within the context of sustaining peace, encompassing programmes aimed at preventing the outbreak, escalation, continuation and recurrence of conflicts. At the heart of addressing the crises on the continent is the inclusion of women and youth in decision-making, as well as in the whole cycle of conflict management. We therefore endorse the call for the meaningful involvement of women and young people in decision-making processes.”

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  5. “We need to deepen collaboration between the United Nations and Africa to sustain peace on the continent, rooted in shared values and a strong commitment to multilateralism. Secondly, the United Nations should enhance the wealth of experience it has in preventive diplomacy in its engagement with Africa. While I acknowledge the laudable collaboration between ECOWAS and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, for instance, I know that more is required and more could be done if greater solidarity were shown in putting resources towards the agenda of conflict prevention. In that regard, I welcome the Secretary-General’s intention to elevate prevention and mediation under the new agenda for peace outlined in Our Common Agenda.”

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  6. “First, regular consultations between the United Nations and the African Union and its organs, such as the Peace and Security Council, as well as with regional economic communities such as ECOWAS, provide an important framework for bridging differences in the conceptual understanding of the security challenges on the continent, and for improving our harmonized understanding of the responses required to address such challenges. The collaboration has led to the development of a few initiatives, including the United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security and the Joint United Nations-African Union Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security.”

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  7. “Ghana applauds the continued engagement of the African Union and its regional bodies, such as ECOWAS, in addressing the security challenges on the continent. We encourage the strengthening of such arrangements. What has been lacking, however, is global solidarity and burden-sharing. As the Secretary-General acknowledged in his report Our Common Agenda (A/75/982), we need to re-emphasize global solidarity and find new ways of working together for the common good. It is my hope that within the Council we will be able to renew solidarity in addressing the gaps in cooperation between the United Nations and the continental and regional arrangements of Africa. I now want to highlight a few points for the Council’s consideration.”

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  8. “Even as Africa is confronted with these challenges, the dynamic nature of the conflict situations on the continent is not necessarily beyond the response mechanisms of our continental and regional organizations. The African Peace and Security Architecture — supported by initiatives such as the African Union Master Road Map of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by 2020, which has now been extended to 2030, the activation of the African Union Steering Committee on Security Sector Reform in 2019, as well as the adoption in 2021 of the African Union’s Doctrine on Peace Support Operations to provide strategic guidance for the planning, conduct, management and liquidation of its operations — establishes a solid foundation for an effective response by Africa to its security challenges.”

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  9. “This unfortunate development is reflected in the events in the Sahel and the Lake Chad region, in parts of East, North and Central Africa, where ongoing conflicts, the destabilizing activities of terrorists and extremists, the profiteering activities of purveyors of conflict and the devastating effects of climate change and the coronavirus disease pandemic have resulted in a deadly cocktail with dire consequences for our socioeconomic, political and security situations. In recent months, further instability has been introduced into some parts of the continent with the overthrow of constitutional Governments, with Mali, Chad, Guinea and the Sudan notable culprits.”

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  10. “ECOWAS welcomes Kenya’s choice of theme for this high-level debate, and believes that true solidarity is required to deliver sustained peace and security in Africa. The continent continues to be confronted by multiple threats to the territorial integrity of some of its nations, and many of its civilian populations have been under serious threat. In several instances, the situation of instability has been complicated by an opportunistic convergence of interests among various actors, not only within the conflict areas but also from outside the continent.”

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  11. “I thank my good friend the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Security Council for the month of October, for the invitation to participate in this high-level debate of the Council in my capacity as current Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). I congratulate Kenya on its successful presidency of the Council, and as Ghana prepares to assume its seat on the Council in January 2022, we look forward to working closely with Kenya and Gabon, within the coordination mechanism of the African members of the Security Council, to advance the common interests of Africa.”

    2021-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/941 (2021) · source