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1. “We need a paradigm shift, because today it is clearly no longer enough to act with Governments alone. We need to do more with civil society, with young people, with women, with ordinary citizens, who are more numerous and more active and who are showing an abundance of imagination in the face of the risks in Central Africa.”

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2. “A regional, autonomous and independent international coordination mechanism that works in conjunction with an intergenerational task force of young people and women, with a permanent technical secretariat and focal points, should be established. To conclude, I wish to tell our leaders to take a chance on young people and women in civil society, to invest in them and to have faith in them. They should come with us to see the reality on the ground and in the villages — in Elobi, Ntaba or Eligdzoa — areas that are described as being difficult yet that are so human. They must act differently and in new ways to bring about fair and equitable societies. If we must ask anything of our leaders in these times of climate change and geopolitical uncertainty, it is to aim high.”

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3. “Let us support the empowerment of young people and women through nature-based, income-generating projects and encourage all sectors to create green and decent jobs that will help to prevent the radicalization of young people and the exposure of young girls and women to all forms of violence. Let us aim our financial resources towards players recognized at the national level for their skills. Let us do away with the surplus of international intermediaries and conditionalities. Let us evaluate the effectiveness of projects and put an end to overly complex procedures for accessing funding and technologies to enable us to act. The relevant actors and networks in organized civil society must be provided with sufficient resources, as is the case for the Lake Chad Basin Commission, through substantial programmes.”

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4. “We therefore open our arms to our leaders: let us work together and support the actions of our Governments, development partners and pan-African and United Nations institutions that want to bolster our programmes over the long term and give them institutional status, framed by our Network’s strategy document, as well as other structured youth and women’s platforms at the local, national, regional and international levels. Such actions must also be undertaken in synergy with all stakeholders so as to leave no one behind. Let us implement programmes using bottom-up approaches to complement top-down ones. We need to build on the perspectives that young people and women themselves bring to the table, as well as their innovative contributions to solving the complex problems that the world now faces.”

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5. “I would even go so far as to say that the cause-and-effect relationship works both ways: the impact of climate change on security, and the impact of insecurity on climate change. One cannot be addressed independently of the other. Human action is the driving force, and women and young people are the primary victims. All of that is therefore leading women and young people in Central Africa to adapt and to show a great deal of natural resilience, which I consider to be nothing short of heroic in our countries. It is a constant battle between David and Goliath that must be fought with intelligence, negotiation and consensus.”

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6. “The increase in human mobility, the rise in intercommunal violence, the increase in organized crime and the activities of non-State armed groups, the added pressure on coastlines, the rise in crime and maritime piracy, human-wildlife conflicts, food insecurity, increased pressure on the land and the growing threat to the tropical forest of the Congo basin are all climate-related security risks in the subregion. The negative consequences of climate change also have an impact on the availability of resources — a problem that young people will have to face throughout their lives. I wish to emphasize here the issue of the forced displacement of young men and women, who abandon all their possessions, sometimes risking their lives.”

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7. “Central Africa is rich in resources, in people, in its active and dynamic youth, and it is poised to become the world’s leading green lung. It is therefore a major investment and conservation destination. Given its strategic position, it promotes the development of the world’s cultural and ecological heritage, in particular the Congo and Lake Chad basins, which are exceptional ecosystems with much to offer humankind. As the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa so clearly demonstrated in a report published in July 2022, the impacts of climate change on peace and security in Central Africa are self-evident.”

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8. “The members of my Network, the young people and women leaders I mentor and the local and national organizations I lead are non-State actors who are organizers, unemployed, self-taught volunteers who are trying to survive — and sometimes they are resigned and discouraged. Behind the scenes, they work tirelessly every day to maintain stability in our countries. They are environmental diplomacy actors who are invisible from the windows of New York and Paris and ignored in Yaoundé, N’Djamena and Kinshasa. Through my statements and my commitment, I want to defend our diversity, our history and our languages with respect and resolve from within a civil society in the Lake Chad basin and the Congo basin that is open to Africa and to the world.”

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9. “As part of a pilot project, solar-powered sewing machines have been distributed to women and girls working as seamstresses in rural and urban areas. Running community reforestation projects, with national branches in 10 countries, has effectively enabled us to support the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. We are a generation of non-professional, self- taught organizers, women and young people, whose actions support the development and stability of our countries on a daily basis. Those actions remain unseen and, unfortunately, underfunded, despite the billions of dollars announced with great fanfare by the international community.”

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10. “From COP15, held in Copenhagen in 2009, to the present day, I have conveyed that message from the youth and civil society of the Congo basin and facilitated the participation of members of our Network in ministerial consultations with the support of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. Climate and biodiversity caravans and campaigns for mobilization, for awareness-raising and for education on environmental issues have been organized at the local, national and subregional levels. Our programme for the organization and development of communities has provided solar electricity to more than 300 households. Forty rural health centres in Cameroon have benefited from the installation of solar refrigerators and photovoltaic kits for storing vaccines.”

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11. “Our Network mainly carries out voluntary activities related to coordination, structuring, networking and support for civil society in areas related to the blue, green and circular economy. With that in mind, and despite the difficult context, we are managing to innovate and carry out commendable actions in the field of biodiversity conservation and the fight against the effects of climate change. That involves a range of capacity-building activities on emerging issues related to the global conventions on biodiversity, climate and desertification. Our training workshops and Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change simulations, known as COP Chez Nous, have enabled us to draw up joint position papers and appoint climate and biodiversity ambassadors in rural and urban areas.”

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12. “Vulnerable groups continue to be the hardest hit by conflict and climate change, and it must be said that women and young people often find themselves at the heart of those scourges that hamper development. Our organization, the Association Jeunesse Verte du Cameroun-Network of Young Leaders for Sustainable Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems, works on sustainable development issues with a particular focus on empowering young people, women, local communities and indigenous peoples. We work to build their resilience and raise awareness of the need to protect forests and their territories. Equally, we work to build their skills and encourage their participation in decision-making processes.”

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13. ““If politicians do not take care of young people, the winds of change will drive young people to take care of the politicians in order to ensure that their commitments make sense”. That statement, which I made as spokesperson for African youth and the African diaspora to the Heads of State at the Africa-France Summit in Bamako in 2005, still holds true today. Unfortunately, States, the African Union and the international community have not been able to provide operational support for our actions, despite the many pleas I have made at the international, continental and regional levels. The historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change of 2015 and the hopes raised by the N’Djamena Declaration of February 2021, as well as resolution 2250 (2015), are facing real difficulties in terms of their implementation.”

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14. “In addition to using standard communication networks, the launch of our web TV channel via our company Greening Media TV, which is going on now, will magnify the impact of our awareness, alert and communication campaigns within the context of our programme for training communications managers. We have always believed in the importance of training young people. That is why we have trained 100 young reporters and climate and biodiversity ambassadors in order to support the visibility of our members’ actions in Central Africa and beyond, whenever we can find sustainable financial partners. Imagine the results and transformations that can be made possible with the ongoing support of long-term partners. That is part of the work I do, and I am also extremely proud of it.”

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15. “My perseverance and the business of hope have enabled me to create and develop young people’s and women’s networks and organizations in the 10 countries of Central Africa — currently including Gabon, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Burundi, Rwanda, the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe — to date working together with more than 400 member organizations and nearly 10,000 community relays and beneficiaries of our daily awareness-raising messages via our WhatsApp groups and social networks, without any significant external support.”

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16. “In my own way, I have been a mini Wangari Maathai, working behind the scenes for our subregion for 30 years. My father’s early death forced me to halt my studies and to assume the responsibilities of an orphaned family with few resources, my studies in law and communications, my shattered family life and my dashed hopes of a political career — the highs and the extreme lows. In the end, my energy, my education and my indestructible values brought me to where I stand here before the Council today.”

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17. “I am also an entrepreneur and promoter of Greening Media TV, a goodwill ambassador for the promotion of cybersecurity and a member of a number of national, regional and pan-African platforms, including the African Women’s Network for Sustainable Development — of course — the Pan- African Biodiversity Alliance, the Reflection Group on Migration in Africa, the follow-up committee for the One Forest Summit youth initiative, reflection networks on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Gic Accent Sur Elle cooperative. In the 30 years that I have been doing this work, more than a quarter of a century, I witnessed Nelson Mandela become President and eventually depart this world. Wangari Maathai worked for our planet, and she too has left us. They are my role models and embody my values.”

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18. “It is an honour for me to address the Security Council on the theme of women, youth, climate and peace and security in Central Africa. My name is Marie Tamoifo Nkom, and I am the Founder of the Association Jeunesse Verte du Cameroun, the Regional Coordinator of the Network of Young Leaders for Sustainable Management of Central African Forest Ecosystems and Chair of the development committee of the Batcham group in western Cameroon.”

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