In a pre-recorded address on Thursday to the UN General Assembly, Mahamadou Issoufou, the President of Niger, stressed that only international action can restore security in the strife-torn African regions of the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin, and expressed serious concern about the situation in Mali. “We must invent an economy that respects people and the environment. Full statement (in French) available here, Forgetting lesson of history ‘short-sighted’, Russia’s Putin says, calls for cooperation to tackle health challenges, COVID-19 pandemic should be ‘shock’ to UN, revive multilateral order, France’s Macron tells world leaders, As UN turns 75, multilateral milestones show successes and ‘how much remains to be done’ – Kagame, Renew ‘collective commitment to multilateralism’, urges Assembly President. ♦ Receive daily updates directly in your inbox -. “In Mali, and throughout the G5 Sahel area, we need multilateralism to continue the fight against terrorism in all its forms, taking due account of the dimensions of women and young people, because it is the breeding ground for poverty which terrorism thrives,” Mr. Issoufou stressed. Enjoy free cancellation on most hotels. Turning to the ongoing pandemic, he said COVID-19 challenges efforts of all nations to “create the world we want”, and therefore the time has come to create a new “social contract” for nature. The Lake Eyre basin is a drainage basin that covers just under one-sixth of all Australia. The multilateral world we want cannot be based exclusively on the balance of power between the great Powers. The basin is also one of the largest, least-developed arid zone basins with a high degree of variability anywhere. The creation of the coalition to fight terrorism in the Sahel, the establishment of a joint command for all the participating military forces including those French (Barkhane) and European (Takuba), the upcoming deployment by the AU of a contingent of 3,000 men, the initiatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), “are all elements that raise the hope of a victory over our common enemy: terrorism and organized crime ,” he continued. Such a way out of the crisis requires the return of the soldiers to their barracks and a transition led by civilian authorities, he stressed. View over 124 hotel deals in Lake Eyre Basin and read real guest reviews to help find the perfect accommodation for you! President Mahamadou Issoufou (on screen) of Niger addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-fifth session. Today we need a more agile, more democratic, more coordinated and more efficient UN, which leads us towards a more secure, more inclusive and sustainable world,” the President concluded. Within this huge Basin, at Australia's lowest point (15.2 metres below sea level), lies Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre, the fourth largest terminal lake in the world. Book now your hotel in Lake Eyre Basin and pay later with Expedia.ca. Recalling that Niger holds the presidency of the Security Council for September, President Issoufou expressed concern about the situation in Mali after the 18 August coup d'état in that neighboring Sahelian country. The Basin includes large parts of South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, as well as a small part of western New South Wales.
Mr. Issoufou welcomed the strengthening of the operational and intelligence capacities of the defense and security forces at the national level, the operationalization of the multinational Joint Force (Benin, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad) in the Lake Chad Basin and the G5 Sahel Joint Force (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad). In a pre-recorded address on Thursday to the UN General Assembly, Mahamadou Issoufou, the President of Niger, stressed that only international action can restore security in the strife-torn African regions of the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin, … The COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented world leaders coming to New York to address the General Assembly in person, but the president of the world body stressed on Tuesday that the need for deliberation, is “higher than ever”. “For long-term financing of [these joint initiatives], I welcome the proposal of [UN] Secretary-General António Guterres, who has recommended drawing inspiration from the model used to set up the African Union (AU) mission in Somalia (AMISOM),” he stated, referring to the regional peacekeeping operation led by that AU and backed by the UN Security Council.