UN Deputy Secretary-General Issues Remarks to Peacebuilding Commission on Sahel
December 13, 2017
December 13, 2017
NEW YORK, Dec. 13 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks by Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed to the Peacebuilding Commission meeting on the Sahel:
The Sahel region continues to face increasing challenges. Violent terrorism, armed conflict, extreme poverty and underdevelopment, climate change, displacement and the smuggling of people, drugs and arms are behind staggering levels of vulnerability. Peace, security, development and human rights are intertwined and mutu . . .
The Sahel region continues to face increasing challenges. Violent terrorism, armed conflict, extreme poverty and underdevelopment, climate change, displacement and the smuggling of people, drugs and arms are behind staggering levels of vulnerability. Peace, security, development and human rights are intertwined and mutu . . .