UN General Assembly
2025

Here I wish to reiterate the total support of the Alliance of Sahel States to the common African position on this issue, as set out in the Ezzouini Consensus and the CERT Declaration, so that Africa can have two permanent seats at the Security Council and five non-permanent seats. Secondly, we need a United Nations that can guarantee the respect for international law for all. We are concerned to see flagrant violations of international law around the world with complete impunity. At this 80th anniversary of the UN, for us, Member States, this provides us with the opportunity to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the multilateral framework that is based on the law and not on force. Thirdly, we need robust follow-up and implementation mechanisms for the outcomes of international conferences. One thing is clear here. Since 1945, when the UN was created, we have held dozens of international conferences, and the commitments from these international conferences have barely been implemented and have not benefited the people that we represent here. The situation must change.