UN General Assembly
2022

I would also like to welcome the Secretary-General’s initiative to convene the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance to identify short-, medium- and long-term solutions. I thank Antonio Guterres and his teams for their tremendous efforts, as I said earlier, regarding the agreement with Tiirkiye. We must also express our support for the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Fund for Agricultural Development in strengthening food resilience. Today we see that the Sahel region is suffering from food insecurity, amplified by climate change and the effects of the war. Not long ago — and I would like to thank the leadership of President Bazoum — I was in the Niger, a partner country of Luxembourg’s cooperation. We want to work towards more stability in the region. I also remember when I met Mr. Roch Kabore and Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The leaders have now changed. I think that stability in Africa is a tragic element, together with other existing crises.