UN General Assembly
2021

With regard to the situation in the Sahara, we welcome the United Nations appointment of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel to help the parties reach a political solution to their regional dispute, based on the relevant United Nations and African Union resolutions. We therefore call on the parties to commit themselves to that political process and see it through. In addition to the consequences of violent extremism, the world is facing additional challenges as a result of the devastating effects of climate change, which are posing serious obstacles to the achievement of the SDGs, to which we all committed ourselves in this very Hall in 2015. We therefore commend the United Nations for its leadership role in combating climate change and call on everyone to show greater commitment to that common cause, which, like the COVID-19 pandemic, is of concern to all countries, without exception.