UN General Assembly
2021

It is a truism to say that Mali and the countries of the Sahel are today confronted with the hydra of terrorism, violent extremism and instability. This has been going on for more than a decade, with the risk of stagnation, trivialization or weariness, which may divert these problems from the international agenda. Our daily life of anguish and tragedy has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, with its negative impact on the economy and on the living conditions of our populations, which are already precarious due to the economic, political and humanitarian challenges. Rarely has a country or a region been more sorely tested by the accumulation of crises than Mali and the countries of the Sahel.