UN General Assembly
2014

the protection of world heritage and to international security through significant efforts in its resolute fight against the trafficking of protected species, as evidenced by the neutralization of several networks and the seizure of large quantities of ivory. The forward-looking vision of Togo as a country able to ensure and take ownership of its development in all respects has led the Government to initiate Vision Togo 2030. Launched in April, that initiative is based on a participatory approach. It should ultimately, with the accelerated growth and job creation strategy, allow my country to better ensure its achievement of the MDGs and the post-2015 development agenda, which we wholeheartedly desire. I would like to thank the entire United Nations system and all the countries that have helped us to achieve the progress made. The situation of chronic instability prevailing in Africa today, in particular in the Sahel-Sahara region, is of concern. With its experience as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, on which it served in 2012 and 2013, my country, Togo, is now more