UN General Assembly
2019

Cote d’Ivoire therefore welcomes the adoption in the General Assembly by a large majority, on 12 December 2018, of resolution 73/127, establishing 24 April as the “International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace”, beginning in 2019. The resolution invites us to reclaim the three pillars of United Nations action — peace and security, development and human rights. Cote d’Ivoire’s accession to the various initiatives for building a better world, in particular the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union Agenda 2063, on sustainable and inclusive development, is a testament to its commitment to strengthening regional and international partnerships. Four years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the challenges and issues remain the same — the persistence of hunger, malnutrition and poverty in the world; the increasingly worrisome impact of climate change; migration crises, with their socioeconomic effects on migrants’ countries of origin and destination; and exclusion of all kinds. Those challenges require us to act in synergy with greater speed and determination.