The United Nations Security Council adopts the Morocco under the auspices of the presidential statement on the Sahel

New York, July 17, 2013 (map)

The UN Security Council adopted Tuesday a new presidential statement sponsored by Morocco on the Sahel region.

In the statement, read by during a formal meeting of Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo of the United States, which holds the Presidency of the body's 15 members for the month, the Council said it "role played by the Morocco and other countries of the Maghreb in the success" of the integrated strategy for the Sahel.

This declaration, which has been following the trial with another initiative taken during the Presidency of the Council Morocco in December 2012, Moroccan, reiterates its call 'for a cooperation increased between the countries of the Sahel, West Africa and North Africa to combat the growing threat pose by terrorist groups, transnational crime and drug trafficking in the region of the Sahel' and develop "inclusive and effective strategies" to combat these threats of "one". a comprehensive and integrated manner. »

Concerned by the alarming situation in the Sahel, where terrorist organizations, including Al-Qaïda in the Islamic Maghreb and the movement for unity and Jihad in Africa from the West, the Council of the United Nations reiterated its "strong condemnation" recent terrorist attacks perpetrated in the region and welcomed the deployment of the United Nations multidimensional integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)following the transfer of authority from the Mission to support International directed by Africans to Mali at MINUSMA on 1 July.

Also, the members of the Council welcomed the proposal put forward by the special envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, Romano Prodi, to work in partnership with international and regional financial institutions responsible for promoting innovative approaches to the region and requested the Office of the United Nations for Africa (UNOWA) West to establish an effective and comprehensive coordination mechanism to prioritize activities and ensure the coordinated implementation by the United Nations system the strategy.

Conducive to economic and social development is necessary, as well as the strengthening of institutions States to secure long-term stability and development in the Sahel, the statement said, stressing the importance of a comprehensive and coordinated approach, security, humanitarian, human rights and aspects of development to address the root causes of challenges to peace and security and welcomed the development of the integrated strategy for the Sahelwhich focuses on the treatment of extremism, poverty and drought in the region.

It also welcomed the plans of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to hold a high-level meeting on the Sahel on the sidelines of the General Assembly and to visit the region, as well as the President of the World Bank, in the autumn.