Côte d’Ivoire leader urges donors to respect development commitments to ensure ‘no one is left behind’
"We must [press ahead] with implementation the Sustainable Development Agenda for the next 15 years," he told delegations attending the Assembly’s annual debate.
“We must win the fight against abject poverty and suffering to spare humanity the dramatic consequences” should the latest globally agreed framework fail, he said, calling on developed countries to fulfil their commitments to developing countries towards the achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development.
Turning to other issues, Ouattara said the Security Council and main stakeholders must do more to end suffering in Syria, the wider Middle East, South Sudan and Mali. The Council, with its present configuration and working methods, could not effectively resolve conflicts. He urged reform in order to bolster its legitimacy. Côte d’Ivoire had experienced an attack in Grand-Bassam, a reminder that no country alone could end terrorism, and the UN must coordinate efforts to combat that scourge.
Without such support, developing countries would have to invest resources in national security, and away from social programmes, with serious consequences for their populations, he pointed out. Worsening security in many countries has increased migratory flows; fear and isolation are not an appropriate response. Overall, there is a need for solidarity in tackling the root causes of that phenomenon.
President Ouattara said countries of origin must do more to improve living conditions and create peace for their citizens. For its part, Côte d’Ivoire continued to modernize its institutions and maintain an annual nine per cent growth rate, enabling it to establish social and economic infrastructure.
“Côte d’Ivoire lives in peace,” he said, recalling that the country organized presidential elections in 2015, and would soon renew the mandates of parliamentarians and vote on a new draft Constitution. Amid such progress, the Security Council this year lifted sanctions imposed in 2004. In June 2017, the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) would leave the country after 12 years. His Government was proud of those developments.
UN Photo/Cia Pak
Source: www.justearthnews.com
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