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Sahel region needs $157b yearly for SDGs

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November 13, 2018
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Sahel region needs $157b yearly for SDGs

Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General

Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General

Ms Amina Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, has said $157 billion was needed annually to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Sahel region.

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Mohammed told the Annual Session of the Peace-building Commission which met to discuss ‘Peace-building and Sustaining Peace in the Sahel Region’’.

The UN deputy chief said the Sahel offered enormous opportunities because it was the most youthful region in the world.

Mohammed said: “It (Sahel) has abundant natural resources; it has great potential for renewable energy; and a rich cultural legacy.

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“However, financial and human resources remain a challenge. The total needs to implement the SDGs for instance in the region are estimated at $140 billion this year, rising to $157 billion annually by 2022.

“It is therefore imperative that we increase our advocacy and resource mobilization efforts in a more joined-up manner.

According to her, investing in this region is vital, not only as a matter of human dignity and to meet humanitarian needs, but to prevent countries that are experiencing fragility today from becoming the failed states of tomorrow.

She said many of these countries were grappling with threats including terrorism and insecurity that originated beyond their borders, and with climate change that respects no borders at all.

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She explained that she visited the Sahel earlier in the year with a joint UN-African Union delegation, joined by Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström.

“We found the resilience of the Sahel people not only inspiring but humbling.

“Their wish and hope for sustained peace and security was clear – as was the need to ensure women are meaningfully included in all initiatives and policies.

“We met women who had been terrorised by extremists and women who had been married off in childhood.

“We also spoke to women who were supporting extended families and helping to build community resilience, and women religious leaders working to end child marriage and prevent radicalization and extremism.

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“We met women peace-builders and mediators, who were driving change and working for a more sustainable future.

“Their voices are essential in peace negotiations and decision-making processes. Their experience and their leadership are essential to building a new Sahel,” she said.

Mohammed said supporting transformative policies for stability and development in the Sahel was a matter of international solidarity and global security if in a collective responsibility.

According o her, 41 million young people are in the Sahel, who are often portrayed either as victims, or as potential perpetrators of violence, saying, however, that these stereotypes are completely wrong. (NAN)

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