{"id":4206,"date":"2022-09-22T20:35:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/sahel-security-crisis-poses-a-global-threat-guterres-warns\/"},"modified":"2022-09-22T20:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T20:35:22","slug":"sahel-security-crisis-poses-a-global-threat-guterres-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=4206","title":{"rendered":"Sahel security crisis \u2018poses a global threat\u2019, Guterres warns |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cIf nothing is done, <strong>the effects of terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime will be felt far beyond the region<\/strong> and the African continent\u201d, said Secretary-General\u00a0<span><span>Ant\u00f3nio Guterres,\u00a0in his remarks\u00a0issued by his Spokesperson\u2019s Office.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span>A <strong>coordinated international breakthrough is urgently needed<\/strong>.\u00a0We must rethink our collective approach and show creativity, going beyond existing efforts.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The insecurity is making a \u201ccatastrophic humanitarian situation even worse\u201d, he said, leaving some beleaguered national governments, without any access to their own citizens.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u2018Deadly grip\u2019 tightening<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Meanwhile, \u201c<strong>non-State armed groups are tightening their deadly grip over the region and are even seeking to extend their presence<\/strong> into the countries of the Gulf of Guinea.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The indiscriminate use of violence by terrorist and other groups means that thousands of innocent civilians are left to suffer, while millions of others are forced from their homes, Mr. Guterres told the meeting of national leaders, during the High Level Week summit.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201c<strong>Women and children in particular are bearing the brunt<\/strong> of insecurity, violence and growing inequality\u201d, he said, with human rights violations, sometimes committed by security forces mandated to protect civilians, \u201cof great concern\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dnd-widget-wrapper context-un_news_full_width type-image\">\n<div class=\"dnd-atom-rendered\"><!-- scald=784221:un_news_full_width -->\n          <picture>\n          <!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source srcset=\"\" media=\"(max-width : 992px)\"><source srcset=\"\" media=\"(max-width : 480px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Libraries\/Production+Library\/20-05-2022-OCHA-Niger.jpg\/image770x420cropped.jpg\" media=\"(max-width : 768px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/global.unitednations.entermediadb.net\/assets\/mediadb\/services\/module\/asset\/downloads\/preset\/Libraries\/Production+Library\/20-05-2022-OCHA-Niger.jpg\/image1170x530cropped.jpg\" media=\"(max-width : 1200px) \"><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><br \/>\n          <br \/>\n          <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"un-news-full-width scald-credit\">\u00a9 UNOCHA\/Michele Cattani<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"un-news-full-width scald-caption\">Refugee women prepare food in a displacement site in Ouallam, in the Tillaberi region of Niger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- END scald=784221 --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Climate factor<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>And the crises are being compounded by climate change, said the UN chief, with soil erosion and the drying-up of water sources, \u201cthereby <strong>contributing to acute food insecurity and exacerbating tensions between farmers and herders<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cAgainst a global backdrop of turmoil on energy, food and financial markets, the region is threatened by a <strong>systemic debt crisis <\/strong>that is likely to have repercussions throughout the continent.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The conventional international finance remedies are not helping, the UN chief said bluntly, with more and more countries forced to channel precious reserves into servicing debt payments, leaving them unable to pursue an inclusive recovery, or boost resilience.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cIt is <strong>absolutely necessary to change the rules of the game of the financial reports of the world<\/strong>. These rules of the game are today completely against the interests of developing countries, and in particular the interests of African countries\u201d, said Mr. Guterres, \u201cwith debt problems, with liquidity problems, with inflation problems, with instability, necessarily posed by this profound injustice in international financial and economic relations.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Democracy, constitutional order<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The UN chief called for a \u201c<strong>renewal of our collective efforts to promote democratic governance and restore constitutional order<\/strong>\u201d across the whole Sahel, which stretches from Senegal in the west to northern Eritrea and Ethiopia in the east, a belt beneath the Sahara of up to 1,000 kilometres.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The rule of law and full respect for human rights are indispensable for ensuring security and sustainable development, Mr. Guterres said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Addressing national leaders and senior politicians from the region, he said the UN \u201cstands ready to work alongside you, with urgency and solidarity, for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Sahel.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/story\/2022\/09\/1127571\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf nothing is done, the effects of terrorism, violent extremism and organized crime will be felt&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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