Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the G5 Sahel

Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Acting Deputy Representative to the United Nations
New York, New York

AS DELIVEREDThank you, Madam President. Thank you, Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Executive Secretary Tiaré for your briefings. And I thank Ms. Diouf for her important remarks centered on the link between security and climate change.The United States welcomes the efforts of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger to revitalize the G5 Sahel, including the February 20 extraordinary summit of Heads of State. In particular, we applaud Mauritania’s efforts – as the newly appointed G5 Sahel President – to revitalize the G5 Sahel institution and refocus its […]

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