{"id":75982,"date":"2016-10-10T10:42:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T14:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/?p=75982"},"modified":"2016-10-10T15:16:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T19:16:04","slug":"high-level-inaugural-event-onstrengthening-partnership-for-inclusive-sustainable-development-good-governance-peace-stability-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/71\/2016\/10\/10\/high-level-inaugural-event-onstrengthening-partnership-for-inclusive-sustainable-development-good-governance-peace-stability-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"High-level Inaugural Event on\u201cStrengthening Partnership for Inclusive Sustainable Development, Good Governance, Peace &amp; Stability in Africa\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Opening Remarks by <\/strong><strong>H.E. Mr. Peter Thomson,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>President of the 71<sup>st<\/sup> Session of the General Assembly, at\u00a0<\/strong><strong>High-level Inaugural Event on<\/strong><strong>\u201cStrengthening Partnership for Inclusive Sustainable Development, Good Governance, Peace &amp; Stability in Africa\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>10 October 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Your Excellency, Mr. Secretary-General,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Under-Secretary-General Abdelaziz, <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excellencies, <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before we begin, I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep sadness at the sudden passing of our beloved colleague, Ambassador Girma Asmerom Tesfay of Eritrea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During his long and distinguished diplomatic career, Ambassador Tesfay was a passionate and dedicated representative of his country, serving with distinction not only here at the United Nations, but also elsewhere in Africa, the US, and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I would like to express my heartfelt condolences to the people and the Government of Eritrea, as well as to Ambassador Tesfay\u2019s family and friends, for their loss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Let us now observe a minutes silence in his honour. I am honoured to speak at this inaugural high-level opening of Africa Week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The topic of today\u2019s discussion &#8211; on <strong><em>\u201cStrengthening Partnership for Inclusive Sustainable Development, Good Governance, Peace and Stability in Africa <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2013<\/em> could not be more timely, as it brings focused attention to a number of critical cross-cutting issues that are central to Africa\u2019s achievement of sustainable peace and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I thank Under-Secretary-General Abdelaziz, his staff, and other partners for organizing today\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ\u2019s Africa Week is an important opportunity for the international community:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>to recognise recent progress in Africa, particularly in the political, social, economic, and peace and security fields;<\/li>\n<li>to raise awareness of ongoing challenges; and<\/li>\n<li>to mobilize international support to address these issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This year\u2019s Africa Week comes as Governments, the international community, civil society and other stakeholders, look to take forward the implementation of the historic <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/africa\/osaa\/peace\/sdgs.shtml\">2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Addis Ababa Action Agenda<\/strong>, and <strong>Paris Agreement<\/strong> which will enter into force on 4 November.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The imminent entry into force of the Paris Agreement is welcome news for the world, and particularly for Africa\u2019s prospects for sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to the Economic Commission for Africa, at present the African continent contributes only 3.8 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, however, many African countries are amongst those most affected by climate change, with climate variability impacting extreme weather events, food and water security, and other forms of environmental degradation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/africa\/osaa\/peace\/sdgs.shtml\">2030 Agenda<\/a>, Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and Paris Agreement together provide humanity with a universal masterplan that \u2013 if implemented urgently, effectively and at scale \u2013 will transform our world, by eliminating extreme poverty, building peaceful and inclusive societies, increasing prosperity, empowering women and girls, and combating climate change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The African Union\u2019s adoption of its 2063 Agenda, and its decision to align it with the 2030 Agenda, deserves particular recognition. It is a clear demonstration of African States\u2019 commitment to driving coherent, coordinated, effective, efficient, and sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Both the 2030 Agenda and the 2063 Agenda are based on an understanding of the interconnected nature of peace and security, development, good governance, rule of law, and human rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Both take an inclusive, people-centred approach to development; to empowering women and youth, and harnessing the demographic dividend; and to ensuring that development gains reach all people in society \u2013 particularly the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And both recognise the importance of strategic and operational partnerships, and of innovative sources of financing, to achieving sustainable development and sustainable peace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is critical now that we all look to build on the current high-levels of energy and momentum to ensure that the words contained in these documents are translated into action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The urgency of these efforts is why we have made the principle objective of the 71st Session of the General Assembly to drive a universal push for meaningful progress in implementing all 17 Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The SDG Implementation Team within my Office is currently finalizing an SDG Implementation Strategy, which will seek to drive implementation on three tracks:-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <strong>first<\/strong> <strong>track<\/strong> will be by providing <strong><u>sustained engagement to support successful outcomes from previously mandated SDG events and processes<\/u><\/strong>, including the Habitat III Conference in Quito this month; the COP22 in Marrakech in November; and the Oceans Conference on SDG 14 in New York in June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <strong>second<\/strong> <strong>track<\/strong> will be <strong><u>supporting existing efforts within and outside of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ system<\/u><\/strong> to drive strategic partnerships, and implementation of each of the SDGs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">And the <strong>third track<\/strong> will be backing a number of <strong><u>signature events throughout the year that will lay the foundation for sustained action in key areas right up until the end of 2030<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This includes in the areas of: raising global awareness of the SDGs, especially with youth and children; fostering and sustaining peace; empowering women and girls; tackling poverty and inequality; and securing better financing for sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Each of the priority areas of the SDG Implementation Strategy is consistent with the key priority areas for Africa\u2019s development, as set out in the <strong>African Union\u2019s Agenda 2063 <\/strong>and its <strong>NEPAD mechanism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Ladies and gentlemen,<\/em> I want to take the opportunity to acknowledge African States\u2019 progress over the last decade in advancing socio-economic and human development \u2013 including through NEPAD, and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This includes the commendable that many States have made in promoting good governance, particularly through the <em>African Governance Architecture<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Of course many challenges to Africa\u2019s development remain, including the need to improve infrastructure, increase investments, reduce dependency on commodity prices, and promote good governance at all levels.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Ladies and gentlemen,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I want to acknowledge the efforts that have gone into consolidating peace and security in Africa over the last decades. The decline in the number of cross-border conflicts is a noteworthy achievement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The rise, however, of more protracted and complex intra-state conflicts over this period is of grave concern, including the rise of non-State actors, and increased acts of terrorism, violent extremism, and transnational organized crime \u2013 both within and across national borders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tackling these challenges require coherent, coordinated integrated and strategic responses involving all key strategic partners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Fostering open and inclusive societies with accountable institutions are fundamental to sustaining peace, and to preventing and countering threats to peace and security. So too are strengthened strategic partnerships between States, within regional and sub-regional organizations, and with the United Nations, to ensure coherence and coordination of efforts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <strong>annual consultations between the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council<\/strong>, are an important platform in this regard \u2013 particularly in facilitating collaborative and coordinated efforts between the two institutions on political, strategic, and operational aspects of peace operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In this regard, I commend the recent decision to establish an African Union Peace Fund which aims to finance 25 percent of Africa\u2019s peace and security activities through an import levy that will secure USD$325 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is an innovative initiative to mobilise financial resources for the continent\u2019s peace operations, and I encourage others to support the financing of further funds required.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Ladies and gentlemen, <\/em>In many ways, Africa\u2019s journey has been the United Nations journey. 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