27 November 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excellency, dear brother Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Excellency, Mr. Geraldo Martins, Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Mr. President of the National Assembly, Mr. Prime Minister, Madam President of the High Council of Territorial Collectivities, Mr. President of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Council, Ladies and Gentlemen, Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, Ambassadors and Heads of Delegations, Dear guests,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sincerely thank you, dear brother Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, for graciously honoring us with your presence at the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa for the second time. I greatly appreciate this renewed mark of friendship from you. We are delighted and honored to have you among us, in the pure tradition of the ancestral relations between the Senegalese and Mauritanian peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister Geraldo Martins, for your participation, symbolizing the multifaceted ties that unite our two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wish all our guests a warm welcome and a pleasant stay in Senegal. I express our gratitude to the countries and partner institutions for their constant support of the Dakar Forum since its inception in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I congratulate the Steering Committee and all the partners involved in organizing the Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The theme of this 9th edition, Africa of Potentials and Solutions in the Face of Security Challenges and Institutional Instability,<\/em> highlights the contrasts of our continent: a vast and rich Africa, aspiring to emerge, but still lagging in the development process; an Africa progressing towards democracy, but still shaken by institutional instability; an Africa committed to silencing the guns, but still under the ravaging fire of conflicts and terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Africa is vast and rich: over 30 million km\u00b2, including more than 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land; significant water and hydrocarbon resources; 85 to 95% of the reserves of chromium and platinum group metals; 85% of phosphate reserves; 40% of gold reserves. And the list is not exhaustive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indeed, Africa is rich with its immense potential. But the rules and practices of unequal exchange contribute to impoverishing it. That is why we call for fairer and more equitable global political, economic, and financial governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I remind you that among our priorities are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fairer and more equitable global governance would contribute to the emergence of an Africa of solutions, meaning an Africa that relies more on its resources to finance its development efforts and offers new trade and investment opportunities to its partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I must acknowledge and commend the achievements already made in improving global economic and financial governance, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This dynamic could be strengthened by reforming the Security Council and implementing the Paris Pact for People and the Planet, which includes, among other things, the reform of the global financial architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As COP 28 begins this week, I do not forget that Africa of potentials and solutions is also an Africa that participates in the fight against global warming, but with fairness and climate justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main challenge for our countries is to exploit their available resources to meet their industrialization needs and achieve universal access to electricity, which more than 600 million Africans are still deprived of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) could offer good prospects for collaboration in this regard. I remind you that Senegal signed its JETP last June. Under this Agreement, our objective is to increase the share of renewable energy in our energy mix from 31% to 40% by 2030, by mobilizing, with the support of the partner group, 2.5 billion euros over an initial period of 3 to 5 years to finance projects eligible for the Partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For us, cooperation within the framework of the JETP could be a credible alternative to unilateral measures prohibiting external financing of fossil energy sources, including gas. An Africa of potentials and solutions that contributes to lighting up the world cannot let half of its population live in the shadows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n The theme of this 9th edition also reminds us of our share of responsibility in the security challenges and institutional instability that trouble the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to their human and material cost, armed conflicts hinder our efforts towards economic and social development. It is, therefore, time to silence the guns and prioritize dialogue to resolve our disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is also through dialogue that we can overcome partisan divides to build necessary coalitions for the stability of national institutions. It seems equally important to reconcile the exercise of individual and collective freedoms on the one hand and the imperatives of public order on the other. Freedom without responsibility becomes a threat to society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means that democracy, institutional stability, and economic and social development cannot tolerate destabilizing factors such as populism, radicalism, and extremisms of all kinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I also add that a democratic regime, however old, remains an ideal in construction. In democracy, there is more experience to share than lessons to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, the Africa of potentials and solutions is also the Africa that pools its strengths, intelligence, and resources for its development and integration; like the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River, the Organization for the Development of the Gambia River, the Senegal-Mauritania Grand Tortue Ahmeyim oil field, and the Rosso Bridge on the Senegal River under advanced construction to link Mauritania and Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are examples, among others, that will help us progress on the path of development in peace and security, while remaining aware of the millennia-old history of our continent, as a giant of Africa, Cheikh Anta Diop, invites us; I quote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We must ensure that Africa does not bear the brunt of human progress (\u2026) coldly crushed by the wheel of history\u2026 The ignorance of the history of one’s people is a form of servitude.<\/em> End of quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cheikh Anta Diop’s teachings still speak to us, telling us that we should never let ourselves be crushed by the wheel of history because, through the ages, African peoples have invented, shaped, formed, and transformed to contribute to the progress of humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In modern times, I am firmly convinced that nothing should condemn us to live on the margins of progress. The Africa of solutions is within our reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If our challenges are great, our determination to overcome them must be greater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is this awakening that I invite our entire continent to as I declare open the 9th Dakar Forum on Peace and Security in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 27 Novembre 2023<\/p>\n\n\n Excellence, cher fr\u00e8re Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique Islamique de Mauritanie,\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Excellence, Monsieur Geraldo Martins, Premier Ministre de la R\u00e9publique de Guin\u00e9e Bissau,\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e Nationale,<\/strong><\/p>\n Monsieur le Premier Ministre,<\/strong><\/p>\n Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente du Haut Conseil des Collectivit\u00e9s territoriales,<\/strong><\/p>\n Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident du Conseil \u00e9conomique, social et environnemental,<\/strong><\/p>\n Mesdames, Messieurs les Ministres,<\/strong><\/p>\n Mesdames, Messieurs les Ambassadeurs et Chefs de d\u00e9l\u00e9gations,<\/strong><\/p>\n Chers invit\u00e9s,<\/strong><\/p>\n Je vous remercie vivement, cher fr\u00e8re,\u00a0Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani,\u00a0<\/strong>d\u2019avoir bien voulu, pour la 2e<\/sup>\u00a0fois, rehausser de votre pr\u00e9sence le Forum international de Dakar sur la paix et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 en Afrique.<\/p>\n J\u2019appr\u00e9cie beaucoup cette marque renouvel\u00e9e d\u2019amiti\u00e9 de votre part. Nous sommes ravis et honor\u00e9s de vous compter parmi nous, dans la pure tradition des relations ancestrales entre les peuples s\u00e9n\u00e9galais et mauritaniens.<\/p>\n Merci \u00e0 vous, Monsieur le Premier Ministre\u00a0Geraldo Martins,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>pour votre participation, symbole des liens multiformes qui unissent nos deux pays.<\/p>\n Je souhaite \u00e0 tous nos h\u00f4tes la bienvenue et un agr\u00e9able s\u00e9jour au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n J\u2019exprime notre gratitude aux pays et institutions partenaires pour leur soutien constant au Forum de Dakar depuis son lancement en 2014.<\/p>\n Je f\u00e9licite le Comit\u00e9 de pilotage et tous les partenaires associ\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019organisation du Forum.\u00a0<\/p>\n Le th\u00e8me de cette 9e<\/sup>\u00a0\u00e9dition,\u00a0L\u2019Afrique des potentiels et des solutions face aux d\u00e9fis s\u00e9curitaires et \u00e0 l\u2019instabilit\u00e9 institutionnelle,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>met en lumi\u00e8re les contrastes de notre continent\u00a0:\u00a0une Afrique<\/strong>\u00a0grande et riche, qui aspire \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9mergence,\u00a0mais\u00a0 toujours en retard sur le processus de d\u00e9veloppement\u00a0;\u00a0une Afrique<\/strong>\u00a0qui progresse sur la voie de la d\u00e9mocratie,\u00a0mais\u00a0encore secou\u00e9e par l\u2019instabilit\u00e9 institutionnelle\u00a0;\u00a0une Afrique engag\u00e9e<\/strong>\u00a0\u00e0 faire taire les armes,\u00a0mais\u00a0 toujours sous le feu ravageur des conflits et du terrorisme.<\/p>\n L\u2019Afrique est grande et riche<\/strong>\u00a0: plus de 30 millions de km2, dont\u00a0plus de 60% des terres arables non exploit\u00e9es du monde\u00a0; d\u2019importantes ressources en eau et hydrocarbures\u00a0; 85 \u00e0 95% des r\u00e9serves de m\u00e9taux du groupe du chrome et du platine\u00a0; 85% des r\u00e9serves de phosphates\u00a0; 40% des r\u00e9serves d\u2019or. Et la liste n\u2019est pas exhaustive.<\/p>\n Assur\u00e9ment, l\u2019Afrique est riche par son immense potentiel. Mais\u00a0les r\u00e8gles et pratiques de l\u2019\u00e9change in\u00e9gal contribuent \u00e0 l\u2019appauvrir.<\/p>\n C\u2019est pourquoi nous r\u00e9clamons une gouvernance politique, \u00e9conomique et financi\u00e8re mondiale plus juste et plus \u00e9quitable.<\/p>\n Je rappelle que parmi nos priorit\u00e9s figurent :<\/p>\n Une gouvernance mondiale plus juste et plus \u00e9quitable contribuerait \u00e0 faire \u00e9merger l\u2019Afrique des solutions, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire une Afrique qui compte davantage sur ses propres ressources pour financer ses efforts de d\u00e9veloppement et offrir de nouvelles opportunit\u00e9s de commerce et d\u2019investissement \u00e0 ses partenaires.<\/p>\n Je dois reconnaitre et saluer les acquis d\u00e9j\u00e0 r\u00e9alis\u00e9s dans l\u2019am\u00e9lioration de la gouvernance \u00e9conomique et financi\u00e8re mondiale, avec\u00a0:<\/p>\n Cette dynamique pourrait \u00eatre renforc\u00e9e par la r\u00e9forme du Conseil de S\u00e9curit\u00e9 et la mise en \u0153uvre du Pacte de Paris pour les Peuples et la Plan\u00e8te, qui comprend, entre autres, la r\u00e9forme de l\u2019architecture financi\u00e8re mondiale.<\/p>\n Alors que la Cop 28 d\u00e9marre cette semaine, je n\u2019oublie pas que l\u2019Afrique des potentiels et des solutions, c\u2019est aussi une Afrique qui participe \u00e0 la lutte contre le r\u00e9chauffement de la plan\u00e8te,\u00a0mais dans l\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 et la justice climatique<\/strong>.<\/p>\n L\u2019enjeu principal pour nos pays, c\u2019est de pouvoir exploiter leurs ressources disponibles pour satisfaire leurs besoins d\u2019industrialisation et d\u2019acc\u00e8s universel \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 dont plus de 600 millions d\u2019africains sont encore priv\u00e9s.<\/p>\n Les Partenariats pour une transition \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique juste (JETP-Just Energy Transition Partnerships) pourraient offrir de bonnes perspectives de collaboration dans ce sens.<\/p>\n Je rappelle que le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal a sign\u00e9 son JETP en juin dernier.\u00a0<\/p>\n Au titre de cet Accord, notre objectif est\u00a0de porter la part des \u00e9nergies renouvelables dans notre mix \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique\u00a031<\/strong>\u00a0\u00e0\u00a040%<\/strong>\u00a0 d\u2019ici 2030, en mobilisant, avec le soutien du groupe des partenaires,\u00a02,5 milliards<\/strong>\u00a0d\u2019euros sur une p\u00e9riode initiale de\u00a03 \u00e0 5 ans<\/strong>,\u00a0pour financer des projets \u00e9ligibles au Partenariat.<\/p>\n Pour nous, la coop\u00e9ration dans le cadre des JETP pourrait \u00eatre une alternative cr\u00e9dible aux mesures unilat\u00e9rales interdisant le financement \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur des sources d\u2019\u00e9nergies fossiles, y compris le gaz.<\/p>\n L\u2019Afrique des potentialit\u00e9s et des solutions qui contribue \u00e0 \u00e9clairer le monde ne peut laisser la moiti\u00e9 de sa population vivre dans la p\u00e9nombre.<\/p>\n Mesdames, messieurs,<\/strong><\/p>\n Le th\u00e8me de cette 9e<\/sup>\u00a0\u00e9dition nous rappelle aussi notre part de responsabilit\u00e9 dans les d\u00e9fis s\u00e9curitaires et l\u2019instabilit\u00e9 institutionnelle qui agitent le continent.<\/p>\n En plus de leur co\u00fbt humain et mat\u00e9riel, les conflits arm\u00e9s plombent nos efforts sur la voie du d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique et social.<\/p>\n Il est donc temps de faire taire les armes et privil\u00e9gier le dialogue pour le r\u00e8glement de nos diff\u00e9rends.<\/p>\n C\u2019est aussi par le dialogue que l\u2019on surmonte les clivages partisans pour b\u00e2tir des coalitions n\u00e9cessaires \u00e0 la stabilit\u00e9 des institutions nationales.<\/p>\n Il me semble tout aussi important de veiller \u00e0 concilier\u00a0l\u2019exercice des libert\u00e9s individuelles et collectives d\u2019une part, et les imp\u00e9ratifs d\u2019ordre public d\u2019autre part. La libert\u00e9 sans responsabilit\u00e9 devient une menace pour la soci\u00e9t\u00e9.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n C\u2019est dire que la d\u00e9mocratie, la stabilit\u00e9 institutionnelle et le d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique et social ne peuvent s\u2019accommoder de facteurs d\u00e9stabilisants que sont le populisme, le radicalisme et les extr\u00e9mismes de tous bords.<\/p>\n J\u2019ajoute, par ailleurs, qu\u2019un r\u00e9gime d\u00e9mocratique, si ancien soit-il, reste toujours un id\u00e9al en construction. En d\u00e9mocratie, il y a plus d\u2019exp\u00e9rience \u00e0 partager que de le\u00e7ons \u00e0 donner.<\/p>\n Finalement, l\u2019Afrique des potentialit\u00e9s et des solutions, c\u2019est aussi l\u2019Afrique qui met en commun ses forces, ses intelligences et ses ressources pour son d\u00e9veloppement et son int\u00e9gration\u00a0; \u00e0 l\u2019image de\u00a0l\u2019Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve S\u00e9n\u00e9gal, de l\u2019Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Gambie, du champ p\u00e9trolier s\u00e9n\u00e9galo-mauritanien Grand Tortue Ahmeyim et du Pont de Rosso<\/strong>\u00a0sur le fleuve S\u00e9n\u00e9gal en construction avanc\u00e9e, pour relier la Mauritanie et le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal.<\/p>\n Voil\u00e0, parmi d\u2019autres exemples, ce qui nous fera avancer sur le chemin du d\u00e9veloppement dans la paix et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9, en restant conscients de l\u2019histoire multis\u00e9culaire de notre continent, comme nous y invite un g\u00e9ant de l\u2019Afrique,\u00a0Cheikh Anta Diop\u00a0;\u00a0<\/strong>je le cite\u00a0:<\/p>\n Il faut\u00a0veiller \u00e0 ce que l\u2019Afrique ne fasse pas les frais du progr\u00e8s humain (\u2026) froidement \u00e9cras\u00e9e par la roue de l\u2019histoire\u2026\u00a0L\u2019ignorance de l\u2019histoire de son peuple est une forme de servitude.\u00a0<\/em>fin de citation.<\/p>\n Les enseignements de\u00a0Cheikh Anta Diop<\/strong>\u00a0nous parlent toujours, pour nous dire que nous ne devons jamais nous laisser \u00e9craser par la roue de l\u2019histoire, parce qu\u2019\u00e0 travers les \u00e2ges, les peuples africains ont invent\u00e9, fa\u00e7onn\u00e9, form\u00e9 et transform\u00e9 pour contribuer au progr\u00e8s de l\u2019humanit\u00e9.<\/p>\n A l\u2019\u00e8re moderne, je suis fermement convaincu que rien ne doit nous condamner \u00e0 vivre en marge du progr\u00e8s. L\u2019Afrique des solutions est \u00e0 notre port\u00e9e.<\/p>\n Si nos d\u00e9fis sont grands, plus grande doit \u00eatre notre d\u00e9termination \u00e0 les relever.<\/p>\n C\u2019est \u00e0 ce sursaut que j\u2019invite tout notre continent en d\u00e9clarant ouvert le 9e<\/sup>\u00a0Forum de Dakar sur la paix et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 en Afrique.\u00a0<\/p>\n Je vous remercie.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 27 November 2023 Excellency, dear brother Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Excellency, Mr. Geraldo Martins, Prime Minister of the Republic of\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,8,46],"tags":[52],"msf_theme":[67],"msf_place":[81],"class_list":["post-2153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-publications","category-publications","category-speeches","tag-brettonwoodsreform","msf_theme-peace","msf_place-dakar-senegal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2153"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153\/revisions\/2409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2153"},{"taxonomy":"msf_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msf_theme?post=2153"},{"taxonomy":"msf_place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msf_place?post=2153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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