5 February 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of State and Government, dear colleagues,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ministers,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. President of the African Union Commission,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ambassadors and heads of delegations,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n On your behalf and on my own, I would first like to thank the government and the people of Ethiopia for the warm welcome and hospitality they have extended to us once again in the legendary city of Addis Ababa, the cradle of our dream of African freedom and unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I recognize the honor and responsibility that come with the trust you have just placed in me, together with the members of the Bureau, to lead our organization\u2019s destiny for the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I thank you for this and assure you of our commitment to work in concert with all member states in the execution of our mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I pay tribute to the founding fathers of the Organization. Six decades later, their bright vision continues to inspire our togetherness and illuminate our united march toward the ideal of African integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is precisely in this pan-Africanist spirit that President L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor proposed, at the OAU summit in July 1964, the establishment of a \u201cpermanent political and moral authority of the Conference of Heads of State and Government\u201d to provide high-level impetus to the management of continental affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus was born the role of Chairperson of our Organization; a role that President F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi Tchilombo has carried out with steadfastness and dedication. Thank you, dear F\u00e9lix, for the considerable efforts you have devoted in the service of our continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As our Union celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, we can be proud of the progress made through major initiatives such as NEPAD, PIDA, APRM, Vision 2063, institutional reform, the Great Green Wall, AfCFTA, and more recently, our coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, our challenges remain numerous and urgent, whether in terms of peace and security, the fight against terrorism, environmental protection, health, or socio-economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I cannot ignore the resurgence of the phenomenon of coups d’\u00e9tat, which represents a major blow to democracy and institutional stability on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The urgency of peace and security reminds us of our special responsibility in the fight against terrorism, the peaceful settlement of disputes between member countries, and the management of internal crises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We cannot turn a blind eye to the lives lost, the grieving families, the millions of displaced or refugee persons, the closed schools and health facilities, and the disintegrated social cohesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These antagonisms scatter our efforts and delay us on the path to development. Common sense commands us to silence the guns and foster a culture of dialogue and consultation within the framework of African mechanisms for conflict resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I call for a collective soul-searching to achieve a lasting peace, so that we can better focus on the other pressing concerns that occupy us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This includes the health crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to swiftly achieve our pharmaceutical and medical sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I sincerely thank President Cyril Ramaphosa, who, with the support of the Commission and Africa CDC, has invested greatly in the fight against COVID, both for vaccine access and for production on the African continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amid the crisis, a whole ecosystem of hygienic, pharmaceutical, and medical products has emerged across the continent. Vaccine production is already underway in some countries, with others set to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond the COVID response, it is important to maintain this new dynamic by keeping health at the center of our agenda, in order to support the emergence of an African pharmaceutical industry capable of meeting our essential needs and confronting pandemics such as HIV\/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I also draw the attention of our summit to the devastating impact of cancer, a silent killer that causes nearly 20 million deaths worldwide each year, more than 700,000 of which occur in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, 40% of our countries do not have any radiotherapy treatment units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to this worrying situation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched the “Rays of Hope” initiative to support the capacities of member states, particularly African states, in the fight against cancer, using nuclear technologies, including medical imaging, nuclear medicine, and radiotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yesterday, we held the official launch ceremony for this campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I strongly encourage our countries to support the IAEA\u2019s Rays of Hope campaign, which will contribute to achieving the SDGs and Agenda 2063.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our challenges are also economic. Africa continues to lag behind in development despite its enormous potential: 30 million km\u00b2 of land; more than 1.3 billion inhabitants; vast water and hydrocarbon reserves; 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land; 40% of the world’s gold reserves; 85-95% of the world’s reserves of chrome and platinum group metals; 85% of phosphate reserves; more than 50% of cobalt reserves; and one-third of bauxite reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This demonstrates that, despite its handicaps, Africa has the potential needed to ensure its own emergence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, in large part, our continent is making progress. Governments are working hard. There is a creative youth that is taking action and succeeding. Millions of men and women are working, investing, and creating wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All these positive energies contribute to the structural transformation of the continent, bringing forth an Africa with road, highway, rail, port, and airport infrastructure; an Africa with power plants, agribusiness, and industrial and digital platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is precisely in the spirit of this Africa on the path to emergence that our summit\u2019s theme, proposed by President Alassane Ouattara, fits: “Building resilience in nutrition security on the African continent: Strengthening agri-food systems, health, and social protection systems to accelerate socio-economic development and human capital.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n This theme reminds us of the urgency of achieving our food sovereignty by producing more and better in agriculture, livestock, and fisheries through:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emerging Africa is also Africa that fully relies on its human resources: youth and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Youth must remain at the heart of our public policies because they represent the majority of our population, and we will only benefit from the demographic dividend if our youth receive the education and training that adequately prepares them for active life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The status of women also calls us to action, as women represent half of our continent. Africa cannot develop while millions of women and girls continue to endure violent, unequal, and discriminatory treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I commend President F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi for his advocacy against violence toward women and girls through the positive masculinity initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With your approval, I propose that he continue to lead this effort as the Union\u2019s Champion in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I call for greater mobilization from public authorities, opinion leaders, civil society, families, and communities against all forms of violence toward women and girls and for their empowerment. This is an essential condition for the progress of our continent and our collective well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the fate of our continent lies in our hands, it also depends on global political, economic, and financial governance that makes little room for our countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On your behalf, I will continue our advocacy for a more open, transparent, and inclusive multilateralism; starting with more equitable representation of Africa in the United Nations Security Council, in line with the Ezulwini Consensus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I also wish for us to focus more on the reform of global economic and financial governance to improve our countries\u2019 access to development financing sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our economies are underfunded because rigid rules and procedures hinder Africa\u2019s access to substantial, long-term loans on sustainable terms for development financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our economies are also poorly financed because they continue to pay excessively high interest rates due to an unfair system of assessing investment risk in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, in 2020, while the world was bearing the full brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, 18 of the 32 African countries rated by at least one major rating agency saw their ratings downgraded; that is 56% compared to a global average of 31%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, studies show that at least 20% of the rating criteria for our countries are based on rather subjective factors, such as cultural or linguistic considerations, which are unrelated to the economic fundamentals determining a country\u2019s stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a result, the perception of investment risk in Africa remains higher than the actual risk, driving up insurance premiums, making credit more expensive, and penalizing the competitiveness of our economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the support of the Commission, I believe it is necessary to establish a Union task force to examine the issue of financing our economies, including reforming OECD-related rules, creating a Pan-African rating agency, and establishing a Financial Stability Mechanism, which the African Development Bank is already working on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further efforts could focus on harmonizing our national legislations and exchanging best practices in the mining and hydrocarbon industries to better compensate our resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These projects may indeed take time, but it seems necessary to move from demands to actions by laying the foundations for their realization. In the immediate future, I will continue our advocacy for the reallocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the historic issuance of SDRs totaling $650 billion, Africa was able to secure its quota of $33 billion to strengthen its resilience. This is a significant achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, given the profound impact of the crisis, Africa needs additional financing of at least $252 billion by 2025 to cushion the shock and begin its economic recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a result, I will continue our advocacy for the reallocation of $100 billion of SDRs from wealthy countries to African nations, under modalities to be agreed upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the IMF, it is important that a portion of the Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) be reallocated through the African Development Bank (AfDB), given its practical and effective experience in financing development in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, in order to expand our financing possibilities for large development projects, similar to IDA 20, the time has come to amend the Agreement establishing the African Development Fund (ADF); this will allow it to access capital markets and raise $33 billion, in addition to its own funds of $25 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more resources, the ADF will be able to further support the development efforts of our countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Consequently, I call on our partners to engage with us in the modernization of the ADF, like other similar institutions, especially since its status has remained virtually unchanged since its creation in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n On your behalf, I am also firmly committed to raising our message for renewed, fairer, and more equitable partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More than 60 years after its first independence, Africa is more determined than ever to take its destiny into its own hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our continent should not be the hunting ground for some against others. We are open to all partnerships, without exclusion or exclusivity, provided they are mutually beneficial and respectful of our development priorities and societal choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this spirit, I commend the excellent outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in November 2021 and the Turkey-Africa Summit last December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope that our upcoming meetings with the European Union in a few days, and with Korea, Russia, Japan, and the Arab world later this year, will follow the same dynamic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another challenge calls us: that of the energy transition in the context of the fight against climate change, in which Africa is a participant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the sidelines of COP26 in Glasgow, some countries unilaterally decided to end external financing for fossil fuel energies, even clean ones like gas, while some of them continue to use highly polluting sources such as coal and oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At a time when, with the significant discoveries of recent years, gas opens up real prospects for universal access to electricity and support for industrialization for our countries, halting financing for the gas sector would severely undermine our efforts for economic and social development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That is why, while remaining committed to the fight against climate change according to the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, it is entirely legitimate for our countries to demand a just and equitable energy transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Together, let us mobilize for the success of COP27, which our brother, President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, will host this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n The challenges before us will be met by dedicating more time to our discussions on vital issues for our countries, with renewed and streamlined working methods, in the spirit of the institutional reform we have undertaken under the dynamic leadership of President Paul Kagame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The imperative for results compels us to implement our reforms to improve the performance of the Union, including strengthening its financial capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am thinking of the distribution of work between the Union, the Regional Economic Communities, and the Regional Mechanisms; the reform of judicial and quasi-judicial bodies; the operationalization of the Peace Fund and the African Standby Force, as well as better coordination among the Agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Africa we want is also one that recovers its entire cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The restitution of our looted heritage will remain at the heart of our agenda because it is an integral part of our civilizational identity; it connects us to our past and forms the legacy we must pass on to future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Africa we want to build cannot overlook its cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Time cannot erase our collective memory. The weight of history and the burdens of the present cannot inhibit our will to deconstruct the prejudices and determinisms that hinder our continent’s progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We say yes to the \u201cmeeting of giving and receiving\u201d through the fruitful dialogue of cultures and civilizations; but no to the civilizational injunction that would dictate our choices and behaviors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this spirit, I will spare no effort in defending the interests of our continent with the support of the members of our Bureau and yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, together, we can contribute a new stone to the continental edifice of our dreams: an Africa at peace, more free, more united, and more supportive; an Africa standing and moving towards greater progress and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Long live Africa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Long live the African Union!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 f\u00e9vrier 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n Excellences, Mesdames, Messieurs les Chefs d\u2019Etat et de gouvernement, chers coll\u00e8gues,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs les Ministres,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident de la Commission de l\u2019Union,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs les Ambassadeurs et chefs de d\u00e9l\u00e9gations,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n En votre nom et au mien propre, je tiens d\u2019abord \u00e0 remercier le gouvernement et le peuple \u00e9thiopiens pour l\u2019accueil convivial et l\u2019hospitalit\u00e9 chaleureuse qu\u2019ils nous r\u00e9servent, une fois de plus, dans la cit\u00e9 l\u00e9gendaire d\u2019Addis Abeba, berceau de notre r\u00eave de libert\u00e9 et d\u2019unit\u00e9 africaines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je mesure l\u2019honneur et la responsabilit\u00e9 qui s\u2019attachent \u00e0 la confiance dont vous venez de m\u2019investir, ensemble avec les membres du Bureau, pour conduire aux destin\u00e9es de notre Organisation pendant un an.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je vous en remercie et vous assure de notre engagement \u00e0 travailler de concert avec tous les pays membres dans l\u2019exercice de notre mandat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je rends hommage aux P\u00e8res fondateurs de l\u2019Organisation. Six d\u00e9cennies apr\u00e8s, leur vision lumineuse continue d\u2019inspirer notre vivre ensemble<\/em> et d\u2019\u00e9clairer notre marche solidaire vers l\u2019id\u00e9al d\u2019int\u00e9gration africaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est justement dans cet esprit panafricaniste que le Pr\u00e9sident L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor<\/strong> avait propos\u00e9, au sommet de l\u2019OUA de juillet 1964, d\u2019instituer \u00ab une autorit\u00e9 politique et morale permanente de la Conf\u00e9rence des Chefs d\u2019Etat et de Gouvernement \u00bb <\/em>pour donner une impulsion de haut niveau \u00e0 la conduite des affaires continentales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est ainsi qu\u2019est n\u00e9e la charge de Pr\u00e9sident en exercice de notre Organisation ; charge dont le Pr\u00e9sident F\u00e9lix Antoine<\/strong>Tshisekedi Tchilombo<\/strong>, s\u2019est acquitt\u00e9 avec constance et d\u00e9vouement. Merci cher F\u00e9lix, pour les efforts consid\u00e9rables que tu as consacr\u00e9s au service de notre continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alors que notre Union c\u00e9l\u00e8bre son 20e<\/sup> anniversaire cette ann\u00e9e, nous pouvons \u00eatre fiers des progr\u00e8s accomplis dans le cadre d\u2019initiatives majeures telles que le NEPAD, le PIDA, le MAEP, la Vision 2063, la r\u00e9forme institutionnelle, la Grande Muraille Verte, la ZLECAF et plus r\u00e9cemment notre riposte coordonn\u00e9e contre la pand\u00e9mie COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En m\u00eame temps, nos d\u00e9fis restent nombreux et pressants ; qu\u2019il s\u2019agisse de la paix et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9, de la lutte contre le terrorisme, de la protection de l\u2019environnement, de la sant\u00e9 et du d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique et social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je n\u2019oublie pas la recrudescence du ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne des coups d\u2019Etat qui constitue une atteinte majeure \u00e0 la d\u00e9mocratie et \u00e0 la stabilit\u00e9 institutionnelle sur le continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019urgence de paix et de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nous rappelle notre responsabilit\u00e9 particuli\u00e8re dans la lutte contre le terrorisme, le r\u00e8glement pacifique des diff\u00e9rends entre pays membres, et la prise en charge des situations de crises internes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous ne pouvons d\u00e9tourner nos regards de toutes ces vies perdues, ces familles endeuill\u00e9es, ces millions de personnes d\u00e9plac\u00e9es ou r\u00e9fugi\u00e9es, ces \u00e9coles et structures de sant\u00e9 ferm\u00e9es et ces coh\u00e9sions sociales d\u00e9sint\u00e9gr\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Les antagonismes dispersent nos efforts et nous retardent sur le chemin du d\u00e9veloppement. Le bon sens commande de faire taire les armes et construire une culture de dialogue et de concertation dans le cadre des m\u00e9canismes africains de r\u00e9solution des conflits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019appelle \u00e0 un examen de conscience pour r\u00e9aliser la paix des braves afin de mieux nous consacrer aux autres urgences qui nous pr\u00e9occupent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il en est ainsi de la crise sanitaire li\u00e9e \u00e0 la pand\u00e9mie COVID-19, et la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d\u2019assurer au plus vite notre souverainet\u00e9 pharmaceutique et m\u00e9dicale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je remercie vivement le Pr\u00e9sident Cyril Ramaphosa<\/strong> qui, avec l\u2019appui de la Commission et de Africa CDC<\/em>, s\u2019est beaucoup investi dans la riposte anti COVID, aussi bien pour l\u2019acc\u00e8s au vaccin que pour sa production en Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A l\u2019\u00e9preuve de la crise, tout un \u00e9cosyst\u00e8me de produits hygi\u00e9niques, pharmaceutiques et m\u00e9dicaux a vu le jour sur le continent. La production de vaccins est d\u00e9j\u00e0 en cours dans certains pays et d\u2019autres vont suivre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Au-del\u00e0 de la riposte anti COVID, il serait donc indiqu\u00e9 de maintenir cette nouvelle dynamique en gardant les questions de sant\u00e9 au c\u0153ur de notre agenda, afin de soutenir l\u2019\u00e9mergence d\u2019une industrie pharmaceutique africaine capable de satisfaire nos besoins essentiels, et faire face \u00e0 des pand\u00e9mies comme le VIH-Sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019attire \u00e9galement l\u2019attention de notre sommet sur les ravages du cancer, un tueur silencieux qui cause pr\u00e8s de 20 millions de d\u00e9c\u00e8s par an dans le monde, dont plus de 700 000<\/strong> en Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u2019y ajoute que 40 % de nos pays ne disposent d’aucune unit\u00e9 de traitement par radioth\u00e9rapie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 cette situation pr\u00e9occupante, l\u2019Agence internationale de l\u2019Energie a lanc\u00e9 l\u2019initiative Rays of hope<\/em><\/strong>, Rayons de l\u2019espoir<\/strong><\/em>, afin de soutenir les capacit\u00e9s des Etats membres, africains en particulier, dans la lutte contre le cancer, gr\u00e2ce aux technologies nucl\u00e9aires, notamment l’imagerie m\u00e9dicale, la m\u00e9decine nucl\u00e9aire et la radioth\u00e9rapie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous avons tenu hier la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie officielle de lancement de cette campagne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019encourage vivement nos pays \u00e0 appuyer la campagne Rays of Hope<\/em> de l\u2019AIEA qui contribuera \u00e0 la r\u00e9alisation des ODD et de l\u2019Agenda 2063.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nos urgences sont aussi \u00e9conomiques<\/strong>. L\u2019Afrique continue d\u2019accuser du retard dans le domaine du d\u00e9veloppement malgr\u00e9 ses \u00e9normes potentialit\u00e9s : 30 millions de km2 ; plus d\u2019un milliard trois cents millions d\u2019habitants ; d\u2019importantes r\u00e9serves en eau et hydrocarbures ; 60% des terres arables non exploit\u00e9es du monde ; 40% des r\u00e9serves d\u2019or ; 85 \u00e0 95% des r\u00e9serves de m\u00e9taux du groupe du chrome et du platine ; 85% des r\u00e9serves de phosphates ; plus de 50% des r\u00e9serves de cobalt et un tiers des r\u00e9serves de bauxite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est dire qu\u2019en d\u00e9pit de ses handicaps, l\u2019Afrique dispose du potentiel n\u00e9cessaire pour assurer les conditions de son \u00e9mergence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Du reste, dans sa grande majorit\u00e9, notre continent progresse. Les gouvernements sont \u00e0 la t\u00e2che. Il y a une jeunesse cr\u00e9ative qui entreprend et r\u00e9ussit. Des millions d\u2019hommes et femmes travaillent, investissent et cr\u00e9ent de la richesse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Toutes ces \u00e9nergies positives contribuent \u00e0 la transformation structurelle du continent, en faisant \u00e9merger l\u2019Afrique des infrastructures routi\u00e8res, autorouti\u00e8res, ferroviaires, portuaires et a\u00e9roportuaires ; l\u2019Afrique des centrales \u00e9lectriques, de l\u2019agro business, des plateformes industrielles et num\u00e9riques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est justement dans l\u2019esprit de cette Afrique sur la voie de l\u2019\u00e9mergence que s\u2019inscrit le th\u00e8me de notre sommet, sur proposition pertinente du Pr\u00e9sident Alassane Ouattara<\/strong> : \u00ab B\u00e2tir une r\u00e9silience en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nutritionnelle sur le continent africain : renforcer les syst\u00e8mes agro-alimentaires et les syst\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 et de protection sociale pour acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer le d\u00e9veloppement socio et \u00e9conomique et du capital humain<\/em> \u00bb.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ce th\u00e8me nous rappelle l\u2019urgence de r\u00e9aliser notre souverainet\u00e9 alimentaire en produisant plus et mieux dans l\u2019agriculture, l\u2019\u00e9levage et la p\u00eache par :<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019Afrique \u00e9mergente c\u2019est aussi l\u2019Afrique qui compte pleinement sur ses forces vives : les jeunes et les femmes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Les jeunes doivent rester au centre de nos politiques publiques, parce qu\u2019ils forment la majorit\u00e9 de notre population, et que nous ne pourrons tirer avantage du dividende d\u00e9mographique que si notre jeunesse re\u00e7oit l\u2019\u00e9ducation et la formation ad\u00e9quates qui la pr\u00e9parent \u00e0 la vie active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La condition f\u00e9minine nous interpelle, parce que les femmes constituent l\u2019autre moiti\u00e9 du continent. L\u2019Afrique ne peut se d\u00e9velopper quand des millions de femmes et de filles continuent de subir des traitements violents, in\u00e9galitaires et discriminatoires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je salue le plaidoyer que d\u00e9ploie le Pr\u00e9sident F\u00e9lix Antoine Tshisekedi contre la violence faite aux femmes et aux filles \u00e0 travers la masculinit\u00e9 positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec votre accord, je propose qu\u2019il poursuive la prise en charge de cette th\u00e9matique en tant que Champion de l\u2019Union dans ce domaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019appelle \u00e0 une plus grande mobilisation des pouvoirs publics, des leaders d\u2019opinion, de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile, des familles et des communaut\u00e9s contre toutes les formes de violence faites aux femmes et aux filles, et pour leur autonomisation. C\u2019est une condition essentielle du progr\u00e8s de notre continent et de notre bien-\u00eatre collectif. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chers coll\u00e8gues, mesdames, messieurs,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Si le destin de notre continent se joue entre nos mains, il reste aussi tributaire d\u2019une gouvernance politique, \u00e9conomique et financi\u00e8re mondiale qui fait peu de place \u00e0 nos pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En votre nom, je poursuivrai notre plaidoyer pour un multilat\u00e9ralisme plus ouvert, plus transparent et plus inclusif ; \u00e0 commencer par une repr\u00e9sentation plus \u00e9quitable de l\u2019Afrique au Conseil de S\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Nations Unies, conform\u00e9ment au consensus d\u2019Ezulwini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je souhaite \u00e9galement que nous portions davantage nos efforts sur la r\u00e9forme de la gouvernance \u00e9conomique et financi\u00e8re internationale pour un meilleur acc\u00e8s de nos pays aux sources de financement du d\u00e9veloppement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nos \u00e9conomies sont sous financ\u00e9es, parce que des r\u00e8gles et proc\u00e9dures rigides entravent l\u2019acc\u00e8s de l\u2019Afrique \u00e0 des pr\u00eats consistants de longue dur\u00e9e, et \u00e0 des conditions soutenables, pour le financement de son d\u00e9veloppement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nos \u00e9conomies sont aussi mal financ\u00e9es, parce qu\u2019elles continuent de payer des taux d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat trop \u00e9lev\u00e9s, \u00e0 cause d\u2019un syst\u00e8me in\u00e9quitable d\u2019\u00e9valuation du risque d\u2019investissement en Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A titre d\u2019exemple, en 2020, alors que le monde entier subissait de plein fouet l\u2019impact de la COVID-19, 18 des 32 pays africains<\/strong> \u00e9valu\u00e9s par au moins une des grandes agences d\u2019\u00e9valuation ont vu leur notation d\u00e9grad\u00e9e ; soit 56%<\/strong> contre une moyenne mondiale de 31%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u2019autre part, des \u00e9tudes montrent qu\u2019au moins 20% des param\u00e8tres de notation de nos pays d\u00e9pendent de facteurs plut\u00f4t subjectifs, par exemple d\u2019ordre culturel ou linguistique, donc sans relation avec les fondamentaux qui d\u00e9terminent la stabilit\u00e9 d\u2019une \u00e9conomie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tout cela fait que la perception du risque d\u2019investissement en Afrique reste toujours plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e que le risque r\u00e9el ; ce qui rench\u00e9rit les primes d\u2019assurance, rend le cr\u00e9dit plus cher et p\u00e9nalise ainsi la comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9 de nos \u00e9conomies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec le soutien de la Commission, il me parait n\u00e9cessaire de mettre en place une task force<\/em> de l\u2019Union pour \u00e9tudier la probl\u00e9matique du financement de nos \u00e9conomies, y compris par la r\u00e9forme des r\u00e8gles de l\u2019OCDE y aff\u00e9rentes, la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019une Agence panafricaine de notation et la mise en place d\u2019un M\u00e9canisme de stabilit\u00e9 financi\u00e8re sur lequel la Banque Africaine de D\u00e9veloppement travaille d\u00e9j\u00e0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u2019autres efforts pourraient davantage porter sur l\u2019harmonisation de nos l\u00e9gislations nationales et l\u2019\u00e9change de bonnes pratiques dans l\u2019industrie mini\u00e8re et des hydrocarbures pour une meilleure r\u00e9mun\u00e9ration de nos ressources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ces chantiers pourraient certes prendre du temps, mais il me semble n\u00e9cessaire de passer des revendications aux actes en jetant les fondements de leur construction. Dans l\u2019imm\u00e9diat, je poursuivrai notre plaidoyer pour la r\u00e9allocation des Droits de Tirages Sp\u00e9ciaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec l\u2019\u00e9mission historique de DTS \u00e0 hauteur de 650 milliards<\/strong> de dollars, l\u2019Afrique a pu disposer de son quota de 33 milliards<\/strong> de dollars pour renforcer sa r\u00e9silience. C\u2019est un acquis consid\u00e9rable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mais au regard de l\u2019impact profond de la crise, l\u2019Afrique a besoin d\u2019un financement additionnel d\u2019au moins 252 milliards de dollars d\u2019ici \u00e0 2025<\/strong> pour contenir le choc et amorcer sa relance \u00e9conomique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En cons\u00e9quence je poursuivrai notre plaidoyer pour la r\u00e9allocation de 100 milliards de dollars de DTS de pays riches, en faveur des pays africains, selon des modalit\u00e9s \u00e0 convenir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En plus du FMI, il est important qu\u2019une partie des DTS soit r\u00e9allou\u00e9e via la BAD, compte tenu de son exp\u00e9rience pratique et efficace dans le financement du d\u00e9veloppement en Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En outre, afin d\u2019\u00e9largir nos possibilit\u00e9s de financement de grands projets de d\u00e9veloppement, \u00e0 l\u2019image de IDA 20, le moment est venu de modifier l\u2019Accord portant cr\u00e9ation du Fonds africain pour le D\u00e9veloppement (FAD) ; ce qui lui permettra d\u2019acc\u00e9der aux march\u00e9s des capitaux et lever 33 milliards de dollars, <\/strong>en compl\u00e9ment de ses fonds propres de 25 milliards de dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec plus de ressources, le FAD pourra davantage soutenir les efforts de d\u00e9veloppement de nos pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En cons\u00e9quence, j\u2019appelle nos partenaires \u00e0 engager avec nous le travail de modernisation du FAD, \u00e0 l\u2019instar d\u2019autres Institutions similaires, d\u2019autant plus que son statut est rest\u00e9 quasiment inchang\u00e9 depuis sa cr\u00e9ation en 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chers coll\u00e8gues,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n En votre nom, j\u2019ai aussi la ferme intention de porter haut et fort notre message pour des partenariats r\u00e9nov\u00e9s, plus justes et plus \u00e9quitables.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Plus de 60 ans apr\u00e8s ses premi\u00e8res ind\u00e9pendances, l\u2019Afrique est plus que jamais d\u00e9cid\u00e9e \u00e0 prendre son destin en mains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notre continent ne saurait \u00eatre la chasse gard\u00e9e des uns contre les autres. Nous sommes ouverts \u00e0 tous les partenariats, sans exclusion, ni exclusivit\u00e9, <\/strong>pourvu qu\u2019ils soient mutuellement b\u00e9n\u00e9fiques et respectueux de nos priorit\u00e9s de d\u00e9veloppement et de nos choix de soci\u00e9t\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dans cet esprit, je salue les excellents r\u00e9sultats du Forum sur la coop\u00e9ration sino-africaine de novembre 2021 et du Sommet Turquie-Afrique de d\u00e9cembre dernier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je souhaite que nos rendez-vous avec l\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne dans quelques jours, et avec la Cor\u00e9e, la Russie, le Japon et le monde arabe, plus tard cette ann\u00e9e s\u2019inscrivent dans la m\u00eame dynamique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Un autre d\u00e9fi nous interpelle<\/strong> : celui de la transition \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique dans le contexte de la lutte contre le r\u00e9chauffement climatique dont l\u2019Afrique est partie prenante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En marge de la COP 26 de Glasgow, des pays ont unilat\u00e9ralement pris la d\u00e9cision de mettre fin au financement ext\u00e9rieur d\u2019\u00e9nergies fossiles, m\u00eame propres comme le gaz, alors que certains parmi eux continuent d\u2019utiliser des sources aussi polluantes que le charbon et le fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Au moment o\u00f9, avec les importantes d\u00e9couvertes de ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, le gaz ouvre pour nos pays de r\u00e9elles perspectives d\u2019acc\u00e8s universel \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 et de soutien \u00e0 l\u2019industrialisation, arr\u00eater le financement de la fili\u00e8re gazi\u00e8re porterait gravement atteinte \u00e0 nos efforts de d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique et social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est pourquoi, en restant engag\u00e9s dans la lutte contre le r\u00e9chauffement climatique selon le principe de la responsabilit\u00e9 commune mais diff\u00e9renci\u00e9e<\/em>, il est tout \u00e0 fait l\u00e9gitime que nos pays r\u00e9clament une transition \u00e9nerg\u00e9tique juste et \u00e9quitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ensemble, mobilisons-nous pour la r\u00e9ussite de la COP 27 que notre fr\u00e8re, le Pr\u00e9sident Abdel Fattah Al Sissi<\/strong> va accueillir cette ann\u00e9e. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chers coll\u00e8gues, mesdames, messieurs,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Les d\u00e9fis que voil\u00e0, nous les rel\u00e8verons en consacrant plus de temps \u00e0 nos d\u00e9bats sur des questions vitales pour nos pays, avec des m\u00e9thodes de travail r\u00e9nov\u00e9es et rationalis\u00e9es, dans l\u2019esprit de la r\u00e9forme institutionnelle que nous avons men\u00e9e sous la conduite dynamique du Pr\u00e9sident Paul Kagame.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019imp\u00e9ratif de r\u00e9sultat nous presse de mettre en \u0153uvre nos r\u00e9formes pour am\u00e9liorer les performances de l\u2019Union, y compris par le renforcement de ses capacit\u00e9s financi\u00e8res.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je pense \u00e0 la r\u00e9partition du travail entre l\u2019Union, les Communaut\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques r\u00e9gionales et les M\u00e9canismes r\u00e9gionaux ; \u00e0 la r\u00e9forme des organes judiciaires et quasi judiciaires ; \u00e0 l\u2019op\u00e9rationnalisation du Fonds pour la paix et de la Force africaine en attente, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 une meilleure articulation des Agences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019Afrique que nous voulons, c\u2019est aussi celle qui recouvre l\u2019int\u00e9gralit\u00e9 de son patrimoine culturel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La restitution de notre patrimoine spoli\u00e9 restera au c\u0153ur de notre agenda, parce qu\u2019il fait partie int\u00e9grante de notre identit\u00e9 civilisationnelle ; c\u2019est ce qui nous relie \u00e0 notre pass\u00e9 et forme le viatique que nous devons l\u00e9guer aux g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019Afrique que nous voulons b\u00e2tir ne peut faire l\u2019impasse sur son h\u00e9ritage culturel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le temps ne saurait effacer notre m\u00e9moire collective. Le poids de l\u2019histoire et les pesanteurs du pr\u00e9sent ne sauraient inhiber notre volont\u00e9 de d\u00e9construire les pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s et les d\u00e9terminismes qui entravent la marche de notre continent vers le progr\u00e8s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous disons oui au \u00ab rendez-vous du donner et du recevoir \u00bb<\/em> par le dialogue f\u00e9cond des cultures et des civilisations ; mais non \u00e0 l\u2019injonction civilisationnelle qui nous dicterait nos choix et nos comportements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dans l\u2019esprit que voil\u00e0, je ne m\u00e9nagerai aucun effort pour la d\u00e9fense des int\u00e9r\u00eats de notre Continent avec le soutien des membres de notre Bureau et le v\u00f4tre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ainsi, et ensemble, nous pourrons apporter une nouvelle pierre \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9difice continental de nos r\u00eaves : une Afrique en paix, plus libre, plus unie et plus solidaire ; une Afrique debout et en marche vers plus de progr\u00e8s et de prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vive l\u2019Afrique !<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vive l\u2019Union Africaine !<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je vous remercie.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 5 February 2022 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of State and Government, dear colleagues, Ministers, Mr. President of the African Union Commission, Ambassadors and heads of delegations, Ladies\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,8,46],"tags":[54,51,50],"msf_theme":[69,67],"msf_place":[82],"class_list":["post-2840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-publications","category-publications","category-speeches","tag-climateresilience","tag-promotiondemocracy","tag-sustainabledevelopment","msf_theme-development","msf_theme-peace","msf_place-addis-ababa-ethiopia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840","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=2840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2843,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions\/2843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"msf_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msf_theme?post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"msf_place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msf_place?post=2840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n\n\n\n35e Session ordinaire de la Conf\u00e9rence des Chefs d\u2019\u00c9tat et de Gouvernement de l\u2019Union Africaine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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