Sellassie noted, with countries of the region taking on greater leadership and ownership of the initiatives addressing challenges in the Sahel. However, there were also several reasons for optimism, Ms. In addition, drug traffickers were increasingly colluding with armed groups and terrorist movements which granted them safe passage in exchange for financial benefits. If nothing were done to improve access to education, increase employment, and integrate opportunities for youth, the Sahel would become not only a “hub of mass migration”, but one of recruitment and training of terrorist groups and individuals. Youth and women in the Sahel, who constituted a vast majority of the population, were the targets of recruitment into radical movements, she pointed out. That unsustainable, vicious cycle could only worsen without strong international assistance Security threats continued to force countries of the region - among the poorest and least developed in the world - to dedicate important percentages of their budgets to address security threats. “The recent terrorist attacks around the world attest to the global reach of terrorism and the interconnectedness of all communities, whether rich or poor, and are a reminder to us all that no one is immune to this threat,” said Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, as she addressed the 15-nation body.
Citing accelerating terrorist attacks, spikes in displacement and increasingly grave humanitarian challenges, the top United Nations official for the Sahel told the Security Council today that the international community must address the root causes of such threats to prevent further deterioration in the region.
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