Central African Republic President Addresses UN General Assembly on Peace, Development, and Global Challenges

80th Anniversary of the UN and Global Threats

• 🌍 The Central African Republic's Head of State addresses the UN General Assembly's 80th session, emphasizing that humanity is one and indivisible, with intertwined destinies.
• ⚠️ The world faces an unprecedented accumulation of threats, including protracted wars, geopolitical rivalries, terrorism, climate crisis, and humanitarian crises, not seen since the Cold War.
• 🌍 Specific conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan, DRC, the Sahel, and the Horn of Africa highlight global fragility and the urgent need for conflict prevention and peaceful dispute settlement.

Strengthening UN Mechanisms for Peace

• 💰 A proposal is made to strengthen UN preventive diplomacy through a global conflict prevention fund, financed by major powers and transparently administered, to support early warning missions and mediation.
• 🤝 The need to systematize regional coalitions of mediators to act alongside the UN to prevent local disputes from escalating into open warfare is stressed.
• 🌍 Africa hosts over 40% of global armed conflicts in 2025, with the Sahel alone causing millions of displaced people, underscoring the urgency for enhanced support.

Africa's Peace and Development Imperatives

• 🕊️ Calls are made for an integrated African mechanism for food and climate security to decouple resource scarcity from conflict.
• 💰 Structural and sustainable financing for peace operations in Africa, based on mandatory contributions rather than voluntary ones, is advocated.
• 👩‍👧‍👦 Peace must be inclusive, guaranteeing the participation of women and young people, as security is fundamental for prosperity and human rights.

Reforming the UN and Global Governance

• 📉 The UN's effectiveness is questioned due to conflict proliferation, world fragmentation, veto overuse, and Security Council paralysis, attributed to member states' lack of political will.
• 🤝 The UN can remain influential if member states choose consensus over division and unity over deadlock.
• 🇸🇩 Support is expressed for the Quad Declaration on restoring peace and security in Sudan.

Central African Republic's Path to Peace and Progress

• 🕊️ The Central African Republic has chosen dialogue and reconciliation, leading to restored trust and the disbandment of armed groups, demonstrating that sustainable peace can replace cycles of hatred.
• 🗳️ The country is preparing for democratic, inclusive, and transparent general elections in December 2025 to consolidate democracy.
• 🌍 This model is presented as an example of African good practices for the UN and African Union.

Inclusive Development and International Cooperation

• 💡 Inclusive development is framed as a weapon of prevention, where investment in education, healthcare, and employment plants the seeds of peace.
• 🤝 International cooperation is essential as global challenges like climate, pandemics, and migration exceed the capacity of isolated states, with multilateralism being the only true protection.
• 🌳 Sustainable development is a moral debt to future generations, requiring a choice between an environmentally unsustainable planet or a more just, green, and dignified world.

Africa's Role and UN Security Council Reform

• 🌍 Africa, with its growing population and future decisive role, demands respect, sovereignty, and equitable partnerships, not exploitation.
• ⚖️ The UN Security Council's current composition is obsolete and illegitimate, with Africa lacking a permanent seat despite its significant demographic and future influence.
• ✊ Africa must have two permanent seats with veto power as a matter of justice and necessity.
• 📊 Proposals include a global charter for digital governance and ethical AI, and a global index of equity and democratic resilience beyond GDP.
• 🇺🇳 The Central African Republic reaffirms its attachment to UN values but stresses the need for profound reform, advocating for a world order based on justice, human dignity, and international law.