It's time to keep the promise of 100 billion dollars a year made in Paris," he said, referring to national pledges under the 2015 Paris Agreement aimed at capping global warming below two degrees Celsius. increases the security risk.”Īfrican countries, he said, were "often the first victims" of global warming for which they are "not responsible.”ĭeveloped countries had pledged to help the countries of the south to finance their "transition towards renewable energies and green jobs," he noted. Turning to the issue of global warming, Guterres said "the climate emergency. On April 21 it announced the launch of a two-year transition "process" before elections are held.ĮCOWAS had called for elections within 16 months at the most. The regime in Mali is also continuing to defy ECOWAS pressure. The decision was roundly condemned Sunday by opposition leaders in Guinea, including both the party of the ousted president Alpha Conde and opposition groups that had opposed him. Last Monday, Ouagadougou said they had no plans to shorten the three-year transition period they had already announced.Īnd on Saturday evening, Guinea's junta leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya said he had opted for a 39-month transition period to civilian rule. chief's West Africa tour, in Dakar, May 1, 2022.īut the military regimes in both countries rejected the timetable set out by ECOWAS. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Senegal's President Macky Sall hold a press conference during the U.N. It has threatened similar sanctions against Guinea and Burkina Faso if they fail to enable a swift transition to civilian rule within a "reasonable" timeframe. Sall is the current chair of the Economic Community of West African States, also known as ECOWAS, which has suspended all three countries from its membership.ĮCOWAS imposed heavy sanctions against Mali in January after the regime there rejected a rapid return to civilian rule. Speaking after meeting Senegalese President Macky Sall in Dakar, he said they had agreed on the need to keep talking to the de facto authorities in all three countries so as to get a swift return to "constitutional order.”Īll three countries, struggling with a jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region, have recently experienced military coups: Mali in August 2020 and May 2021 Guinea in September 2021 and Burkina Faso in January 2022. chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for the military juntas in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali to hand power back to civilians as soon as possible and reminded the world to deliver on "climate emergency" promises.