The African Sahel countries called for international support to provide basic services to vulnerable families in their five countries, such as water and sanitation, and announced that 37 million people lack basic services.
The countries of the Sahel Group announced, on Friday, that "37 million people in their five countries lack basic services such as water and sanitation."
This came in a joint statement by the water ministers of the African Sahel countries, on the sidelines of the United Nations Conference on Water and Sustainable Development, held in New York, according to the Mauritanian News Agency.
The statement stressed, "the need to accelerate the pace of investments in favor of the water and sanitation sector, by giving a high political priority to this sector."
He pointed out that "access to water and sanitation has a significant impact on the population's health, dignity, gender equality, and the promotion of social, economic and environmental development, peace and stability."
He called for "international support to provide basic services to vulnerable families, such as water and sanitation, linking schools and health centers to the drinking water network, and establishing adequate health facilities."
The statement also stressed "the importance of accelerating efforts towards achieving financial sustainability for the water sector by implementing national financing strategies, mobilizing international financing for this sector, mobilizing private financing and accessing climate-related financing."
He highlighted "the need for financing amounting to 20 million euros, especially for mechanisms for collecting and analyzing information related to the water sector in the countries of the group."
The Sahel Group is a regional grouping for coordination and cooperation, established in 2014, with the aim of addressing security and economic challenges. It includes Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad and Niger.
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