Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that developed countries have a moral obligation to provide assistance to African countries “with the consent of the host government, in accordance with its priorities and respect for sovereignty.”
Nebenzya stressed at a meeting of the Security Council of the world organization on the issue of ensuring peace and stability on the African continent: “Developed countries owe their well-being to a large extent to the resources that are pumped out of Africa, therefore they undertake to provide material and technical assistance to the countries of the region.”
Nebenzia noted, “Many countries in post-conflict Africa need support through the transfer of technology and experience, industrial and agricultural development, infrastructure reconstruction, job creation, strengthening health and social protection systems, and development efforts should promote cohesion.” the benefits of economic progress.
He added: “We proceed from the fact that the provision of material and technical assistance to African countries is a moral duty of developed countries, many of which owe their well-being to the resources that are pumped out of the continent, and still do not fulfill the obligations that they assumed for half a century. ago to bring official development assistance to 0.7% of gross national product, in 2021 this figure was only 0.33%.
He explained: “This means that we can talk about the deficit in developing countries due to the receipt of at least $ 200 billion annually in unjustified aid.”
According to Nebenzia, international support should be provided “exclusively with the consent of the host government, in accordance with its priorities and taking into account sovereignty.”
Nebenzia stressed that “it is unacceptable for donors to condition aid on political demands, the human rights situation, or other arbitrary factors.”
Source: TASS
