Macky Sall Faces the General Assembly

Sall emphasizes the Secretary-General’s role in mediation but does not offer specific policy ideas on prevention. He calls for the Security Council to respond to terrorism.

Sall emphasizes peacekeeping, drawing on Senegal’s experience as a major troop contributor. He calls for more robust and effective mandates, operationalizing Resolution 2719, and fully integrating the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.

Sall supports multilateralism and finding synergy between peace, development and humanitarian responses. He supports protection of women and children. He has not addressed UN humanitarian action in depth.

Sall frames development as a financing challenge centered on access to capital, cost of credit and risk perception. He calls for reform of the international financial architecture without detailing concrete pathways. He supports relaunching the SDGs.

Sall commits to the UN Charter and international law and acknowledges human rights as a pillar. He acknowledges funding imbalances and proposes reallocating savings. He has not proposed strengthening accountability mechanisms. He commits to gender parity and geographic representation.

Sall commits to geographic and gender parity in senior leadership, including a woman as DSG. He calls for greater inclusion of women and youth, though without specific proposals. He frames civil society positively despite his troubling domestic record.

Sall gives climate little prominence in his campaign. He acknowledges vulnerability, adaptation and finance gaps, especially for SIDS and Africa. He supports the Loss and Damage Fund and Just Energy Transition Partnership, but proposes no concrete reforms toward climate objectives.

Sall emphasizes a more representative UN. He calls for political reform of the Security Council, General Assembly and ECOSOC but without concrete proposals. He commits to calling out Charter violations and treating member states equally without double standards.