Ouagadougou: Comrade Karamoko Jean Marie Traor presents Burkina Faso's vision
According to Burkina Information Agency, Ouagadougou, Sept. 24, 2026 (AIB)- Burkina Faso's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karamoko Jean Marie Traor, presented on Wednesday in New York, during a high-level meeting dedicated to the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the 1986 United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development, Burkina Faso's vision for development, based on the freedom to define its own path for endogenous, sovereign and sustainable development.
During this meeting held as part of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, the Burkinabe foreign minister explained that this vision is based in particular on the local production and processing of resources as well as on the strengthening of national capacities.
He presented the results achieved by Burkina Faso thanks to this orientation, despite the security challenges, including the increase in cereal production, which went from 5.1 to 7.15 million tonnes in three years, as well as economic growth of 5.3% in 2025.
"These results reflect our choice of action, resilience and dignity," said Mr. Traor.
The minister indicated that the countries of the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) fully assume their responsibility to protect their populations and territories.
"We refuse to allow the right to development, life and dignity of our people to be relegated to the background, or for human rights to be instrumentalized for the purposes of political pressure," he said.
Comrade Traor called for "truth of facts, impartiality, adversarial proceedings and equal treatment" in the examination of human rights situations.
He argued that when international justice mechanisms are used as instruments of political pressure, their credibility is affected, recalling that the member states of the ESA have committed to withdrawing from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
To achieve the right to development, the Burkinabe foreign minister stressed the need for reform of the international financial architecture, fairer taxation and the strengthening of national productive capacities.
He also noted that terrorism, interference, and attacks on sovereignty and territorial integrity constitute obstacles to development.
'By giving the right to development its full scope, we will contribute to building a fairer, more stable and more prosperous world,' the minister concluded.