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The Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC), an initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, in close cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Michael Otto Foundation and the City of Hamburg, will take place on June 20 – 21, 2024. The conference plans to convene government representatives from the Global North and the Global South, as well as thought leaders from the private sector, science, civil society and international organizations to develop joint solutions for a much-needed social-ecological transformation.

Statement made on behalf of the Sahel Alliance by the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Svenja Schulze, in her capacity as President of the General Assembly of the Sahel Alliance.

After the military coup we are suspending our bilateral development cooperation with #Niger (External link). We are in close contact with our partners on how to proceed; the positioning of @_AfricanUnion (External link) and @ecowas_cedeao (External link) is of particular importance to us. @BMZ_Bund (External link)

The Development Ministry (BMZ) wants to work more closely with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean again in future. Development Minister Svenja Schulze presented the ministry’s position today in Berlin. The focus will be on a just, socially and environmentally sound transformation of the economy, strengthening the rights of women and girls, and fostering good governance, peace and democracy.

Today, Development Minister Svenja Schulze took over the Presidency of the Sahel Alliance. The Alliance coordinates international support in the five Sahel countries: Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. The total support for all the initiatives and investments funded by the members of the Sahel Alliance is about 28 billion euros. This means that the Sahel Alliance is the region’s biggest alliance of international supporters.

Our responsibility as consuming countries includes ensuring that everyone in the entire supply chain of a product – for example, a bar of chocolate – has the right to decent work, a living wage and a living income. Only when workers and smallholder farmers in our global supply chains earn a living wage or income can we effectively address major challenges such as poverty, hunger, deforestation, climate change and child labour.