SIFAX urges economic inclusion to tackle global instability
The Chairman of SIFAX Group, Dr Taiwo Afolabi, has called for stronger integration of economic investment into the global architecture for conflict prevention, arguing that infrastructure, employment, trade and economic opportunities can help address structural conditions that make societies vulnerable to instability. Speaking in New York, United States, at the United Nations General Assembly…
Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman of SIFAX Group, has urged for stronger integration of economic investment into global architecture for conflict prevention. Speaking at the UN General Assembly High-Level Global Executive Roundtable on Diplomacy, Multilateralism and Conflict Resolution, Afolabi emphasized that infrastructure, employment, trade, and economic opportunities can help address structural conditions that make societies vulnerable to instability.
He stressed that peace and prosperity are mutually reinforcing, and argued that the international community must move beyond responding to conflicts after they erupt and place greater emphasis on preventive diplomacy, sustainable development, and economic inclusion.
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