78. El Hilali 女士(摩洛哥)代表非洲国家集团发言说，鉴于冠状病毒病及其对数十年发展成果的影响，委员会应重点处理可持续发展的三个层面，特别是贫困的各方面问题和生态系统的保护。气候变化正在通过干旱、荒漠化、土地退化和飓风等极端天气事件对非洲产生重大影响，所有这些都对包括小岛屿发展中国家在内的许多非洲国家构成生存威胁，并拖累了整个非洲大陆的粮食安全。需要采取变革式行动来实施《巴黎协定》，同时侧重于非洲最不发达国家和发展中国家的需要。
78. Ms. El Hilali (Morocco), speaking on behalf of the Group of African States, said that, in the light of COVID-19 and its impact on decades of development gains, the Committee should focus on the three dimensions of sustainable development, in particular with regard to poverty in all its aspects and the protection of ecosystems. Climate change was having a significant impact on Africa through drought, desertification, land degradation and extreme weather events such as hurricanes, all of which posed an existential threat to many African countries, including small island developing States, and weighed on food security throughout the continent. Transformative action was needed to implement the Paris Agreement, with the focus on the needs of the least developed and developing countries in Africa.