EU Development Council - “We can’t have sustainable development without peace.”

EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Development met in Brussels on 19 May 2017 to address the humanitarian situation in Africa, Yemen and Syria. They are also discussing the future of EU-ACP relations and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda on sustainable development.
In the meeting, Joe McHUGH, Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development of Ireland stated “We can’t have sustainable development without peace.” and he “pointed to the great work being done in Northern Kenya by a group called Shalom.