Editing Foreign relations of Senegal (section)

=== CILSS ===
The Comité permanent Inter-États de Lutte contre La Sécheresse dans Le Sahel (CILSS) or the [[Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel|Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel]] is an international organization dedicated to combatting the effects of drought and [[desertification]] in the [[Sahel]] region of Africa.<ref name=":222">{{Cite web |title=CILSS - Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel |url=http://portails.cilss.bf/spip.php?rubrique41 |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=portails.cilss.bf |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518103031/http://portails.cilss.bf/spip.php?rubrique41 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Founded in 1973 after major droughts across the Sahel, CILSS has worked to uphold the work of ECOWAS in ensuring food and energy security, to educate local engineers on more sustainable development practices, to provide information on ongoing environmental problems, and to research the effects of climate change and desertification.<ref name=":222" /> While originally consisting of 13 mostly Francophone West African nations including Senegal, the organization was integrated into ECOWAS, expanding to a total of 17 members.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2021 |title=USAID/West Africa and Permanent Interstate Committee Drought Control Sahel (CILSS) |url=https://www.usaid.gov/west-africa-regional/documents/usaidwest-africa-and-permanent-interstate-committee-drought-control-sahel-cilss |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=[[USAID]] |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512211804/https://www.usaid.gov/west-africa-regional/documents/usaidwest-africa-and-permanent-interstate-committee-drought-control-sahel-cilss }}</ref>

Senegal is one of the founding members of CILSS and one of its biggest contributors<ref name=":222" /> The nation and Senegalese President [[Macky Sall]] has been leaders in development projects like "2iS" or the "Sahel Irrigation Initiative" which would create a network of irrigation infrastructure across the Sahel belt to support water-insecure areas.<ref name=":222" />