Translate the following English sentence to French:
"Otherwise we will, in many cases, only be repairing the damage inflicted as a consequence of our own policy, and the people in the countries of the South, in particular, will suffer as a result of the disasters which we have caused."
Autrement, nous ne ferons que parer aux conséquences de notre propre politique, sans oublier que ce sont avant tout les populations du Sud qui souffriront des catastrophes que nous aurons nous mêmes provoquées.