The anniversary should have been a moment of celebration, he said, but this is not an ordinary year, with conflicts and crisis in Gaza, Ukraine, Haiti and beyond.
“Faced with these realities, now it is not time to celebrate but ask ourselves: where are the United Nations? Clearly, we have to do better“She said.
Keep the UN letter
Mrs. Baerbock insisted that the international community “should not let the cynics armen these failures” or argue that the institution is a loss of money, outdated and irrelevant.
She emphasized that when the principles of the UN Charter are ignored, it is not the document or the UN as an institution that has failed.
“The letter, Our letter is as strong as the disposition of member states to maintain it. And his will to retain to account for those who violate him“She said.
Never give up
While recognizing that the world is suffering, and that the failures have occurred, Mrs. Baerbock asked the leaders to imagine how much worse it would be without the UN.
He highlighted the work that saves lives from agencies such as the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Program (PMA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
“Sometimes we could have done more. But we can’t let this discourage us. If we stop doing the right thing, evil would prevail,” he said.
“This 80th session is not about great celebrations. It’s about finding the resolution not to surrender. The resolution to be better together. As our predecessors did eight decades ago. ”
From war to peace
The UN was born after two world wars, the horrors of the Holocaust, and when almost a third of humanity, 750 million people, were still under colonial domain. The firm of the letter “gave millions to millions,” he said.
“Throughout the decades, The United Nations has been a compass that points towards peace, humanity and justice.“She said.
“We have not always been successful. But the history of this institution is not a story of easy victories. It is the story of falling and getting up. Of retiring to ourselves and others again and striving more.”
Member States have gathered “to demonstrate that this institution is important,” he said.
“And through this institution, all the nations represented here, regardless of how large or small, can invoke the strength and unity shown for the first time in San Francisco, 80 years ago.”
In a crossword
Mrs. Baerbock observed that the international community is once again at a crossroads.
“It depends on us, for each Member State comply with the same leadership as our predecessors,” he said.
“Act when action is needed. To maintain the principles of our letter. To be better together.”
In addition, they must “show people around the world that the United Nations are there. Today. Tomorrow. And during the next eight decades”, because it is “life insurance for each country.”