Speaking before the start of the high -level week, Annalena Baerbock stressed the importance of the UN Charter, the founding document of the organization and the need for reform and greater inclusion.
“Our task is to ensure that the UN remains strong over the next 80 years,” he said.
Reform to stay relevant
Mrs. Baerbock highlighted the issue of her presidency, “better together”, which “reflects the reality that No unique nation, regardless of their size, power or wealth, can face the challenges without borders that we face alone. “
He recalled that the UN was established during what was perhaps one of the darkest moments in human history, which led to the letter: “The Northern Star that guides our work and reminds us of what we want to achieve together.”
But after 80 years of a changing world, it is time to “adapt and evolve for the United Nations that will take us through the next eight decades to show eight billion people why this organization still matters.”
This is also critical “to respond to the calls desperate peace in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and Haiti”, and a significant action to address climate change, inequality and rapid technological advances.
This year’s approach must be to advance in the Una80 reform agenda, he said, guiding the selection of the next Secretary General, and guaranteeing the implementation of the Pact for the future adopted by the Member States last September.
Take advantage of the day
In this sense, the general debate next week, the annual meeting of world leaders in the iconic general assembly hall, is an occasion to demonstrate the role of the UN as a platform for dialogue. It is expected that some 150 heads of state and government, as well as thousands of delegates, attend.
Mrs. Baerbock promised to “take every opportunity to underline the importance of this moment in history to reaffirm our commitment to the UN letter and the principles it represents.”
She described the key opportunities during the high -level week, such as the meeting to commemorate the 80 anniversary of the UN. It provides “an opportunity to reflect on the achievements and role of the UN and rewind the principles of the letter: our life insurance.”
Support for the solution of two states
He also pointed out the resumption of the High Level International Conference on Palestine and the solution of two states with Israel.
“This is an opportunity to address the reality that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be resolved by endless war, continuous occupation and terror“She said.
“The only way to ensure that both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace, security and durable dignity is the solution of two states.”
Women, youth and minorities
They also plan that meetings will mark 30 years from the fourth World Conference on Women and the World Action for Youth Program, while another will focus on noncommunicable diseases and mental health.
The General Assembly will also hold a high -level conference to address the crisis facing Muslims Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar “to support the most vulnerable and call attention to conflicts and human rights abuses that are often forgotten.”
Finally, the annual meeting to commemorate the International Day for the total elimination of nuclear weapons “gains renewed importance in a year where conflict and tensions are at a higher point.”
‘A moment of makeup or broken’
Mrs. Baerbock pointed out that the international community “is not the lack of challenges or problems”, but it is time to convert the commitment into collective action.
“We are at a crossroads, a moment of promotion for the United Nations and multilateralism as a whole, but this is precisely when we have to work harder“She said.
“Our ancestors had the humility and grace to set aside their differences and work together in 1945; we need that same conviction of principles today.”
The president of the Assembly requested “the will and ambition, to convert the promise into action, the commitments in progress and hope in reality.”