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President Pendarovski

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2023-09-20

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2023-09-20

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1. “A key component of any future peace agreement should be, first fully respecting the territorial integrity of Ukraine, meaning the full withdrawal of all Russian forces, ensuring that all refugees and internally displaced persons are returned to their homes, massive support for the post-conflict reconstruction of a devastated country and international guarantees for the rights of all ethnic and religious communities that have been living in Ukraine for centuries. As I said, the war in Ukraine has seriously undermined the credibility of the world Organization, but it also offers an extraordinary opportunity for the Security Council to act in line with the principles of the United Nations Charter and help restore the people’s confidence in the United Nations as an indispensable global organization.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

2. “The only way to achieve that goal is through diplomacy and negotiations based on respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. To that end, the first step should be an immediate and unconditional truce in order to create an environment conducive to the start of negotiations. Throughout the process, the United Nations should establish a peacekeeping mission with the main task of monitoring the truce and humanitarian assistance to civilians.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

3. “Without a credible alternative on the horizon to the current international order that could garner the majority support of the nations, the people’s growing frustration with the Organization’s inactivity is understandable. It is clear that the modern world is vastly different from the world in 1945 and that the Security Council should face and reflect that new reality. Within the ongoing debates about the eventual reform of the prime United Nations organ, the question of the veto of the permanent members has to be thoroughly assessed, especially when one of them is involved in a conflict. The Council’s most urgent task is to be proactively engaged in putting an end to the war in Ukraine.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

4. “So far we have seen several attempts to redefine the foundations of international order, but none have received such wide support as the principles that the civilized world established after the horrors of the Second World War. In that sense, the current deadlock in the Security Council, the main organ of the United Nations entrusted to preserve and promote international peace and security, was instigated precisely through non-compliance and, I would even say, the conscious bypassing of the basic principles of the international order. It is clear that this impasse diminishes the credibility and confidence of the people that the United Nations can effectively achieve the key goal for which it was established almost eight decades ago.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source

5. “President Pendarovski: The aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine dealt a strong blow to international peace and security, to the fundamental principles of international law and to the international order. This war challenged multilateralism as the basis of the international order, on an unprecedented level. And as we all know, the international peace and security architecture, the most important expression of which is the United Nations, is centred on multilateralism. The current situation is the result of ignoring the obligations enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations since 1945. Without respect for the sovereign equality and territorial integrity of each Member State, we cannot talk about effective multilateralism.”

   2023-09-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9421Resumption1 (2023) · source