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Szijjártó

lines on the record: 98
first: 2015-09-30
most recent: 2023-11-20
sittings or episodes: 17
sources: un-security-council

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“We must also bring jobs and ensure proper living standards for the exponentially growing African population. Finally, instead of inspiring people to hit the road, we have to create appropriate living standards back at home. We Hungarians are ready to continue to play our role in future.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482 (2023) · source
“We have been carrying out tied-aid credit programmes worth $140 million in African countries in the areas of water management, food industries and public administration assistance, with another $30 million for aid programmes. In 18 countries in Africa, through investments and by creating the necessary circumstances for them, we are supporting Christian communities to be able stay where they have been for centuries or even longer. In the meantime, every year we receive 1,425 students into Hungarian universities with full scholarships from 24 different African countries. In summary, in order to be able to stop migration, which is a dangerous phenomenon — that is to say, disadvantageous for source countries and dangerous for transit and destination countries — we must strengthen our fight against terrorism.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482 (2023) · source
“In order to contribute to the stability of the Sahel, starting next spring we have decided to deploy 200 troops to Chad, in cooperation with the Government of Chad, to help the country’s regular forces create stability and peace in their region and to prevent further migratory waves hitting Europe. We are all aware that the population of Africa is growing exponentially. Helping to enable African countries to keep their growing population at home is therefore a crucial issue for Europe. How can we do that? By creating jobs and appropriate living standards. How do we do that? By bringing investments, job creation and technologies to those African countries. We Hungarians are doing our part.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482 (2023) · source
“That is because all of those migratory flows offer terrorists a chance to hide among migrants and to go and come back without any problems. That is one of the reasons why the threat of terror in Europe has also increased, and why in certain Western European countries, parallel societies have been created. Modern- age antisemitism is on the rise, no-go zones are being established and gang wars are being fought. We Hungarians are therefore extremely interested in the success of the fight against terror, and we take part in those international efforts as well. We can see that one of the major migratory risks in Europe comes from the geographic direction of Africa. We see the Sahel region as one of the sources of migratory flows to Europe because of the region’s instability.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482 (2023) · source
“Rather than inspiring people to hit the road, we have to tackle those root causes. What are the root causes? They are twofold — first, the threat of terror and violence, and secondly, poverty and economic underdevelopment. Those two underlying causes guide our homework and what we must do. On the one hand, we have to ensure security and safety, and on the other, we have to bring investments and job creation to places where there is a need for economic development. As the representative of an EU member State and a country that protects part of the external border of the European Union, I have to share with the Council a very regrettable experience of ours, which is that terrorism and migration are forming an evil cycle. Terrorism is both a root cause of migration and a consequence of it.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482 (2023) · source
“I should inform the Council that we have made tremendous efforts to protect ourselves from those violent gangs and groups, whose members are no longer shy about shooting at our border guards and our policemen, sometimes even with automatic rifles. What is causing that big problem? The migratory policy of the European Union has been shown to encourage migration towards Europe and to feed the smugglers’ business model. Unfortunately, according to the migratory policy of the European Union, border protection is not considered a security duty but rather a human rights issue. However, we Hungarians are in favour of strict border protection. Our position is very clear. Violating a border is a crime that has to be properly addressed. We are all too aware that it is possible to halt migration only in cases where its root causes are being tackled.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482 (2023) · source
“Mr. Szijjártó (Hungary): I thank you, Mr. President, for convening a very important meeting on a very important topic. Unfortunately, I have to report to the Council that the continent I come from has been dealing with very serious security-related challenges. A war has now been going on in the neighbourhood of the European Union (EU), in Ukraine, for more than a year and a half. There is also an armed conflict in Europe’s direct neighbourhood, in the Middle East. On top of that, during the past eight years, we in Europe have been confronted with the challenge posed by a massive wave of illegal migration. We Hungarians are protecting not only ourselves but also the external border of the European Union, along the busiest migratory route to Europe.”
2023-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9482 (2023) · source
“We all know that if the conflict in the Middle East escalates, we Europeans will have to face additional tremendous and very dangerous waves of illegal migration. I therefore want to make it very clear here, in conclusion, that it is absolutely unimaginable that any authority in Hungary would approve and allow any rally to take place with the goal of praising a terrorist attack or a terrorist organization.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The second concern I would like to raise is that for us in Hungary, to be honest, it is scary to see some of the images we are seeing from the streets and squares of some European countries and here in North America. We see that terrorist organizations are being praised on the streets. We see rallies taking place in order to praise acts of terror, and we see a modern-age anti-Semitism on the rise in some European countries. And I must say that we find that unacceptable and frightening in the meantime. We all know that this is a major consequence of the massive illegal migratory flows that have hit Europe in recent years and have created parallel societies in many European countries.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In that connection, we have to pay tribute to President Trump, who was able to put together the Abraham Accords, as well as to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, who participated at the signing of the first agreement. Unfortunately, we see a huge risk posed by the series of terrorist attacks against Israel — that all the achievements reached since the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020 will be lost and that those terrorist attacks will bring us back to the hopeless situation where we had been for decades. We therefore count a great deal on the Gulf countries and on the Arab countries of the region that have behaved responsibly so as to not let all the achievements reached by the Abraham Accords to be lost.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In the meantime, we also have to be very clear about the fact or the intention that in the meantime, the international community should make every effort to ensure that escalation is avoided. And when I say that escalation must be avoided, I mean that this fight against a terrorist organization must not turn into a war among nations and countries. In that regard, I would like to share two major concerns. The first is that, after a series of failures over long decades and after a great deal of suffering of the people of the region, a new hope for long-term peace popped up in 2020, when the Abraham Accords were signed in the garden of the White House. That was the first successful attempt to create a long lasting and sustainable peace.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We therefore find unacceptable any attempts aimed at explaining that phenomenon, putting it into any kind of context or finding any excuse for such a barbarian attack. On that basis, we also want to say very clearly that Israel definitely has the right to protect itself. It is in the interest not only of Israel but also the entire international community for such an attack to never, ever, take place again. On this occasion, we have to call everything by its name. A terrorist attack has been committed against Israel. It was a terrorist attack committed by a terrorist organization. What therefore has to happen now is a fight against terror and against a terrorist organization. And I believe that I can say that it is the interest of all of us for that fight against terror to be successful.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Szijjártó (Hungary): Unfortunately, I believe that it is not an exaggeration to say that global security has never been in worse shape since the conclusion of the Cold War. Two armed conflicts are now having the biggest negative impact on global security. One has been taking place in Europe, in my country’s direct neighbourhood. Europe is facing a tremendous challenge as a result of that phenomenon. On the occasion of today’s meeting of the Security Council, we must speak very clearly and nothing must be relativized. We therefore feel compelled to say very clearly that there is no excuse — and there can be no excuse — for launching thousands of rockets on the territory of a sovereign country. There can be no excuse for killing a large number of innocent people with such an attack.”
2023-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9451Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We also see a regrettable long-term consequence that the world is making huge efforts to be divided into blocs again. And we Central Europeans have very bad historic experiences in that regard. No one would like to hear that, and based on history, it might be uncomfortable for many to hear that. But whenever there was a conflict between East and West, we Central Europeans were always left alone, and we always lost on those occasions. So, when we argue in favour of a civilized cooperation between the East and the West by which we might have some small chance for the future, we do it because that is in our national interest. And the longer this war takes, the chances of achieving that will be much smaller.”
2023-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9380 (2023) · source
“I also would like to highlight the importance of the safe supply of food all around the world, especially in fragile regions. Shortages of food can very easily cause serious security-related challenges, which at first might be local, but then they spread around the world and become global as well. They can end up provoking further migratory waves, which will further increase the global threat of terror. We all see that we cannot cope with one security-related challenge, so how can we cope with more? Unfortunately, if one takes into consideration the past 80 years, it is not an exaggeration to say that global security is currently in the worst shape it is has ever been. There are open and shameless references to nuclear capabilities, and the chance of an outbreak of the Third World War is more imminent than ever before.”
2023-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9380 (2023) · source
“The longer this war goes on, the more weapons will be present in our neighbourhood, the more people will die and the devastation and destruction in our neighbourhood will be more and more severe. So, we wish that the international community would bring more peace than weapons to our neighbourhood. And we all know that, if we cut off the channels of communication, then we will literally give up any hope for peace. Therefore, we really appreciate and respect the efforts to make peace in our neighbourhood and the missions that are launched with that objective. We would like to express our respect to the Holy See, the President of Türkiye and the African countries, which although they are located far away from the war, they are confronted with very serious challenges as an impact of the war as well.”
2023-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9380 (2023) · source
“As a representative of a neighbouring country and a nation whose citizens are dying in this war, I would like to continue to argue in favour of creating peace as soon as possible. Although I understand that is not totally in line with the mainstream positions, we continue to do so even if we are criticized and attacked for our position. And as a neighbouring country and as a representative of a nation whose citizens are dying in this war, we still believe that the solution is not on the battlefield, but around the negotiating table. We hear very often that the circumstances and the conditions are not conducive to launching negotiations to find a diplomatic solution. Allow me to express a different opinion. We believe that the conditions to launch negotiations to reach a diplomatic solution are getting worse and worse every day.”
2023-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9380 (2023) · source
“Mr. Szijjártó (Hungary): First of all, I would like to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for giving the neighbouring countries the chance to take the floor in this debate as well. I am representing a neighbouring country of Ukraine, a country which has been living in the shadow of the war for more than 500 days, a war with serious and direct impacts and consequences on our country. The Hungarian people have already been paying a high price for this war, even though they bear no responsibility for it. I am representing a nation whose citizens are among the casualties of this war, given the fact that there is a significant Hungarian community living in Ukraine, around 150,000 members of which, as Ukrainian citizens, are being mobilized to join the army in Ukraine. And a lot of them, unfortunately, have already died.”
2023-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9380 (2023) · source
“If we are not able to do so, we may very easily end up in a crisis that will be totally insoluble. I once again thank you and your Government, Mr. President, and especially your Foreign Minister, for convening today’s open debate of the Security Council on a very important and pressing matter.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345 (2023) · source
“We all know that Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant is now operating in very risky circumstances. That fuels negative discrimination and ideological attacks against nuclear power, which is factually a clean, safe and sustainable way of generating electricity. And without nuclear power, it is obvious that our fight against climate change and in favour of protecting the environment has no chance of succeeding. In conclusion, the war in Ukraine, the increasing migratory pressure, the most serious threat of terror the world has ever seen and the huge challenges ahead regarding the struggle to protect the environment and counter global climate change create a terrible vicious circle. The international community should unite its efforts to break that vicious circle.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345 (2023) · source
“That is one of the major root causes of migration, and we all know that massive migratory waves give terrorists a chance to hide in those waves and perpetrate attacks all over the world. We in my country know that all too well, given our very particular geographic location. Our neighbour to the east is Ukraine, where the war is ongoing, and more than a million refugees have come from there so far. And our southern border is basically the end of the Western Balkan migration route, which is currently the most active such route, globally speaking. We had to stop 270,000 illegal migrants there last year. Unfortunately, the war can cause very serious natural disasters as well. Every day the war continues increases the chances for other natural disasters to occur.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345 (2023) · source
“Even before the war in our neighbourhood broke out in February 2022, we were already living in an age of pressing threats and danger resulting from accelerated climate change, the growing issue of migration and the most serious threat of terror the world has ever seen. And all three have created a vicious circle. Now, on top of those threats — climate change, terror and migration — the war has created another terrible vicious cycle. As a result of the war, grain exports from the countries at war have fallen, destabilizing already fragile regions where an insecure food supply has opened up the space for extreme ideologies. And when extremist ideologies are proliferating, the threat of terror increases. As a result, we are now facing the most serious threat of terror ever, globally speaking.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345 (2023) · source
“We are all certain that there are no solutions on the battleground for any wars, including the one in our neighbourhood, because battlegrounds produce only casualties and dead people. The solution must always come from the negotiating table. That is why we appreciate all the efforts of all those nations, including your country, Mr. President, that are ready to speak up for peace. We also have to understand, unfortunately, that the rhetoric of war is currently louder than the rhetoric of peace, although I still believe that the global majority would like to see peace. That is why it is time to speak up and to be louder, so that the global pro-peace majority can be heard loud and clear.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345 (2023) · source
“We are living in the neighbourhood of that war, and we all know that if there is an escalation, it will happen in the geographic neighbourhood first, not thousands of kilometres away. I am also speaking on behalf of a nation some of whose members are dying in this war, and we do not want more to die in this conflict. We therefore believe that the goal and duty of the international community should be to save people’s lives, and the only way to do that is through peace, which means ending the war. Hungary therefore urges for an immediate ceasefire, because that would give peace talks a chance to be established, and with peace talks there is hope for a peace deal to be made.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345 (2023) · source
“Mr. Szijjártó (Hungary): First of all, I would like to begin by expressing our appreciation and great respect for the United Arab Emirates, not only for convening today’s important meeting on the very pressing matter of the relationship between peace and security and environmental issues, but also because the United Arab Emirates has been strengthening the global pro-peace majority and its pro-peace stance and efforts to keep the channels of communication open. That is highly significant from the perspective of my country, which is located close to an ongoing war. It is a regional war, but one with global effects and where the threat of escalation increases with each passing day. And the longer the war lasts, the more people will die.”
2023-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9345 (2023) · source
“Let us therefore try to concentrate on how to stop the war, end the war, establish an immediate ceasefire and launch peace talks, which we hope will bring us to a sustainable and fair peace.”
2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source
“All of us should refrain from measures, decisions and statements of that kind, which prolong and escalate the war. A third world war would be a real tragedy. A third world war would bring us to where we hope none of us would like to go. In that regard, it is key to ensure that there is no direct confrontation between NATO and the Russian Federation. Within NATO, we have a clear decision that NATO is not party to the conflict, and we hope that that decision of ours will be respected by all. The Hungarian people are not responsible for the war, but Hungary and the Hungarian people have already paid a high price. That is why we all know that we are in the twenty-fifth hour. We are in the twenty- fifth hour.”
2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source
“Once again, as a representative of a neighbouring country witnessing the suffering on a daily basis, I humbly ask Council members to concentrate on how to stop the war, prevent more people from dying and make peace. Together with many others, we represent a generation that, thank God, did not have to experience life during the world wars. A world war is a global war. We hope that neither we, our children or our future grandchildren will have to experience such a life. So far, as we know, the war has had global impacts, but that is not the question. The question is whether we can prevent the war from becoming a global war — a world war. The question is whether we can avoid measures, decisions and sometimes statements that bring with them the risk of the escalation and prolongation of the war.”
2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source
“With deliveries of weapons and further sanctions packages, I do not see how we can save people’s lives, but with peace we definitely could. I am well aware that we are usually very heavily criticized for our position on this. Not only are we heavily criticized, but on many occasions totally insane accusations are being directed at Hungary and its Government. But unlike us Hungarians, those who criticize, educate and judge us have not lost any lives in the war. That is why we are calling for an immediate ceasefire and for peace talks to be launched and hopefully the outcome of sustainable peace reached. It is obvious that peace cannot be made if there are no open channels of communication. From our perspective, if the channels of communication are being cut, jammed or closed, it means that even the hope of peace is being abandoned.”
2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source
“I should point out that I represent a nation that has also had a number of casualties in the war, given the fact that there is a Hungarian community living in the western part of Ukraine, some of whose members are Ukrainian citizens and many of whom have been conscripted into the Ukrainian army. They are fighting on the front lines, and many of them have died. Let me emphasize that we do not want more people to die in the war. In that regard, I would like to underline Hungary’s position, which is that in these circumstances, we would consider the international community’s number-one duty to be that of saving people’s lives and preventing more casualties. How could that be possible? The answer is that we can save lives with peace.”
2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source
“We give equal access to refugees from Ukraine when it comes to our education and health- care systems. Some 1,300 schools and kindergartens in Hungary have already enrolled refugee children and students from Ukraine. We give incentives to companies in Hungary to employ refugees. All of that, together with many other measures, adds up to the largest humanitarian operation carried out in the history of Hungary, and I want the Council to know that we will continue humanitarian action on that large scale for as long as it is needed. From the perspective of a country in the neighbourhood, we see very clearly that the war brings great suffering. The war does not have winners. It has only losers, and the longer it lasts, the more losers there will be. More damage will be caused, and more people will be killed.”
2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source
“Mr. Szijjártó (Hungary): I thank the President for organizing this meeting of the Security Council today, the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I represent a country, Hungary, which is a direct neighbour of Ukraine. The impacts of the war are therefore severe and immediate for us. We are faced with the tragic consequences, basically on a daily basis, as we are witnessing people’s suffering caused by this war. We have received a bit more than a million refugees from Ukraine so far — unfortunately, mostly torn-apart families. I have to tell you, Mr. President, that it is heartbreaking to see mothers arriving in Hungary with children, sometimes with grandparents, most often with a single backpack. We do want to help them. We are doing our best to help them.”
2023-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9269 (2023) · source
“I therefore humbly ask the representatives of large and strong countries, the representatives of the so- called super-Powers, to sit around the negotiating table and negotiate how peace could be created in our neighbourhood, instead of prolonging the war, as that would have extremely adverse impacts that I think all of us should avoid. Once again, I would like to express my appreciation to the Japanese Government, which was brave enough to put the issue of peace on the agenda. I hope that in the future there will be more international events, platforms and organizations with peace on the agenda — how to finally make peace.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“We also urge the international community to avoid any decisions, measures or statements that could risk the escalation or prolongation of the war. I ask members not to forget that the escalation and prolongation of the war will bring more suffering and lead to more people dying. We believe that instead of deploying more and more weapons, we should now start to concentrate on establishing a ceasefire and launching peace talks. As I look around the table, it reminds me that the United Nations was not created as an integration of like-minded countries. It is a platform for discussion, including discussion with countries that are not very happy to be sitting around the same table. But believe me, if channels of communication are being cut, it means that we are giving up on our hopes for peace, and that is a very irresponsible way of behaving.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“The Hungarian people made it absolutely clear that Hungary must be left out of this war. Indeed, everything that has been happening has come with tragic consequences. Thousands are dying, millions are fleeing their homes, families are being torn apart, and the sanctions are putting tremendous challenges in the way of European economies. I can imagine that hundreds or thousands of kilometres away, or an ocean away, that might look a bit different. But believe me, we live in the neighbourhood and must underline that it is very serious. I ask members to receive, from someone who lives in the direct neighbourhood of the war, the message that the war must be stopped immediately, because we are in the twenty-fifth hour and we must concentrate on peace. We urge the international community to replace war rhetoric with peace rhetoric.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“Our national energy importation costs have increased from €7 billion to €17 billion within a single year. Inflation is skyrocketing, which has had a very negative impact on food prices. Moreover, not only have Ukrainian died in this war, but Hungarian nationals are also dying, given that there is a Hungarian community in western Ukraine, whose members are being recruited into the Ukrainian army, many of whom are dying in the war. Hungary and the Hungarian people have already paid a high price for this war, despite the fact that they never wanted the war. Hungary and its people are absolutely not responsible for this war. In our most recent parliamentary elections, last year, the Hungarian people made it very clear that since this is not our war, we do not want it. We do not want to be involved in a war against anyone.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“Mr. Szijjártó (Hungary): I thank you, Mr. President, for including me on the list of speakers. I would also like to express my appreciation through you, Sir, to the Government of Japan for convening today’s meeting on peace, which is more timely than ever, and which, unfortunately, is not only timely but also unique. If we look at international political discourse today, war is usually on the agenda, not peace. The rhetoric of war is very loud, and the rhetoric of peace is hardly being heard. I represent a country that is an immediate neighbour of Ukraine, a country that is extremely interested in creating peace, given that the impacts of the war have been severe immediate for us as neighbours. More than a million refugees have entered Hungary, which has obligated us to carry out the largest humanitarian operation in our history.”
2023-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9250 (2023) · source
“We should continue the method put forward by President Trump in the Middle East and maintain the dialogue between Israel and the Arab countries and their counterparts. We must also apply that method in and with regard to Ukraine. We must reopen the communication channels, and there must be a dialogue in order to resolve that very serious security-related challenge in Europe as well.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“The Abraham Accords brought about a very positive development for the region, which, realistically speaking, was completely unexpected, If it was possible for President Trump to make peace between Israel and some Arab countries and reorganize the relationship between Israel and the Arab countries, it must also be possible to create peace in Ukraine, because there we need the same methodology: dialogue and the reopening of communication channels. In conclusion, let me put it this way: we must look at the example of the Abraham Accords when it comes to the current security-related challenges. If there are no negotiations, there will be no peace. If there are negotiations and discussion, there is hope for peace. I therefore hope that, even in this Organization, the rhetoric of war will be replaced by the rhetoric of peace.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“In that regard, I believe that we must recognize the role of President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner, who facilitated the cooperation and the discussion between Israel and the Arab countries that was needed in order to reach a peaceful and reorganized relationship. From the perspective of the current situation in the eastern part of Europe in particular, the methodology for concluding the Abraham Accords was very enlightening and telling. We can draw conclusions from that methodology regarding the situation in Ukraine, since what was necessary for the Abraham Accords was the presence of a true leader who was brave and strong enough to open — or, let us say, reopen — the communication channels between the parties, which have been in deep conflict with each other.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“Those both pose a serious security-related risk to Europe. Particularly at this time, Europe does not need — and, I would say, would not be able to handle — another security-related challenge. For us Europeans, it is therefore of the utmost importance that there be huge steps made in the Middle East towards peace. If we look back at the recent decades, there have been many failed attempts to bring about peace, or to come closer to peace, in the Middle East. The first successful initiative was the Abraham Accords, which was the first process to offer a realistic hope for peace in the region.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“But, in that context, I want to make the remark that it is absolutely certain that the more regional conflicts that exist, the greater the chance that they will all result in a global war, a world war, which, I believe, is something that none of us would like to experience. The war in Ukraine highlights the importance of putting an end to and resolving the greatest possible number of — and preferably all — regional armed conflicts that are currently taking place in the world. The Middle East has always been a source of serious security risks in recent decades. The security situation in the Middle East undeniably has a direct impact on the security situation of Europe, because the consequence of unrest in the Middle East is the increasing threat of terror, as well as additional massive illegal waves of migration.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“Mr. Szijjártó (Hungary): We appreciate this opportunity to address this very important matter, as the world has been faced with a set of multiple parallel crises since the war broke out in Ukraine in February. I am representing a neighbouring country of Ukraine, Hungary. The impacts of the war on us are therefore immediate and very severe. Member States know that living next door to the war makes us extremely interested in peace being made as soon as possible, and we are very aware of the significance and importance of achieving conclusive peace as soon as possible. The war in Ukraine is a regional war.”
2022-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9174 (2022) · source
“As a representative of a neighbouring country to Ukraine, I would like to urge the international community to do all that it can and not to spare any effort to restore peace to our region. Instead of measures that might prolong the war, we must do our best to establish an immediate ceasefire and to finally launch peace talks, because peace talks are the only way to go forward and to end the suffering of the people, especially children, in Ukraine. I would like to warmly thank the Government of Brazil once again and to wish it the best of luck for the future.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“In addition, we have provided special treatment in our hospitals to 130 children from Ukraine and a scholarship, fully financed by the Hungarian State, to 1,000 students from Ukraine who could not continue their studies in the universities due to the fact that they were not operational, and we provide those who pass their school-leaving exam at the beginning of the summer and cannot continue their studies in universities with State-financed scholarships. However, here we come to the really important question, which is the following. What is the solution to all the problems that the war has created and to ending the suffering of those children? It is definitely one word, that is, peace.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“We provide assistance when it comes to language. Our language is perhaps the most complicated language on Earth. We therefore definitely have to help the children arriving to at least have some connection with our language. In order to create some kind of normal circumstances for those children, 897 kindergartens, elementary schools and secondary schools of ours have been involved in the programme to enrol Ukrainian children. By June, more than 2,000 Ukrainian children had been enrolled in our kindergartens and schools, and we are ready to also do the same in the upcoming period of the school year. I would like to underline that exactly the same rights as Hungarian children are being enjoyed by Ukrainian children when it comes to education and access to health-care services.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“As a neighbouring country, from the very beginning of the war, we received 840,000 refugees. Because of the conscription regulations in force in Ukraine, those are clearly families that have been torn apart. They are therefore mostly mothers, accompanied by children and sometimes by grandparents. It is really heartbreaking to see that those families are arriving, leaving their fathers back at home, with total uncertainty of ever reuniting in the future. To help those people fleeing from war, Hungary has been carrying out the country’s largest-ever humanitarian aid action in its history. We receive everyone who would like to come to Hungary, and we take good care of them, especially the children. We enrol all the children who will stay in Hungary for the longer term in kindergartens and schools.”
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“However, unfortunately, that hope has become an illusion since 24 February, when the war in Ukraine broke out. That war definitely brings suffering to Ukraine, but also to the neighbouring region and the entire European continent. The war has caused extremely high inflation, a war-inflation environment in Europe, complete uncertainty regarding the energy supply in major parts of the European continent and clearly the threat of a global crisis when it comes to the food supply. Those who lose the most because of that war are definitely children, who clearly lose the enthusiasm of their childhood and the entire future, or at least a big part of their future is at risk. Without a doubt, the war causes enormous physical and mental suffering for children.”
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“Mr. Szijjártó (Hungary): First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to the Government of Brazil for having convened the Security Council around this topic. We highly value the pro-family policies of your Government, Mr. President, and the Christian-based approach of the Administration of President Bolsonaro. We also wish the best of luck for the upcoming elections. Unfortunately, from the perspective of its topic, the meeting that Brazil convened is highly timely. I am representing a country, Hungary, that is a neighbouring country to Ukraine, a country that has been at war for 146 days. I am also representing a generation whose members were born around the end of the 1970s, a generation that had the hope that we would never have to experience war from so close.”
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“Last but not least, we believe that capacity-building in countries and regions where the standards level of the food industry is still low is extremely important. Hungary is taking part in those efforts as well. More than 300 experts from such countries have graduated from Hungarian universities in the framework of a joint scholarship programme by FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture. I therefore you once again, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. We are ready to take further part in the international efforts to successfully address the food-security challenges that are ahead of us.”
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