Before the UN Security Council, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, pleaded for a UN Charter that is in line with the new realities of the world.
Speaker during a public debate organized on Wednesday under the theme “Leadership for Peace: United to respect the Charter of the United Nations, for a secure future”the minister noted that the international community has been able to achieve numerous achievements, on the basis of respect for this Charter, noting however that these achievements remain threatened in the face of the appearance of new emerging and multidimensional challenges which threaten peace and security international.
“It is illusory to imagine, for a single moment, multilateral action without respect for the Charter of the United Nations, which constitutes the basis of our common actions and efforts and which now imposes itself as a common and collective constitution”he said.
“Faced with what is currently happening in the world, particularly in Gaza, where the number of deaths continues to increase and the situation continues to get bogged down day by day, threatening a total conflagration of the region, generations current and future states have the right to question us Member States of the United Nations: What is the use of the UN Charter if it is violated with impunity? »launched the minister.
And to wonder again: “Isn’t the Charter on the way to becoming a declaratory document of good intentions? Has multilateral action reached its limits? Hasn’t the time come to recognize its limits and consider other alternatives to global governance? Are we forced to choose between pluralism of action and pluralism of ideals? ».
Stressing that the time has come to revisit this Charter in order to bring it in line with the new realities of the world, Mr. Bourita recalled the message sent by HM King Mohammed VI to the UN Millennium Summit in 2000 in which the Sovereign underlines: “It will be appropriate, after a long wait, to reform the UN Charter by updating some of its obsolete provisions, while preserving the sum of principles of universal scope which governed the founding of an organization with unique characteristics, called to play a driving role in the macro-management of global problems”.
Noting that international peace and security are strengthened when the preeminence of the United Nations Charter is honored, the minister also reaffirmed the need to respect and implement the sacrosanct principles of this Charter, in particular the sovereignty of States, their territorial integrity and their national unity.
“Respect for the Charter does not mean variable respect for certain principles to the detriment of others, or the creation of an affinity group defending + à la carte + the principles of the Charter”he insisted, adding that all of these principles must be applied if we hope to guarantee a prosperous and lasting peace and future for future generations.
This public debate was organized by Slovenia, which assumes the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of September.
(With MAP)
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