“There can be no reform of institutions without respect for the Charter of the United NationsMarcelo said during the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, a day before taking part in the open Security Council, where he will speak exclusively about the war in Ukraine.
“There is an urgent need to reform the institutions designed in the last century, which are completely removed from the reality of today’s world,” the head of state called for in his fifth intervention at the UN General Assembly, criticizing expressed the fact that “year after year”, world leaders in that plenary make promises without keeping them.”It’s time to fulfill” he emphasized.
The call for institutional reform continued throughout the intervention of the President of the Republic, referring to the intervention of his Brazilian counterpart, Lula da Silva, who argued that “most sustainable development goals are making slow progress. years we have left, reducing inequality within and between countries should become the summary objective of the 2030 Agenda,” he reflected. Marcelo also stressed that “it is not possible to build peace without” accelerating the 2030 development goals.
From the perspective of the Portuguese head of state, “every day lost is a new day of inequality, selfishness, conflict, war” and on the other hand, every day gained is a new day of “justice, solidarity and peace”. A day before speaking at the UN Security Council, where Marcelo will focus exclusively on the war in Ukraine, the Portuguese president argued that that United Nations body “corresponds to a world that no longer exists”. For this reason, Marcelo emphasized that Portugal defends that “Brazil and India should be permanent members” of the Security Council.
“Portugal defends the fight against climate change and takes the lead in decarbonization,” in the same way that it maintains the “protection of the ocean” and the reform of “international financial organizations” as fundamental objectives. “We will not give up the defense of the Secretary General of the United Nations,” António Guterres reminded the head of state, emphasizing “respect for the Charter of the United Nations.”
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa gave Portugal as an example, referring to the “conversion agreement” of the public debt “into an environmental protection fund”, signed with Cape Verdewhich will enable the “sustainable economic development” of that state. ‘This must be done systematically’defended Marcelo, adding that the goal is to expand this agreement “to other countries in the Portuguese-speaking community.”
“That in a year it will be possible to say that there is more peace than war,” more justice than injustice” and “more reform of financial institutions,” concluded the President of the Republic, referring to the idea that next year ‘We will understand why people believe less and less than those who govern them”.
Source: DN
