Published October 25,2024
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Türkiye is able to help efforts to remodel the United Nations right into a renewed beacon of hope for humanity, the nation’s president stated Thursday.
“Türkiye is ready to support all efforts to ensure that the UN, which it considers the cornerstone of multilateralism, once again becomes a beacon of hope for humanity and that the international system is structured effectively based on principles of justice, equality and solidarity, free from double standards,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated in his celebration message on the event of the 79th anniversary of the UN.
He expressed Ankara’s willpower to proceed to make concrete contributions to actions underneath the UN’s framework geared toward mediation, battle prevention, peacekeeping, counter-terrorism, migration administration, sustainability, environmental safety and “initiatives like the Alliance of Civilizations.”
The rising presence of the UN within the nation, particularly in Istanbul, is a “concrete manifestation” of Ankara’s strengthened cooperation with the UN, he stated.
Reiterating that the UN Security Council failed in its obligation to forestall the state of affairs from getting worse in Gaza, President Erdoğan stated the Council “is emboldening the perpetrators with its stance and undermining faith in the rules-based international system.”
“Sadly, the Security Council, which is endowed with the broadest powers for this purpose, is currently mired in inertia due to its helplessness in the face of developments that trample both international law and human dignity,” he added.
“It is now vital for the Security Council to take and implement the measures required by international law before the current situation in the Middle East escalates into a more destructive and widespread crisis,” he stated.
He additional stated that because the UN marks its anniversary, it does so with a heavy coronary heart as a result of file variety of personnel misplaced in Gaza and different battle zones, ongoing assaults on peacekeeping missions, and the Secretary-General being labeled an “unwanted person.”
“However, the destruction attributable to conflicts world wide, the more and more increasing and deepening state of starvation and poverty, and the poisonous unfold of Islamophobia and racism are elevating the duties and obligations of the UN an increasing number of every day.
“The proper fulfillment of this responsibility can only be achieved by ensuring the appropriate conditions for all of the UN core organs, including the Security Council, to effectively carry out their functions,” he added.
Erdoğan concluded his message celebrating the day and commemorating the UN personnel who misplaced their lives in doing their job.
Source: www.anews.com.tr