H.E. Ambassador Katalin Annamária Bogyay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the united Nations addressed the member states at the Security Council open debate held on 23 February 2015 on the “Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Reflect on History, Reaffirm the Strong Commitment to the Purposes and Principles of the Charter of the United Nations”.
In her first-ever statement made in the Security Council during its open debate held on 23 February 2015 on the “Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Reflect on History, Reaffirm the Strong Commitment to the Purposes and Principles of the Charter of the United Nations”, H. E. Ambassador Katalin Annamária Bogyay stressed the need for true dialogue within the UN, the importance of learning from our past, as well as the need to look for new methods in order to succeed in peacemaking.
Ambassador Bogyay recalled that the founding mothers and fathers of the UN created the UN not only to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war” but also to achieve more: human rights, rule of law, development.
She pointed out that while the Organization had its “success stories”, e.g. it had stabilized the security situation during a “bipolar world”; the world was now in turmoil and in need of “new enlightenment”. Yet the Security Council and the international community seemed paralyzed.
Ambassador Bogyay stressed that failure to act only prolonged human suffering and a high price, in the form of lost lives, lost generations, lost hopes and lost futures, would be paid for such inaction.
Our incapacity to live up to the challenges we face would undermine the trust and belief that people around the world have in the UN. Ambassador Bogyay concluded that the UN must be open to new ideas in order to effectively implement the principles of the Charter.
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