In his statement to the High-Level Thematic Debate on Peace and Security organized by the President of the General Assembly, the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Péter Szijjártó stressed the importance of prevention in sustaining peace. He said that the greatest threat today is posed by the growing network of terrorist organisations and underlined that security and sustainable development go hand in hand in the long run.
The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Péter Szijjártó participated to the High-Level Thematic Debate on Peace and Security organized by the President of the General Assembly on 10-11 May 2016.
In his speech, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade spoke about the fundamental changes that are shaping the world and because of which the global security situation has also changed. Hungary fully supports the current three major reform processes of the UN that cover the areas of peacekeeping, peacebuilding and the women, peace and security agenda and believes that a greater emphasis should be put on preventing conflicts in the first place.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade the greatest threat today is posed by the growing network of terrorist organisations that are paralyzing numerous countries and force thousands of people to either live under their threat or flee their countries. The Minister stressed that Hungary is actively supporting the international counter-measures against Daesh and he also stressed how terrorists are exploiting the human migratory waves heading to Europe. Mr. Szijjártó also highlighted that “security and sustainable development go hand in hand, and so beneficiary countries should be required to apply funding in such a way that those resources contribute to eliminating the reasons that are forcing people to flee”.
The Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade also attended ain informal ministerial lunch organized by the President of the General Assembly where the participants discussed the challenges that the new Secretary-General will have to tackle.
