In the context of new challenges and threats we hope to transform CICA into a full-fledged international organization at the upcoming summit in October in Astana to contribute to global mediation and peace-making. We must move from simply responding to global challenges and crises to preventing and better predicting emerging trends and integrating our assessments into strategic planning and policymaking.įor this very purpose, Kazakhstan proposed 30 years ago the idea of convening the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). We look forward to contributing to the consultations at the ministerial meeting next year and to the holding of the 2024 Summit of the Future. This is an important opportunity to reaffirm the Charter of the United Nations, reinvigorate multilateralism, boost implementation of existing commitments, agree on concrete solutions to new challenges, and restore trust among Member States. In this respect, Kazakhstan welcomed the proposals in the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Our Common Agenda.” The UN must be better prepared for future challenges and opportunities. They have highlighted the need to modernize and reform the United Nations. The multiple and often interconnected crises of recent years have exposed significant gaps in global governance. To achieve our shared goals, we must go forward in the following directions. I am convinced that the challenges of our time can only be overcome by countries acting together.
Therefore, Kazakhstan stands ready to cooperate with all relevant actors in a spirit of inclusiveness, multilateralism and goodwill. We cannot afford indecision or narrow interests detrimental to this common heritage and our collective good. In other words, we cannot simply shrug our shoulders and agree with polarization and division. We must staunchly defend these values, the UN as its core, and the spirit of cooperation which underpins it. This system of values, embodied in the UN, remains a beacon of hope for millions of people in different parts of our planet. Together they become the basis for greater inter-state cooperation at every level: sub-regional, regional, and global. When the global disarmament regime – both conventional and nuclear – weakens, these three principles are threatened.Ĭonversely, as these three principles are respected, they grow in strength. To undermine one is to undermine the other two. To respect one is to respect the other two. In particular, we must rethink the linkages between three primordial principles: the sovereign equality of states, the territorial integrity of states, and peaceful coexistence between states. There is nothing more important now than to return to the foundational principles that lie at the root of this universal organization. Some 77 years ago, the founding members placed within the UN Charter the principles and norms of international law that have successfully guided us ever since. These problems contribute to the mounting challenges of soaring inflation, job losses, and fears of a worldwide recession, especially for developing nations.įinally, these crises severely hamper the urgent action we all agreed to combat climate change and enhance sustainable development. New fault lines are creating artificial barriers and economic isolation.Įconomic and political sanctions have become “a new norm” that erodes the supply chains that ensure food security, threatening millions, especially in vulnerable communities. The world is falling prey to a new set of military conflicts.įor the first time in two generations, we face the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons, and not even as a last resort. Mutual distrust between global powers is dangerously deepening. The global system of checks and balances has failed to maintain peace and stability. The long-standing international system - based on order and responsibility is giving way to a new, more chaotic and unpredictable one. The world of today appears to have entered a new, increasingly bitter, period of geopolitical confrontation.
We meet here at UN headquarters at a critical time for humanity.
Körösi on his election as President of the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly.
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