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Minsk suggested as venue for multilateral talks to establish more effective world order

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MINSK, 8 April (BelTA) – Belarus calls upon the international community to start new large-scale multilateral negotiations without delay in order to establish a more effective, fair, and functioning world order. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei made the relevant statement in a high-level panel discussion “Ensuring security for all: Geneva views and contributions” in the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) on 8 April, BelTA learned from representatives of Belarus’ permanent mission to UNOG and other international organizations in Geneva.

Vladimir Makei described the inability of the international community to formulate new rules of peaceful interaction as a systemic problem of the modern age. The old system of concentrated power and influence exerted by a small group of the most powerful countries is falling apart while the new system is still taking shape under the influence of the irreversible growth of political and economic power of regional powers and their unions.

Vladimir Makei encouraged the international community to immediately start new large-scale multilateral negotiations on overcoming the entire spectrum of differences and on building a new, more effective, fair, and workable world order. He noted that Minsk is ready to become the venue for these negotiations. The Belarusian minister of foreign affairs also called for enhancing the role of multilateral institutions and the UN system as a whole.

Belarus believes that the multipartite organizations located in Geneva already contribute to the formation of the future world, which will be more harmonized and more mutually dependent, the world, where force will not be used to resolve possible conflicts. It is industry-specific intergovernmental organizations intent on implementing the sustainable development goals that are supposed to become the foundation for global partnerships to unite countries, international organizations, the civil society, private sector, and the research community. Belarus believes that a system of such global partnerships represents the best tool to manage the nascent multipolar world order.

The panel discussion was organized by Belarus’ permanent mission to UNOG. UNOG Director General Michael Moller, Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) Renata Dwan, and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva Walter Stevens also took part in the discussion as speakers.

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