The Maldives is fully committed to the vision conceived by the founders on the United Nations and those outlined in the UN Charter, says President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
The president made this remark during his address at the high-level meeting commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations.
Highlighting that Maldives has been a proud member-state of the UN that has embraced the international order heralded by the UN, President Solih noted with pride that the country has proactively engaged with international peers on “every major globlal issue” from climate change, to counter-terrorism as well as trade and regional institutionalism.
75 years after the creation of the United Nations, I am privileged to speak as the President of one of its smallest constituent states, the Republic of Maldives. Since our admission the Maldives has been a proud member-state that has embraced the international order heralded by the UN. We proactively engage with our international peers on every major global issue, from climate change to counter-terrorism, to trade and regional institutionalism. We have carved out a piece for ourselves as a leading representative of small island states, such as those comprising AOSIS, in which capacity we continue to remind the international community of their moral obligations to the planet and of the existential risks posed by the climate emergency.”Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of Maldives
Ravaged by warfare and global conflict, the world preceding the 1945 San Francisco Conference was an ugly one, stressed the president. However, UN left behind the “dark chapters” in history and heralded the “most peaceful” and progressive era “humanity has ever known.”
It was founded upon the charter’s principles of sovereign equality and self-determination, and imbued with multilateral spirit of its founders, noted Solih.
Shedding light on one of the greatest global challenges since the creation of the organization, Solih noted that the same multilateral spirit must be kept alive to address the global menace of Covid-19.
The task immediately confronting the world-community is recovering from the disease's impacts. Vulnerable countries such as the Maldives and other Small Island Developing States in particular will need the international community's assistance to first, revive our economies, predominantly based on tourism, and at the same time to build our resilience by diversifying our means of income, and ensuring social protection. We are in turn committed to working with our international partners and standing shoulder to shoulder with the rest of the world community in confronting this and future challenges, as we have always done, as a proud member of the United Nations”Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of Maldives
The General Assembly meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of UN aims to present the outcomes of the UN75 initiative and discuss how to take forward findings for building a “better world for all”.
The UN75 initiative was the largest conversation launched globally during January this year to collect public opinion and reach solutions to global challenges.
The UNGA meeting is under the theme, “the future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism”.
