In September every year, the United Nations General Assembly brings together member states and receives world leaders creating global platform for high-level discussion. This year the 75th session meetings, which will conclude on Tuesday (September 29), is being held under the theme “The Future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism – confronting COVID-19 through effective multilateral action.”
It is the first meeting of the UN General Assembly which is being held entirely virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying health restrictions on travel and gathering of people as measures aimed to mitigate the spread of the virus.
So the pandemic crisis has topped the challenges facing the world’s annual forum although issues like racism, intolerance, inequality, climate change, poverty, hunger, development, disarmament, human rights, international law, regional armed conflicts and the long suffering of the Palestinian people remain unresolved global challenges. Although such high-level global gathering is a critical opportunity for the international community to take action, the event still is not able to come out of its traditional functions such as discuss, debate, and make recommendations on subjects pertaining to international peace and security.
As the UN is a multilateral institution and it remains the most successful and efficient global body to face the challenges the world is going through based on this understanding, the State of Qatar has reaffirmed its support for collective global initiatives.
For this, the State of Qatar renewed its commitment and support to the “Alliance for Multilateralism” initiative, launched by the Foreign Ministers of France and Germany, indicating that multilateralism is clearly exemplified by the role carried out by the United Nations in its capacity as the main forum for international cooperation and burden-sharing in facing challenges. Qatar’s commitment to the principle of multilateralism active role in the international multilateral action was reaffirmed by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H E Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi, during the ministerial meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism, held remotely on the sidelines of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly.
Under the increasing common challenges of the international community which constitute a growing concern for all, H E Al Hammadi called on the member states to develop their capabilities to enhance the role of the UN to meet the challenges and enable it to achieve its goals. He stressed that Qatar will remain one of the distinguished actors in the international multilateral action, and has never hesitated to employ its capabilities and multilateral diplomatic legacy to support the role of the UN.
