BAKU
\nChairman of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on Thursday suggested establishing a UN High-Level Panel on Global Recovery from COVID-19 to elaborate recommendations on global measures for the post-pandemic period.
\nThe NAM chairman, in his address at the plenary session of Summit of NAM Contact Group in response to COVID-19 being held here, said Azerbaijan would continue to provide financial and humanitarian assistance to NAM countries in need and call to support the post-pandemic recovery of Africa and Small Island Developing States.
\nThe summit was attended by several heads of state and the top leadership and government of about 70 countries, NAM members. The Azerbaijan president also announced that his country, as the first donor, was allocating 1 million US dollars for both Global Calls.
\n He said that right after the beginning of the pandemic, NAM took the initiative to mobilize global efforts to counter COVID-19. He said Azerbaijan provided coronavirus-related financial and humanitarian support to more than 80 countries, most of those from our NAM family either through bilateral channels or World Health Organization.
\n\u201cThe pandemic had a negative impact on the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The global efforts should be reinforced to prevent, inter alia, backsliding on targets and to catch up with the 2030 Agenda,\u201d he remarked.
\nElaborating the international issues, Aliyev said that the goal of NAM was to defend justice and international law. He called for further strengthening the South-South cooperation guided by the principles of respect for sovereignty, national ownership, equality and mutual benefit. Its agenda is set by countries of the South themselves in line with their national needs and priorities, not imposed by the outside world, the Chairman of NAM said.
\n\u201cAzerbaijan strongly supports the institutional development of the Non-Aligned Movement,\u201d he emphasized and told the gathering that Azerbaijan initiated the establishment of the NAM Parliamentary Network and the NAM Youth Organization, the head of state noted:
\n\u201cOur goal is to create institutional sustainability and to leave a successful legacy to the members who will take over the chairmanship after Azerbaijan.\u201d With 120 members, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is the second largest international institution after the UN General Assembly, he added.
\nPresident Aliyev said the international security architecture, which has existed for the last several decades, was currently facing dramatic changes, and multilateralism was at stake. The erosion of international law norms and principles further threatens the international order, he added.
\n\u201cMore cases of violation of sovereignty and territorial integrity and intervention in the internal affairs of states are observed. The decisions of the leading international organizations are not either implemented or the selective approach and double standards are being applied,\u201d he commented.
\nHe said as the second largest international institution after the UN, NAM should play a more visible and efficient role in the international arena and actively participate in reshaping the new world order. He also called for the implantation of UN\u2019s resolutions and suggested the composition of the Security Council should be expanded to make it more representative and more geographically fair.
\n\u201cSome Security Council resolutions have been implemented within days. However, in the case of Azerbaijan, Armenia ignored the four Security Council\u2019s resolutions demanding immediate and unconditional withdrawal of its armed forces from the territories of Azerbaijan for almost 30 years,\u201d he commented.
\n\u201cIn 2020 Azerbaijan itself restored its territorial integrity and historical justice by military-political means and enforced the Security Council resolutions\u2019 implementation. Probably, it was the first case in the world since the establishment of the UN\u201d, he noted. He said Azerbaijan conducted large-scale reconstruction work in the liberated territories with its own financial resources. The government of Azerbaijan spent about US$4 billion for reconstruction work in 2021-2022. This year, we plan to allocate at least 1.7 billion USD for this purpose.
\n\u201cOne permanent seat should be given to the Non-Aligned Movement, and the country holding the position of chair of the Movement should have this seat on a rotating basis,\u201d he suggested and called on NAM member countries to start consultations on this issue. \u201cWe also support the allocation of permanent seats for Africa in the Security Council,\u201d he suggested.
\nPresident Ilham Aliyev also appreciated the NAM countries for their firm stance in supporting the position of Azerbaijan and not allowing one-sided and biased anti-Azerbaijani statements to pass in the UN Security Council both in 2020 and 2022.
\nIn his address, President of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Csaba Kor\u00f6si said that the pandemic taught the world that no one was safe until all were safe. \u201cBecause closing our borders and taking individual measures are not enough. The only way out of the pandemic was through solidarity not only within the borders but across them too,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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