High-level Meeting to Commemorate the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations
21 September 2020
Bulgaria
Her Excellency Ekaterina Zaharieva
Statement Summary
EKATERINA ZAHARIEVA, Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, said the United Nations has established itself as the cornerstone of international order and of fundamental human rights and freedoms. “It turned out that 75 years were not enough to bring about the ideals set by the UN Charter, nor were we even close to having the people’s dreams come true,” she said, asking delegations to reflect on how to achieve the vision of the United Nations. The Alliance for Multilateralism, co-founded in 2019 by Bulgaria, has an important role to play. What is needed is both the impetus and enthusiasm to keep working hard for the Organization’s noble causes, from achieving peace to defeating COVID-19 to promoting human rights or coping with climate change, she said.
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