00:00 | New York (U.S.), Apr. 26.
Peru's Foreign Affairs Minister Nestor Popolizio emphasized the importance Peru gives to the promotion of sustainable peace as a mechanism to prevent and resolve conflicts, during a high-level information session of the UN Security Council.
Speaking to Foreign Affairs Ministers on Wednesday, Popolizio explained Peru convened the session for the importance it attaches to such approach, which considers addressing the root causes of conflicts in a comprehensive manner and enhancing the required institutional structure.
Women and young people's participation —he affirmed— is essential to build a shared vision of a peaceful, inclusive, and sustainable future.
"Peru, which
chairs the Counter-Terrorism Committee, promotes effective measures against this scourge through strengthened cooperation and coordination aimed at cutting its ties with organized crime," he pointed out.
The diplomat also stressed the need for joint efforts to face common challenges such as climate change, corruption, the buildup of arms or violent extremism that leads to terrorism, in an era of deep global interdependence.
Likewise, he finds it essential to strengthen multilateralism around the
sustainable peace concept, which is understood as a general goal and permanent process focused on
prevention.
He recalled that, in 1991, then UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar highlighted the importance of preventive diplomacy and the need to have early warning mechanisms that provide timely information to the
Security Council.
(END) FHG/CCR/RMB/MVB
Published: 4/26/2018