Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Mario Lopez affirmed that the
System embodies the possibility for understanding, dialogue, solidarity, and consensus as tools for action and relations among States.
Likewise, the Cabinet member requested the UN to ensure timely and equitable access to medicines, treatments, and equipment against the pandemic, adding that
universal health coverage and the strengthening of the multilateral health architecture cannot be postponed.
The dignitary also pointed out that —in the face of the challenges faced by
multilateralism— the willingness to reach consensus and the "lessons learned help us to shape the future we want, as well as the United Nations that we need for that purpose."
Ambassador Lopez participated in the virtual event on Friday from the Lima-based Torre Tagle Palace, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's headquarters.