“We need a reset,” says Barbados Prime Minister.
Mia Mottley told leaders at the annual general debate that over the past four years the world has faced ‘many crises’.
“We continue to grapple with the climate crisis as one human family,” she said. We grapple with the legacy of the pandemic,” adding that “sadly we are now faced with many battlefields and the scenes of horror and famine that resulted from that war.” , armed conflict, instead of pursuing the development of the citizens of all nations.”
Citing Ukraine and Gaza, as well as Sudan, Ms. Mottley said the world could not “afford the distraction of war,” saying, “if there was ever a time to pause and reset, it is now.” , collectively, together as an international community and individually, as leaders in each of our countries.”
She said leaders have a responsibility to “offer new opportunities and solutions to the crises that are undermining economic growth, limiting the ambitions of our people and paralyzing our sense of belonging.” us about the beauty and goodness that the world is supposed to offer.”
She added that this reset is something “all of our citizens are asking for.”
Simply put, she says too many people “go to bed hungry.”
The failure of a global reset, she said, would prompt “a crisis of confidence in the existing international order, which must become inclusive and responsive to all.”
This global reset, she continued, will target our norms and institutions, aiming to end discrimination and the processes that create first- and second-class citizens depending on the country. your origin.
Recalling that 2024 is the final year of the United Nations Decade, Ms. Mottley said that despite many achievements, Barbados and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are joining the growing chorus to declare immediately returned to the Second Decade to resolve the issue of war reparations. for slavery and colonialism.
As wars continue to rage around the world, she said the United Nations has an important role to play. “There are few areas where the world needs the United Nations to act as a United Nations to ensure the purposes of the Charter more than in the area of peace and security,” she noted.
However, Ms. Mottley added that the United Nations and in particular Security Councilreform is needed, emphasizing that the current structure of permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council “has no place in the 21st century.”
The Prime Minister of Barbados highlighted areas where she felt there was reason for optimism, including the adoption by global leaders of the Pact for the Future, a landmark declaration setting out commitments by countries around the world to promote sustainable development, peace and stronger global governance.
Finally, she said “above all, we need to re-establish peace globally. There is a need for global peace. It will not be too difficult to make efforts for peace.”
