Addis Ababa: Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie stressed the need for enhancing multilateralism to support poverty eradication endeavors.

A delegation led by the Foreign Minister is taking part in the UN Summit of the Future that is being held in New York.

The Summit calls for scaled up cooperation and multilateralism by adopting three negotiated documents: Pact for the Future, Declaration on Future Generations and Global Digital Compact.

Taye delivered a speech at the Summit and participated in an interactive dialogue under the banner ‘Enhancing multilateralism for international peace and security.’

Accordingly, the Foreign Minister underscored the need to shift from rivalry to cooperation, enhance tolerance for policy differences, and build bridges to attain the most basic global development agenda.

He said the United Nations must be at the center of effective multilateralism by overcoming the influences coming from selective national interests, while augmenting its human and other resources to provide a trusted convening platform for contentious issues.

The Foreign Minister also stressed the need for better prioritization, enhanced solidarity, and political commitment in the UN to assist nations in their efforts to eradicate poverty within their policy choice.

Speaking on efforts to reform the UN, Foreign Minister Taye called on the UN Security Council to carry out its functions and preserve its authority and to respond to the quest for representation by Africa.

In his quest for respect to the foundation principles that constituted the UN charter, he said no rule, regional grouping, or alliance should be allowed to undermine the principles of sovereignty and sovereign equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of states, the prohibition of the threat or the use of force, and peaceful resolution of disputes.

Source: Ethiopian News Agency