Permanent Representative of Belarus L.Belskaya presents Credentials to the Director General of the UN Office in Geneva

On April 13, 2022 the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the UN Office in Geneva, Larysa Belskaya, presented Credentials to the Director General of the UN Office in Geneva, Tatyana Valovaya.

During the conversation, L.Belskaya stressed Belarus' commitment to maintaining and strengthening the mandate of the UN Office as a unifying multilateral platform.

The Belarusian diplomat noted the unique opportunities and role of Geneva-based intergovernmental organizations for building of a more harmonized and fair world, providing effective responses to the world’s greatest challenges, as well as their significant capacity for improving global and regional multi-stakeholder partnerships for Sustainable Development.

The Permanent Representative of Belarus and Director General of the UN Office discussed possible areas of cooperation on issues of regional and global security, including those within the framework of the Conference on Disarmament, the Secretariat of which is headed by T.Valovaya. The Belarusian diplomat stressed a paramount importance of a constructive disarmament and non-proliferation agenda based on the principle of the indivisibility of security especially against the backdrop of the current crisis in the field of regional and global security.

L.Belskaya also noted unacceptability of politicizing the activity of the UN and its specialized bodies in the context of current challenges on a broad range of fundamental issues, from sustainable economic and social development and environment to promoting human rights, refugees protection, gender equality and international health. 

The Permanent Representative of Belarus confirmed her intention to develop a constructive dialogue and result-oriented collaboration the UN agencies and organisations.

The Director General, for her part, noted the contribution of the Republic of Belarus to multilateral diplomacy and stressed the importance of developing of mutually beneficial interaction between the Republic of Belarus and the UN Office in Geneva.
 

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