UN General Assembly
2023

First of all. I would like to congratulate the heads and members of delegations and other participants on the opening of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly, and I wish them productive work. I would also like to congratulate Mr. Dennis Francis on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. Today a high responsibility should unite all States Members of the United Nations. Each of them should have, and has. the means to significantly contribute to tackling the tasks of the United Nations. The current world faces very serious challenges for various reasons. Despite their differences in appearance, they all influence the course of inter-State relations to a greater or lesser extent and often negatively influence the implementation of agreed plans and programmes in key areas of the global agenda. That, in turn, may lead to the lowering of the very foundation of global security as a principle of the United Nations, which should not be allowed.