UN General Assembly
2023

The war in Ukraine is the most blatant but. unfortunately, not the only example of a threat against world peace and security. The planetary security architecture, the basis of which is the Organization, is especially shaken when a State, a permanent member of the Security Council, illegally attacks another State Member of that same Organization. It was no accident that the Secretary-General recently warned that the risk of a nuclear disaster is today at the highest level since the end of the Cold War. That alert, coming from the highest level of the Organization, should be a wake-up call for all reasonable political leaders and for a global mobilization to preserve peace, which is undoubtedly the greatest value of humanity. It is high time to silence the drums of war. to respect the Charter of the United Nations, guided by respect for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of States as the fundamental principles and the main raison d’etre of the world Organization.