Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar called for evolving an effective mechanism to prevent friction and timely action to redress the root-causes of potential conflicts. He was addressing at the South Summit meeting here on Tuesday. The remedy lies in respect and implementation of the UN decisions to resolve these conflicts. There is no justification for reneging on resolutions of the Security Council which were accepted by concerned parties, he said in a statement here. Abdul Sattar said, In the realm of peace and security, the greatest challenge is conflict resolution and conflict prevention.
Conflicts have many causes.
Yet, the most common factor underlying conflict situations is the denial of fundamental rights acknowledged by the UN Charter, in particular the right to self-determination of peoples under colonial and foreign domination . He also called for larger participation of the UN membership in decision-making, instead of enlarging islands of influence and privilege within the organization. The universal character of the UN must be strengthened to make it a powerful vehicle for international action. Sattar said the present and future challenges lie in the areas, first, of peace and security, second economic and technological development and third social, humanitarian and environmental welfare. The question is how can the United Nations effectively address these challenges from the perspective of the South.