Muscat: The Sultanate on Tuesday shared the United Nations (UN) celebration of the 75th anniversary of the international organisation. The event was marked worldwide via videoconferencing.
Shaikh Abdulmalik bin Abdullah al Khalili, Chairman of the State Council, delivered the Sultanate’s speech on this occasion saying, “I am honoured to convey to your gathering the greetings of His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik and his best wishes of success in your tasks.”
He added, “The Sultanate highly values its strategic partnership with the UN and reaffirms its support to this partnership. It counts on the high status gained by the UN along the past decades since its inception. The UN takes centre stage in the schema of global relations. It represents a pivotal point and a lighthouse of hope, security, peace and a podium where disputes are resolved by peaceful means and in line with principles of international law.”
Shaikh Abdulmalik proceeded on saying, “We meet to mark the 75th anniversary of the UN today at a time the world has become a stage of major turbulences and an unprecedented global health crisis with serious economic and social repercussions.” He expressed Oman’s hope that this crisis would be an incentive to the world to overcome the pandemic with great determination and motivate the international community to develop stronger cooperation as one global family that works for the best of all.”
The activities of the UN have ramified along with the increase of number of its members and the growth of international population over the past decades. The UN agenda has been burdened with a variety of concerns and aspirations more than any other time in the past. The international organisation finds itself face to face with modern time developments and intricate challenges that keep piling at a rapid pace. These challenges compel UN members to adopt more advanced mechanisms that respond to present and future generations’ aspirations for security in terms of decent living, justice and stability, said Shaikh Abdulmalik.
He added that the Sultanate appreciates the efforts of UN agencies and programmes in combating poverty and disease and fostering peace, harmony and sustainable development. Oman also values UN efforts in promoting environment conservation and addressing issues of climate change, extremism and terrorism worldwide, Shaikh Abdulmalik reaffirmed.
Shaikh Abdulmalik explained that the Sultanate pursues traditions of foreign policy and international relations that respect the noble principles of the United Nations and support endeavours for peace, understanding, cultural diversity, tolerance, positive dialogue and close cooperation with all nations and peoples. Oman advocates the settlement of disputes by peaceful means in line with principles of the international law and it supports the development of the UN with a view to consolidating its capabilities and its performance while addressing challenges of the modern age, he added.
Summing up the Sultanate’s speech, Shaikh Abdulmalik stressed that the Sultanate will continue to be a partner to the UN and (a supporter for) upgrading its role in accomplishing its noble mission of establishing international peace, harmony, security, stability and prosperity. --ONA
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