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Foreign Affairs on September 27 – October 17, 2004
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e-journal #39 |
59th session of the UN General Assembly
Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan headed Moldovan delegation to the 59th UN General Assembly. In his speech Moldovan diplomat referred to several key points. Firstly he called on greater UN involvement in bringing the stability and democracy to Iraq. Talking about terrorist attacks in Spain, Turkey, and Russia Minister Stratan pointed that Moldova condemns those actions, which should be viewed as crimes against humanity in all the countries and be treated as such. “Republic of Moldova fully supports UN reformation” and Security Council in particular, that should become more efficient in pursuing its statutory goal. According to Stratan, this might be done by “improving its representation, legality, transparency and responsibility, as well as by making use of the right to veto in cases provided by the UN Charter”. Andrei Stratan also talked reforming General Assembly and consolidating the coordination within Social and Economic Council.
Hence, according to Moldovan diplomat UN should maintain its peacekeeping operations. In this respect Moldova pledged to consolidate United Nations Stand-by Arrangement System.
Referring to the risks of international terrorism, Stratan pointed “more and more terrorism mergers with secessionism” and called on Security Council to suppress any manifestation of secessionism and defend sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the internationally recognized frontiers of the member states. In this respect Moldovan Minister draw the attention to the difficulties Republic of Moldova was facing in fighting secessionism on its soil. Speaking on the lack of control over Moldavian-Ukrainian border (in the part controlled by Transdniestria), Stratan pointed that an international monitoring mission under the auspices of EU and OSCE of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border would address those risks and help find a solution to the Transdnistrian problem. He also invoked the need to revise the structure of peacekeeping deployment by replacing them with a new format under international mandate.
During his official visit to UN General Assembly, Minister Stratan met with UN Under-secretary-general Kieran Prendergast and Jean Marie Guehenno. The latter signed Agreement on Republic of Moldova participation in the United Nations Stand-by Arrangement System.
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