Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Mr. Vladimir Makei met the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva
09.04.2019On April 9, 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Mr. Vladimir Makei met with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva Michael Møller, Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General at the Conference on Disarmament.
Mr. Vladimir Makei and Mr. Michael Møller stated the growth of international tension and the degradation of the traditional system of ensuring international peace and security.
Both Sides reaffirmed the need to counter such tendencies through the strengthening of multilateral international institutions.
Vladimir Makei informed Director-General about the initiative of Belarus to launch a comprehensive dialogue on global security issues, as well as a series of relevant expert events in Minsk on this topic in 2018–2019.
The Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva welcomed the contribution of Belarus to regional and global security, including an active support to revitalization of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. He drew attention to new challenges and threats in the field of disarmament, associated, in his opinion, with scientific progress and the enhancement of capacities of non-state actors. He supported the initiative readiness of Belarus to work on these issues both in the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva and in the UN General Assembly in New York.
The participants of the meeting as well focused on possibilities of expanding cooperation between Belarus and the UN Secretariat in Geneva on promoting the concept of sustainable development in our country.
