Vor Zukunftsgipfel 2024: Baerbock ruft UN zum «Upgrade» auf

Annalena Baerbock wünscht sich ein «Upgrade» der UN.

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00:00 Annalena Baerbock wishes an upgrade of the UN.

00:03 This was explained by the German Foreign Minister at a preparatory meeting for the UN Future Summit 2024.

00:11 Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on the states of the world to make the United

00:17 Nations a future firm with profound reforms.

00:21 Since 1945, the United Nations has acted as a motor for progress and peace, said the

00:27 Green politician on Thursday at a preparatory meeting for the UN Future Summit planned for

00:33 September 2024.

00:37 However, it is obvious that the UN needs an upgrade in order to continue fulfilling its

00:41 mission for future generations.

00:45 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the development into a multipolar world

00:51 could bring serious risks.

00:55 He warned that this could lead to even greater geostrategic tensions, chaotic competition

01:00 and further fragmentation.

01:02 The future summit is a unique opportunity to bring old multilateral institutions into

01:09 harmony with the current world.

01:13 Germany plans UN Future Summit

01:16 The UN head of state has entrusted Germany with the planning of the future summit, in

01:21 which the basis for a comprehensive renewal of the UN should be laid in autumn 2024.

01:28 The German ambassador to the UN, Antje Lendertse, is responsible for the summit, the first woman

01:34 in the New York chair of the German UN delegation.

01:38 Baerbock said in view of the reform plans, "Not a single country in the world can respond

01:43 to the big questions of our time alone."

01:46 First of all, it is about the climate crisis, inequality, digitization and women's rights.

01:52 At the future summit next year, we have a chance to make progress on these issues.

01:58 In particular, Baerbock demanded enhanced efforts from the industrial countries.

02:04 Reflect and shape reality.

02:07 In addition, the United Nations and international institutions would have to be reformed,

02:14 said the foreign minister.

02:16 "We need institutions that reflect today's reality so that we can shape today's reality."

02:23 "In the past three decades, more than one billion people have managed to escape extreme

02:30 poverty," Baerbock said.

02:32 Child mortality has fallen, the global literacy rate of 70 percent five decades ago has now

02:41 increased by almost 90 percent.

02:44 This shows that we can achieve remarkable things if we join forces.

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