Munich Security Conference President: Global conflicts threaten U.N. Charter
Ambassador Christoph Husegen, President of the Munich Security Conference, considered that the United Nations Charter is threatened by the multiplicity of conflicts in the world.
In his speech at the launch of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on Friday, Husegen said: “We will look through a comprehensive approach to security and climate issues, and we are in a situation where we must find billions of dollars to support Ukraine, to support climate issues, especially under the item of loss and damage.”
Touching on the Ukraine crisis, Husegen said the Munich conference ended last year with much hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be influenced by the unity the international community showed at the conference.
Husegen, a foreign policy adviser to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, also said, “A year later, millions were displaced and others killed, injured and raped. The world is witnessing conflicts in other different regions,” he said.
The world’s many conflicts show that the U.N. Charter is under threat, and the rules-based international order is under attack, Husegen said. “What we’re seeing in Ukraine is not a conflict between East and West or NATO and Russia, but a conflict between the rule of law and the rule of force.”
“To defend the rule of law, we want a transatlantic community, but also a global South, so this conference puts a lot of light on the global South.”
A record number of participants in the Conference this year were from the global South, and he welcomed them.
“We have the largest attendance in the history of the conference,” he said. “We have a US delegation led by Vice President Kamala Harris that includes a number of officials from President Joe Biden’s administration, in addition to a Canadian delegation.. Thank you for coming.”
He added: “We as Europeans know how much we owe you.. We also know that we need to do more.”
Husegen concluded with a special thanks to Javier Solana, saying: “In the end, I want to honor someone, my former President Javier Solana.. I’ve worked with him for a long time, and I say he can look at his career with pride. that life he dedicated to upholding democracy, the rule of law, and peace.”
A Spanish politician and former secretary of NATO, Solana served as High Representative for European Policy and Security from 1999 to 2009.
The annual high-level gathering, held in Bavaria in southern Germany and addressing key defense concerns, is attended by representatives from 96 different countries.
The opening session of the Munich Security Conference will include opening remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky via video, as well as speeches by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.
