AFAB Vice President Honored at 2024 Global Leadership Summit in Thailand

Amb. Paolo Bragagna acknowledges the complexity of challenges and threats to international peace and security and emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive approach to sustaining peace. It reiterates its strong support for the protection of civilians in armed conflict and underscores the obligations under international humanitarian law concerning the protection of civilians in armed conflict. He calls upon all parties to armed conflict to comply fully with their obligations under international humanitarian law, in order to respect and protect civilians, including humanitarian personnel, and reiterates its commitment towards accountability for violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law,

The UNHRC Envoy underscores the importance of upholding multilateralism and the central role of the United Nations in the multilateral system, as well as its support to strengthened coordination within the United Nations system, delivering change for the most vulnerable including through pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals and preventing and reducing conflict, and commends humanitarian personnel for their work in alleviating the suffering of the civilian population and protecting human dignity  as well as the actions of the United Nations and its agencies in supporting the maintenance of peace and security. The Council reaffirms that development, peace and security, and human rights are interlinked and mutually reinforcing,

“The GLobal Leadership Forum is fully aware of the responsibilities bestowed upon it by the Charter of the United Nations, and of the collective aspirations of the peoples of the world, which impel it to take effective action to maintain international peace and security. The Council expresses its commitment to fulfilling its responsibilities in the most effective manner. It further recognizes that the spirit that guided the creation of the United Nations should prevail and inspire mankind to persist on the path of peace.”