{"id":6814,"date":"2020-09-22T09:34:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T13:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=6814"},"modified":"2020-09-22T09:34:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T13:34:50","slug":"cbean-leaders-agree-to-declaration-promising-safer-more-resilient-world-for-future-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/22\/cbean-leaders-agree-to-declaration-promising-safer-more-resilient-world-for-future-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"C’bean Leaders Agree To Declaration Promising ‘Safer, More Resilient World’ For Future Generations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNITED NATIONS (CMC) \u2014 Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders have joined their global counterparts in adopting a declaration honouring the multilateral framework put in place by the United Nations founders in 1945.<\/p>\n

The leaders also pledged to better live out the promise to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.<\/p>\n

Titled \u201cDeclaration on the commemoration of the 75th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the United Nations,\u201d the text lays out 12 commitments to reanimate global resolve:\u00a0 leave no one behind, protect the planet, promote peace, abide by international law, place women and girls at the centre, build trust, improve digital cooperation, upgrade the United Nations, ensure sustainable financing, boost partnerships, work with youth, and finally, be prepared.<\/p>\n

The leaders Monday said in the declaration that the world is plagued by growing poverty, hunger, terrorism, climate change \u2014 and now, the epic onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/p>\n

They said that people are forced to make dangerous journeys in search of safety and in the declaration that least developed countries, such as some in the Caribbean, are falling behind \u201cand we still have not achieved complete decolonisation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur challenges are interconnected and can only be addressed through reinvigorated multilateralism,\u201d they emphasised.<\/p>\n

Acknowledging that COVID-19 caught them off-guard, the world leaders agreed it has served as a wake-up call for improving preparedness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we agree today, will affect the sustainability of our planet as well as the welfare of generations for decades,\u201d they said in the declaration, committing to uphold the declaration in the spirit of ‘We the Peoples’\u201d.<\/p>\n

In his maiden address to the UN General Assembly, Guyana’s President, Mohamed Dr Irfaan Ali, speaking for the \u201cGroup of 77\u201d developing countries and China, said the pandemic highlighted the bottlenecks faced by developing countries, ranging from insufficient financing and high debt to restricted access to medical supplies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must do everything we can to fulfil our obligations to the peoples of this world,\u201d he said, calling for accelerated implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.<\/p>\n

Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley said that, as the international community meets in this \u201cstrange and impersonal virtual space\u201d, there is a compelling need for nations to pause to reflect on what the United Nations needs to do as it reaches its important milestone.<\/p>\n

While it is fitting that the organisation’s accomplishments be reflected upon, Mottley said \u201cthere is no time for contented self-congratulations over what has been achieved as the world faces a new enemy, the pandemic, in addition to the deadly existential threat of the climate crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cCOVID\u201119 has manifested in a perfect storm that threatens to disrupt gains made, including the limited progress of states, such as Barbados, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Barbadian leader noted that an estimated 100 million more people have fallen into poverty, unemployment levels at their highest in decades and a global economic depression looms.<\/p>\n

Mottley said Barbados \u201cstrongly supports\u201d the UN Secretary\u2011General’s call for a new social contract to counter the growing gaps in trust and for a new global deal that is \u201cmore inclusive and recognises the different development levels among countries\u201d.<\/p>\n

Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise said that since the United Nations was founded and the charter drafted, the organisation has played \u201ca central role\u201d in the world.<\/p>\n

Citing major achievements in maintaining peace and justice, he said more must be done to tackle new and emerging challenges, including terrorism and the COVID\u201119 pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs such, the multilateral system must be strengthened to find innovative responses,\u201d Moise said, stating that Haiti has also stood to protect universal rights and freedoms, working with nations to forge \u201ca fairer and more balanced world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Encouraging member states to commit of the declaration adopted on Monday, he hoped all stakeholders would work together to further the principles of the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and CARICOM chairman, Dr Ralph E Gonsalves, said that \u201cthe exigencies of the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0century demand a recommitment to the unity and solidarity that were envisaged at the United Nations founding.<\/p>\n

\u201cA renewed and effective multilateralism is vital to confront climate change and address the health, socioeconomic and political aspects of the COVID\u201119 pandemic,\u201d Gonsalves said, adding \u201camid an unequal global political economy, the moment is right to refashion the global system, reform the Security Council and update the protocols that govern international trade and finance.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the disproportionate and disastrous health, economic, social and security implications of COVID\u201119 in the developing world, urgent and ambitious action is key to averting a grim post\u2011pandemic reality where deepened political divides create ruptures in the social fabric,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

With the challenges faced by nations, like St Vincent and the Grenadines, Gonsalves urged development partners to \u201curgently apply vulnerability indices\u201d and update financing eligibility criteria to address debt relief.<\/p>\n

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said the dismantling of colonial rule, \u201ccarried out under the law-making capabilities of the General Assembly, assisted many states,\u201d including his own.<\/p>\n

Founded as a colony in 1634, he said Antigua and Barbuda owes its independence to resolution 1514 (1960).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe multilateralism which defines the United Nations is embedded in the approach of member states when achieving their goals,\u201d he said, underscoring the pragmatism of the principle that \u201cglobal problems demand global solutions\u201d.<\/p>\n

Even as nationalism has become a new reality worldwide, Browne said his government remains pledged to fight poverty, guarantee the rights of women and girls and \u201cunrelentingly tackle global climate change\u201d.<\/p>\n

Noting that there are six hurricanes currently brewing in the Atlantic Ocean threatening lives and livelihoods, he said\u201d \u201cLet me remind everyone that there is no Planet B.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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