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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