UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei on Monday lamented confrontation in international relations, particularly among big powers.
"The world is facing today unprecedented challenges and threats. The confrontation in international relations increasingly evokes the notion of a new Cold War," Makei told the UN General Assembly.
"The degree of divergence in relations among a number of great powers has reached a boiling point. When it comes to some issues, the situation reaches the point of absurdity," he said. "The UN's principal organs, first and foremost, the Security Council, are turned into an arena for confrontation and political self-assertion, with confrontation prevailing over dialogue, and geopolitical ambitions taking the upper hand vis-a-vis common sense."
This points to the crisis of diplomacy and seriously undermines the United Nations' authority as the key international organization tasked with preventing international conflicts, he warned.
The search for answers to global challenges, the quest for ways to address common objectives clearly point out the following: no country can solve them alone. Individual headway is impossible without collective progress, he said.
"That is why no matter how justified the criticism voiced against the United Nations is, we still need the organization as a unique platform for cooperation, as an efficient multilateral mechanism based on the principles that guarantee equal and respectful attitude toward each and every country, its priorities and needs," he said.
