The Everlasting Mission of Greece to the United Nations co-organized on the UN headquarters in New York an occasion along with the European Public Regulation Group (EPLO) with the purpose of inspecting potential reforms to strengthen the function of the United Nations in defending the rule of legislation towards fashionable world challenges.
The keynote speaker on the panel of audio system was Giuliano Amato, former Prime Minister of Italy, whereas the Ambassador Honorary of the Republic of Cyprus Andreas Mavroyiannis, the previous Minister of Overseas Affairs and Cooperation of Spain and the UN Excessive Consultant for the Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, participated. , and former UN Below-Secretary-Common for Authorized Affairs Professor Larry Johnson.
The Everlasting Consultant of Greece to the UN, Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris, addressed a greeting, emphasizing the significance of defending the rule of legislation, but additionally Greece's participation within the Safety Council as a Non-Everlasting Member from January 2025.
Essential matters of debate have been the function of the UN for peace, safety and human rights, conclusions from UN operations, classes realized from different organizations and views to make the UN extra succesful and efficient.
18 UN member states participated within the occasion, together with Cyprus, Mozambique, Brazil, Albania, Italy, Hungary and Ukraine.
“The dialogue was intense, we had a big participation of nations, the room was full and we’re pleased as a result of EPLO is current within the day by day life and lifetime of the United Nations Group and on this sense helpful, for the satisfaction of the needs that joined it, however and for the member states that created it and assist it” mentioned the chairman of the board of the European Public Regulation Group, professor Spyridon Flogaitis, chatting with KYPE.
As he talked about, the European Public Regulation Group, within the “World Fee on the Rule of Regulation”, established after acquiring everlasting observer standing on the UN, promotes the precept of the rule of legislation worldwide.
“A couple of years in the past we requested and have been accepted as everlasting observers. The method just isn’t simple, as a result of it requires three votes at completely different deadlines, which votes have to be unanimous. Regardless of this, the Group was accepted, it achieved its function within the first try and we did this exactly as a result of we believed that right here, which is the house of all of the nations of the world, we could possibly be helpful”, he famous.
He added that quickly after the creation of the “World Fee on the Rule of Regulation”, a fee to advertise the precept of legislation, the rule of legislation, which incorporates 25 individuals from all over the world, the extent of former heads of state, prime ministers, a mix of political thought and expertise with sound authorized coaching.
“And with the “World Fee on the Rule of Regulation”, which was accepted to be chaired by the previous prime minister of Italy, professor of public legislation, constitutionalist, Giuliano Amato, we attempt to talk about problems with widespread curiosity and promote the precept of the rule of legislation with everybody the methods. Yearly we submit a report back to the sixth Committee and maintain an occasion like in the present day the place we attempt to talk about with the member states. That's why the sponsors we had weren’t solely from Europe, however we had from Africa, from Latin America, we tried to have from all geographical areas of the world”, mentioned Mr. Flogaitis.
Audio system on the occasion addressed potential paths to a stronger UN, able to upholding the rule of legislation and addressing important world points comparable to armed battle, human rights abuses and local weather change.
The occasion was attended by the Everlasting Consultant of the Republic of Cyprus to the UN, Ambassador Maria Michael.
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