MFA Wlachovský highlights need to return to UN Charter ideals

Russia's aggression against Ukraine further increases the need to return to the ideals of the United Nations (UN) Charter and respect for its principles, stated Slovak caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Wlachovský on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the Charter's signing.
 
The minister pointed to the fact that the Charter sets out the principles of international relations that are valid even to this day, as they are timeless and universal. According to Wlachovský, its principles include non-interference in the affairs of other states, the right to self-determination, equality and clear rules for the use of force.
 
"The world committed itself to observing these rules after WWII in order to prevent further devastating conflicts, with the UN Security Council playing a leading role in this commitment. It is all the more serious that Russia, a successor state of the Soviet Union and thus a Security Council member, has trampled on the ideals of the Charter," said Wlachovský. The chief of Slovak diplomacy added that the UN has demonstrated its importance more than once, for example, in coordinating aid during the pandemic and in the fight against the climate crisis. However, the international community continues to face fundamental challenges, the solutions to which require global cooperation, he said.
 
The UN Charter was signed on June 26, 1945 by 51 countries, which represented roughly 80 percent of the world's population. Among them was Czechoslovakia, which was thereby included among the UN's founding members.
Source: TASR