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Source: United Nations – United Nations –
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September 27, 2025 UN
Speaking at the 80th anniversary session of the UN General Assembly, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov called on the international community to reconsider its approaches to global security and reform the Organization so that it "keeps pace with the times."
The head of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and his country's contribution to the victory over Nazism. He noted that the Belarusian people, who suffered cruelly under Nazism, sacredly cherish the memory of the horrors of that war. He criticized the tendency to "erase history" and demolish monuments to liberators in several European countries, emphasizing that preserving historical memory is essential to prevent a repetition of the tragedy.
Ryzhenkov also noted the anniversary of the United Nations itself, founded by the victors of World War II, including Belarus, which lost one in three inhabitants during the war. He stated that despite its continued legitimacy and universality, the UN has become "heavily instrumentalized" in recent decades and is increasingly used to advance the interests of individual states.
"If the Organization can renew itself with the times and serve as an impartial forum, it will be in demand by all: the strong and the weak, the developed and the developing. Otherwise, it will suffer the same fate as the League of Nations," he warned.
The Belarusian minister emphasized the need for reform of the Security Council, including expanding the number of its permanent members to include developing countries: "Today, they are important political and economic actors and rightly expect their voice to be taken into account."
Ryzhenkov placed particular emphasis on security in Europe, calling for a return to the principles enshrined in the 1975 Helsinki Final Act. He stated that NATO's eastward expansion had undermined the balance of power on the continent and had become a cause of conflicts, including the current war in Ukraine.
"The path to ending the bloodshed in Ukraine lies in all parties in Europe returning to an understanding of the importance of upholding the principle of the indivisibility of security," the Belarusian Foreign Minister emphasized.
Ryzhenkov accused EU countries of "militarizing the region" and erecting "new walls" on the eastern border, which, he claimed, had already claimed the lives of hundreds of migrants. As an alternative, he proposed a concept of Eurasian cooperation and security, citing the Belarusian president's initiative to develop a Eurasian Charter of Multipolarity and Diversity in the 21st Century.
The minister also noted the 25th anniversary of the UN Millennium Summit, recalling that the expectations of global prosperity at the beginning of the new century have not been met due to numerous conflicts, rising poverty, and migration crises.
In closing, Ryzhenkov quoted the Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci: "The old world is dying, and the new one is struggling to be born," emphasizing that the emerging new world order is being built through the efforts of the Global South and "like-minded people striving for a just multipolarity."
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