Latvia will chair the UN Security Council for the first time: support for Ukraine will be a priority

Latvia will chair the UN Security Council for the first time in November. During its presidency, the country plans to focus the international community’s attention on Russia’s war against Ukraine, as well as on the challenges and opportunities created by new technologies.

This is reported by The Baltic Times.

Latvia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Sanita Pavluta-Deslande, noted that the presidency of the Security Council is a special period when the country receives more opportunities to influence the international agenda and draw attention to issues important to it.

According to her, Latvia has consistently defended its interests and values within the Security Council before, but the chairmanship will allow it to make its position more visible on the international stage and demonstrate the country’s responsibility.

Pavluta-Deslandet explained that about 90% of the work of the UN Security Council falls on regular and mandatory meetings. At the same time, the presiding state can organize one or two additional meetings to discuss issues that are of priority to it.

Latvia plans to dedicate such meetings to its own national priorities. The diplomat emphasized that participation in the Security Council has helped the country to better understand the need to defend its independence and freedom on a daily basis.

She emphasized that one of the key ways to strengthen Latvia’s security is to support Ukraine and counter Russian aggression.

“We are making every effort to keep Russia’s war against Ukraine at the center of the UN Security Council’s attention, to prevent the normalization of Russian aggression, to counter Russian propaganda and lies, and to explain to the international community Russia’s imperialist goals and their global consequences,” Pavluta-Deslande said.

According to her, this year the UN Security Council held 16 official meetings dedicated to Ukraine. Almost all of them were convened by Latvia and its European allies at the request of the Ukrainian side.

It was previously reported that the Latvian Seimas, in its final reading, adopted amendments to the law that prohibit deputies of city and regional dumas from visiting Russia and Belarus.

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