Prime Minister António Costa said Thursday that in his meeting with António Guterres he reiterated Portugal’s support for his actions and pledged to continue to be an “active voice” in defense of his proposals as UN Secretary General.
“In the meeting I had with the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, I reiterated Portugal’s support for the actions it has taken to respond to current challenges,” the Prime Minister wrote in his account on the social network. twitter.
In the meeting I had with the Secretary General of @UNITED NATIONS, @antonioguterresI reiterate the support of #Portugal the actions it has taken to respond to current challenges.
We will continue to be an active voice in defense of the proposals of the United Nations and its Secretary General. pic.twitter.com/dFPKI9KAW2– Antonio Costa (@antoniocostapm) September 22, 2022
“We will continue to be an active voice in defense of the proposals of the United Nations and its Secretary General,” added António Costa.
The meeting took place at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York.
António Costa arrived in New York on Monday to participate in the general debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, in which he will intervene this afternoon, already at night in Portugal.
will be yours third intervention in the annual general debate between heads of state and government of the 193 members of the UNin which he participated in 2017 and 2020, this second time not in person, but by videoconference, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year’s general debate among world leaders is the first since the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine on February 24, starting a war that has lasted nearly seven months.
In New York, both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, have held bilateral meetings with the aim, among others, of promote Portugal’s candidacy for non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in the biennium 2027-2028.
The 77th session of the UN General Assembly has as its motto “Solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science”. The theme of the general debate is “A defining moment: Transformative solutions for interconnected challenges”.
In these annual meetings, both the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic have reiterated their defense of multilateralism and the priorities defined by the Secretary General of the UN, their support for the universal abolition of the death penalty and a reform of the Council of Security that includes in this body an African country, Brazil and India as permanent members.
António Costa was elected UN Secretary General in 2016, proposed by Portugal, and began his term on January 1, 2017.
The former Portuguese prime minister was re-elected in 2021 and ends his second five-year term as head of the UN at the end of 2026.
Source: Observadora
