Prime Minister Modi said India has also helped shape the ECOSOC agenda.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council this year, said India believes the path to lasting peace and prosperity in the world goes through multilateralism. Prime Minister Modi said that as part of India’s fight against COVID, the local health system is helping to ensure one of the best recovery rates in the world.
The annual high-level segment brought together a diverse group of senior representatives from government, the private sector, civil society and academia, according to a PMO statement.
The theme for this year’s high-level segment is “Multilateralism after COVID-19: What type of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary”.
Here are the HIGHLIGHTS from PM Modi’s address:
- In our joint fight against COVID-19, we have extended medical and other assistance to more than 150 countries. Today, the United Nations brings together 193 member countries. In addition to its members, the expectations of the organization have also increased. Whether it be earthquakes, cyclones, the Ebola crisis or any other natural or human-made crisis, India has responded quickly and with solidarity.
- From the very beginning, India has actively supported the development work of the United Nations and ECOSOC. The first president of ECOSOC was an Indian. India has also helped shape the agenda of ECOSOC.
- Today, thanks to our national efforts, we are again playing an important role in achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. We are also helping other developing countries meet their sustainable development goals.
- Our motto is “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas, Sabka Vishwas“, which means” Together, for everyone’s growth, with everyone’s confidence. “This resonates with the fundamental principle of the SDGs of leaving no one behind.
- Last year, we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi, by ensuring full health coverage in our six hundred thousand villages. We have harnessed the power of technology for financial inclusion. This is based on the trinity of a unique identity number, a bank account and a mobile connection for everyone.
- Our Housing for All program will ensure that every Indian has a safe and secure roof over his head by 2022, when India turns 75 as an independent nation. We are also on track to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025. Other developing countries can learn from the scale and success of India’s development programs.
- In recent years, we have reduced 38 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year. India has also launched one of the largest cleanliness campaigns and has discouraged the use of single-use plastic.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has strained the resilience of all countries. In India, we have tried to make the fight against the pandemic a popular movement, by combining the efforts of government and civil society. In our fight against COVID-19, we guarantee one of the best recovery rates in the world.
- The United Nations was born from the fury of the Second World War. Today, the fury of the pandemic provides the context for its rebirth and its reform.
- Through our deep commitment to maintaining global harmony, improving socio-economic equity and preserving the balance of nature, India will play its part in fully supporting the United Nations program. Let us commit to reform global multilateralism. Only reformed multilateralism with a reformed UN can only meet the aspirations of humanity.
