ISLAMABAD: Monitoring Desk : The most awaited first ever Global Peace Summit kick started in Switzerland, on the picturesque slopes of the Bürgenstock Hotel over Lake Lucerne on 15 June to be continued and concluded on 16 June 2024. The organizer country expected 107 leaders and representatives of states and international organizations to be present but the number remained 101. Pakistan is absent as China also regretted. In Pakistan, 101 is used when one refers to a big number.
The prominent among the present include Germany, Italy, Canada, and France. Among the high-level participants will be European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. President of the Swiss Confederation Ms Viola Amherd is the host of the summit.
The initiative was put forward by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to create a platform for dialogue aimed at ending the war, restoring Ukraine’s territorial integrity and ensuring security in the region.
President Zelenskyy, in his address to the participants in inaugural session, highlighted the importance of peace in the region according to the charter of UN and international law. He insisted his peace formula is the basis for saving the next generations from the scourge of the war.
He termed the summit as tremendous success, our success, the common success of all those who believe that a united world, united nations, are stronger than any aggressor.
Zelenskyy is looking at the first Peace Summit,as the first step towards a just end to the war of Russia against Ukraine. He said, “When we end it justly and fairly for Ukraine – on the basis of international law – then every nation in the world will be able to count on the same justice and fairness, on the same effectiveness of the UN Charter, with regard to its rights.”
He said, And then these words will once again have their full power, he quoted few lines from the Charter of UN :
“We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and – so important! – of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained.”
President Ukraine said, These are the first words of the UN Charter, but they are also the words that describe the Essence of the Peace Formula, which became the basis of the Peace Summit and encouraged all parts of the world and different nations – with equal respect – to participate in our joint work – the Peace Summit.
He said our principles are clear:
No one has the right to wage a war of aggression against a neighbor and undermine one of the basic principles of the UN Charter – the territorial integrity of states. No one has the right to threaten the world with nuclear weapons.
No one has the right to undermine food, energy or any other security of the world and its regions. No one has the right to kidnap the children of another nation.
No one has the right to undermine peace. We are able to ensure the effectiveness of such principles – these are globally important principles.
“The war, Russia unfortunately brought to us – to Ukraine, to our homes, to Ukrainian cities and villages, and hundreds, hundreds of them were unfortunately completely burned by Russian bombs, artillery and missiles. Putin has taken the lives of thousands of our people. Why? Zelenskyy questioned. ” Because he wants to take over a neighboring country, President answered himself.
Emphasizing on the right to peace, he said, I do not wish this to anyone. I sincerely wish that all of you, all the peoples of the world, every child, every family, could simply live without war. And I want this for all Ukrainians. Ukraine has the right to peace. Just like all of you.We must stop this war. Based on the UN Charter, respect for international law, the just interests of the Ukrainian people, and the idea of the undeniable value of human life – life, not war.
He presented three points to focus upon – on what is useful to everyone in the world – without exception.
The first point is radiation and nuclear safety.
The second is food security.
The third is the release of prisoners and deportees, adults and children, military and civilians whose lives have been broken by war…
We will focus on these initial points of the Peace Formula, and in the process of working on them we can reach an agreement and create an action plan for each point of the Peace Formula.
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Zelenskyy called upon the world leaders the inaugural Peace Summit includes three panels where each participating country can show its leadership. The Peace Formula is inclusive, and we are happy to hear and work on all proposals, all ideas – what is really needed for peace and what is important to you.
He urged all to be as active as possible. He said, “I am proud that all parts of the world – all continents – are now represented at the Peace Summit. We have managed to avoid one of the most terrible things, namely, the division of the world into opposing blocs.”
President Ukraine added, “Here, there are representatives from Latin America, Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia, the Pacific, North America, and religious leaders… One hundred and one participants! And no one has the privilege of deciding for another. This is true multipolarity – when each political pole of the Earth is represented and has its own influence in solving a globally important issue.”
“No one doubts that the global majority wants to guarantee all aspects of security, including nuclear and food security. The majority of the world definitely supports the principle of territorial integrity of states, sovereignty of nations and equality in relations between peoples.The world majority definitely wants to live without bloody crises, deportations and ecocides… And so, every nation that is not represented now and that shares the same values of the UN Charter in deed and word, will be able to join our work in the next stages, he continued.
“The Peace Formula encourages all the powers of the world to think about ending the war and to propose how to end it, and therefore the very idea of war – has already lost. Putin should switch from the language of ultimatums to the language of the world majority, which wants a just peace.”
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