Gobierno de Reconciliación y Unidad Nacional
Unida Nicaragua Triunfa
MESSAGE FROM NICARAGUA AT THE COORDINATION
MEETING OF THE "GROUP OF FRIENDS IN
DEFENSE OF THE UN CHARTER".
Tehran, Iran
November 5, 2022
In the name of God
Mr. Coordinator,
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen,
We extend the fraternal greetings of the President of the Republic of Nicaragua, Comandante Daniel Ortega Saavedra, and Compañera Vice President, Rosario Murillo, to H.E. Ayatollah, Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and H.E. Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
1. We thank the Government and People of the Brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran, for their generous hospitality and the organization of this important coordination meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter, in this wonderful city of Tehran.
2. We thank the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for its contribution in making this group visible in the United Nations General Assembly, its Committees and other respective bodies or Committees, contributing effectively in promoting and implementing joint initiatives, maintaining the conviction and principles in all our actions.
3. This meeting is an example of the concrete results achieved by collective efforts of all here present, who have been working since 2021, to strengthen our Group of Friends and make it more relevant, forging a multipolar world, being the voice that echoes for a just and more equitable order, convinced that respect and defense of the principles of the United Nations Charter is fundamental for World Peace.
4. Nicaragua welcomes the initiative of having a Political Declaration in this coordination meeting. In these times of multiple crises, it is crucial to continue reaffirming international law, multilateralism and the spirit, principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter.
5. For Nicaragua it is of utmost importance that this Declaration highlights the need to condemn and demand an end to all unilateral coercive measures, which, in times of pandemic and post-pandemic constitute a crime against humanity, having a devastating effect on our efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, especially in our struggle for poverty eradication and human development.
6. We also consider that this Declaration reaffirms the conviction of our peoples and governments on the indispensability of preserving the principles of independence and sovereignty, established in the Charter of the United Nations, and respect for the sovereign equality of States based on international law.
Mr. Coordinator:
7. Nicaragua values and strongly promotes multilateralism, cooperation and solidarity as principles and values that we must
apply to confront all present and future crises, including the climate crisis.
8. We firmly defend the principle of respect for the equal rights and sovereign equality of all Member States of the United Nations. We reject the selectivity, double standards and hegemony that the Western powers want to impose against our countries.
9. We categorically reject the violation of the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of Iran and our countries and the nefarious policy of changing governments through media campaigns and agents of the empire that promote coups d'états. We reiterate that each people is the guarantor of its peace and must defend it with love, conviction and determination.
10. We reaffirm the search for the long-awaited understanding, peaceful coexistence among nations, recognizing the principle of the peaceful settlement of international disputes by the means offered by international law.
11. Nicaragua wishes to express its full solidarity with the peoples and governments that suffer the imposition of these illegal sanctions which are criminal and inhuman actions against humanity. You can count on the work and solidarity of Nicaragua for the development and progress of this Group, because we trust that together the peoples of the world, we must enforce respect for the Charter of the United Nations to achieve the long-awaited peace on our Mother Earth.
Thank you very much.