The head of the Catholic Church believes that the war in Ukraine “again clearly demonstrates” the need for “more flexible and effective ways of resolving conflicts.”
Pope Francis, amid the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, has announced the need to reform the United Nations (UN). Both crises have shown “the limits of the multilateral system,” the pontiff wrote in his new book “I beg you in the name of the Lord. Ten prayers for hope for the future,” an excerpt from where La Stampa published on Sunday, October 16.
The head of the Catholic Church believes that the war in Ukraine “again clearly demonstrates” the need for “more flexible and effective ways of resolving conflicts.” The UN, as it has functioned since its founding, “no longer fits the new realities,” Francis wrote.
The Pope recalled that the UN and its most influential body, the Security Council, were originally created to “give form to the denial of the horrors that humanity experienced in the two wars of the 20th century.” The threat is still alive, but “the world is not the same today.”
The head of the Holy See called for “structural reforms”. They should aim to rediscover the “original calling” of an international organization: “to serve the human family”. In addition, from his point of view, “integral security” related to food, health, economic and social issues should play a specific role in decision-making.
This is not the first time that Francis has criticized the UN
This is not the first time the Pope has criticized the UN for its role in the war in Ukraine. On April 6, at a reception in the Vatican, the pontiff said that the most powerful states in the world are defending their interests “by expanding the zone of economic, ideological and military influence, which is visible in the current war.”
According to Francis, after the Second World War, attempts were made to lay the foundations of a new world history, but, unfortunately, the old history of great power rivalry continued. “In the current war in Ukraine, we are witnessing the impotence of the UN,” he said.
Source: DW
Recall that a week earlier, the Pope called the strikes of the Russian Federation “a storm of violence.” The pope urged those “who have the fate of the war in their hands” to stop, and assured that his heart was with the Ukrainian people.
As reported, Russia used a UN veto during the condemnation of “referendums” in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
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