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View all search resultsDiscourse: Indonesia strives to be bridge builder in a divided world
The President will convey concerns that these problems are increasingly becoming more apparent, at a time when the world faces difficulties with COVID-19, where in fact we really need unity but instead see deepening division.
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in a video message early on Wednesday from Jakarta – the first time he will speak at the multilateral forum since entering office in 2014. Ahead of his maiden speech at the UNGA, The Jakarta Post’s Dian Septiari speaks with Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi to touch on the key messages that the President is to raise, as well as Indonesia’s views on the UN as it celebrates its 75th anniversary.
Question: What key issues does Indonesia want to highlight at the UNGA?
Answer: There are several clusters in the President’s messages. First, the President wants to remind us all why the United Nations was established. The UN was established after the war with the goal to prevent another war from happening again, and to create [...] a more peaceful, stable and prosperous world.
Second, the President wants to convey a message to all of us to see where we are now in terms of [a review]. Have all the dreams that the world’s nations held on to when they founded the UN been fulfilled? The answer is of course no; because this is an ongoing process, because we still see a lot of conflict, poverty, hunger and the negligence of international law, including respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The President will convey concerns that these problems are increasingly becoming more apparent, at a time when the world faces difficulties with COVID-19, where in fact we really need unity but instead see deepening division.
If this division continues, our dream will become more difficult to attain. The aspirations of establishing the UN to create a world that is peaceful and prosperous will be further removed from reality.
Therefore, the President plans to convey Indonesia's commitment to consistently contributing and being part of the solution to the world’s problems. Indonesia wants to continue to play the role of a bridge builder in the midst of differences that are increasingly widening.
