UN General Assembly in New York – Foreign minister urges greater global effort to uphold peace

Washington, DC, May 10 (MTI) – Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called for a greater global effort to uphold peace and security in what he called the new world order at Tuesday’s meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Szijjártó said it was not an exaggeration to say that the world is now facing its most difficult period since the second world war.

The increased efforts to uphold peace and security in the world will also require a new approach from the UN, the minister said, calling on the organisation to devote greater attention to both peacekeeping and conflict prevention.

Hungary sees the rise of terrorist groups as the greatest threat to global security, Szijjarto said. These groups have already crippled a number of countries and there are now tens of millions of people living under the constant threat of terrorism or fleeing these countries.

Defeating the so-called Islamic State terrorist organisation is the world’s only hope for changing this situation, he said, noting that Hungary will have contributed 150 soldiers to the US-led international coalition fighting the militant group.

Szijjártó said the Islamic State presents an especially big threat to Europe, as the terrorists have taken advantage of the mass migration wave facing the continent. The minister said the European Union’s inadequate migration policies had made it even easier for terrorists to enter the continent. As a result, Europe’s security situation has deteriorated and the threat of terrorism is growing, he said.