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Serbia remains committed to respecting principles of UN Charter

Belgrade/New York, 26 May 2026

Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić said tonight at a session of the United Nations Security Council in New York that Serbia will remain a pillar of defence of the UN Charter and the strongest bulwark of peace, both internationally and in the Western Balkans.

Addressing the high-level session entitled "Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN-Centered International System", Đurić expressed his gratitude to the People's Republic of China, the current President of the Security Council, as well as to Foreign Minister Wang Yi, for organising today's debate on a topic that is of essential importance for the future of the international order and the preservation of peace in the world.

He stressed that the UN Charter was not designed as a document to be applied selectively, adding that for our country this is not an abstract topic because we are among those who have experienced first-hand the consequences of the destruction of the basic principles of this document.

For us, the Pandora's box of the collapse of international law was opened in 1999 by the aggression against our country, carried out without the approval of the UN Security Council, the Minister emphasised.

According to him, Serbia believes that the UN must remain the irreplaceable centre of the international order, not because it is perfect, but because there is no credible alternative to a system based on universal rules and equal participation of all states.

The answer to the crisis of multilateralism is not to search for new formulas, but to have the courage to return to what we have agreed on together. The multilateralism that we defend today was not created in times of peace and comfort, but emerged from the ashes of two catastrophic world wars and from the suffering of peoples who paid the highest price for freedom, he stated.

The Minister said that in times of profound global changes, more and more international organisations are re-examining their working mechanisms, striving to modernise and adapt to new circumstances.

Starting from the need for more balanced and inclusive regional representation, we believe that any future model of Security Council reform should include an additional seat for a group of Eastern European states. However, without a genuine return to respect for the UN Charter, no institutional reform will be sufficient, Đurić underlined.

The head of Serbian diplomacy said that Serbia will continue to advocate for a world based on law, not force, for a world in which rules apply equally to all and in which the UN Charter is not a political instrument, but a universal foundation of the international order.

The Republic of Serbia remains committed to the UN Charter, which guides us in our relations with all countries of the world, whether large or small, geographically distant or neighbouring. Commitment to the values of peace, security, friendly relations and economic and social progress characterises both our policy towards the world and our policy towards the Western Balkans region. Be assured that Serbia will remain a pillar of defence of the UN Charter and the strongest bulwark of peace, both internationally and in the Western Balkans, even though it sometimes faces a lack of responsibility from others, Minister Đurić concluded.

Author: MFA
Author: MFA
Author: MFA