DUSHANBE, October 24, 2009, Asia-Plus — A number of events dedicated to the United Nations Day are being held in Dushanbe today.
According the UNDP CO in Tajikistan, a concert of classical music, conducted by the Italian director Gerardo Collela is being held at the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Dushanbe today afternoon.
An exhibition of activities of the UN agencies in Tajikistan has also been organized at the theatre.
The United Nations Charter entered into force on October 24, 1945, after being ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council – the republic of China (later replaced by the People’s republic of China), France, the Soviet Union (later replaced by the Russian Federation), the United Kingdom, and the United States – and a majority of the other signatories.
The UN Charter is the treaty that forms the United Nations. It was signed at the Herbst Theatre of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center (part of the Civic center) in San Francisco, the United States on June 26, 1945 by 50 of 51 original member countries (Poland, the other original member, which was not represented at the conference, signed it later).
The UN News Center reports that in his message on the United Nations Day, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon noted, “On this United Nations Day and every day throughout the year, the United Nations is at work — for the planet, for jobs, for “we the peoples”.
He noted that the UN delivers more humanitarian aid than anyone — and to the toughest places. The UN vaccinates 40 per cent of the world’s children. It feeds more than 100 million people and is helping more than 30 million refugees, most of them women and children fleeing war and persecution. “We are deploying more peacekeepers than ever — more than 115,000. In the last year alone, we provided electoral assistance to almost 50 countries. And the entire UN system has mobilized to face global economic turmoil and the social unrest it threatens”
According to him, people look to the United Nations to defeat poverty and hunger, to keep the peace, to expand education and stand up for human rights in every corner of the globe. “They look to us to stop the spread of deadly weapons and disease, and to protect people and families hit by disasters. In December, they will look to us to seal a comprehensive, equitable and ambitious deal on climate change that will protect us all and pave the way toward a greener, more sustainable economy.”
The UN Secretary General stressed that this is a unique moment in world affairs. Multiple crises — food, fuel, financial, flu — are hitting at once. Climate change looms larger every day. Each illustrates a 21st-century truth: we share one planet, one home. As people, as nations, as a species, we sink or swim together.
The United Nations is doing its utmost to respond — to address the big issues, to look at the big picture, he noted. “We are forging a new multilateralism that can deliver real results for all people, especially those most in need. But I am also painfully aware of the distance to go and the gap between commitment and action,” said ban Ki-moon, “On this UN Day, let us resolve to redouble our efforts on behalf of the vulnerable, the powerless, the defenseless. Let us stand more united than ever – united in purpose and united in action to make the world a safer, better place.”
