Kazakhstan's permanent representative Akan Rakhmetullin (3rd L) and permanent representatives of the five new UN Security Council members attend a flag installation ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York, on Jan. 3, 2023. Five countries -- Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland -- on Tuesday began to assume responsibilities as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. (Xinhua/Xie E)
Mozambique on Tuesday began its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, announced Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi who pledged to defend international peace and security in his message to the nation.
MAPUTO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Mozambique on Tuesday began its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, announced Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi who pledged to defend international peace and security in his message to the nation.
"We reaffirm our guideline focused on defending and safeguarding the interests of Mozambique, Africa, developing countries and the world in the defense of international peace and security, aiming at promoting harmony and the sustainable development of peoples," read the message released on Nyusi's Facebook page.
According to the president, the event was unprecedented in Mozambique's history, which testifies to the trust and prestige of the Republic of Mozambique among global nations.
Mozambique's foreign policy aims to maintain independence and sovereignty and project its image as an internationally prestigious state, lover of peace and freedom of peoples, defender of multilateralism in strict observance of the principles and objectives enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, wrote Nyusi.
He said that the country is taking up its mandate in a context of "strong international challenges" and the main security challenge of his country is the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado province.
Mozambique was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2023 and 2024 in June 2022. ■
