Kazakhstan’s close engagement and partnership, since its independence, with the United Nations is deeply grounded on the country’s own commitment to peace and security, which converges with that of the UN. The foundational three intertwined pillars of peace and security, development and human rights, are also the bedrock of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy which is guided by the ideals embodied in the UN Charter.
Our national attention has always focused on strengthening cooperation with the Organization in all its mandates and functions ranging from conflict prevention, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, promoting rule of law, human rights, disarmament and non-proliferation and sustainable development to countering terrorism and extremism. These are further aggravated by the ravages of climate change with its socio-economic upheavals, migration and refugee flows.
Kazakhstan, in all UN fora, has played the role of an honest, neutral and transparent broker for mutual common good. It has not only advocated but always fostered confidence-building measures as the only enduring means to bridge the trust deficit between major global powers.
Over the years, the country has made a significant contribution toward peaceful settlement of disputes in the region, and elsewhere, through preventive diplomacy, dialogue and negotiations. It has, therefore, pioneered in setting up key institutions, such as the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone, and the Conference on Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA), among others.
Kazakhstan has proposed to the international community to aim for achieving a world free of violent conflicts by the centenary of the United Nations in 2045.
Furthermore, the experience gained from our non-permanent seat in the Security Council has convinced us of the security-development nexus in implementing comprehensive strategies, a new holistic regional approach, and strengthening the UN system of “Delivering as One”.