Statement by 

Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine 

Ms. Khrystyna Hayovyshyn

at the Ambassadorial-level meeting on the Summit of the Future

(29 July 2024)

Distinguished Co-facilitators,

I would like to reiterate our gratitude to you, Ambassador Leendertse and Ambassador Gertze, for your invaluable facilitation of this process. Your role has been instrumental in guiding us towards a successful outcome and Ukraine remains supportive of your further efforts.

Ukraine fully aligns with the Statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and I would like to make few remarks in national capacity.

We commend the significant amount of work done to update the text and to accommodate in the Rev.2 those issues that many delegations prioritized on previous stages.

Yet there is still large room for improvement, especially if it concerns the document with such an ambitious goal – to chart our future.

First and foremost, we reiterate that it's paramount to reflect the existing in the world realities, namely acts of aggression, which is particularly relevant to paragraph 10, while underlining our unwavering commitment to upholding the UN Charter principles. To this end, this commitment should explicitly encompass our determination to halt violations and restore respect for the above principles.

We would like to particularly highlight our deep appreciation for keeping the reference to the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure in the text and strongly support Action 14 covering this issue. It is important therefore to amend the title of the Action 14 to include the reference on “civilian infrastructure”, now missing.

Secondly, we would like to focus our attention on the importance of the inclusion of elements regarding nuclear safety and security. As of now, we consider the text to be limited to a more general reference to the state’s inherent right to develop, research, produce and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination. With this in mind, we’d like to reiterate the need for a specific reference to the armed conflict aspects of nuclear safety and security.

Finally, we would not be in position to support controversial issues that are used, in particular, to divert attention from the most acute security threats like wars of aggression. The issue of sanctions serves as a powerful example in this regard. It is baffling to present the sanctions, imposed in response to aggression and territorial grabs, as the violation of the Charter, while keeping silence about inadmissibility of aggression and territorial grabs themselves.

We look forward to further contribute to our common endeavour to prepare an action-oriented and assertive document that will serve the Nations and their Future.

Thank you.