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The main challenge ahead of the global community is the coronavirus and pandemic but this should not mean that security challenges faced all around the globe are forgotten, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said yesterday.

Wars and conflicts are the root causes of massive migration waves, Szijjártó said in his address to a conference of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. He announced that

Hungary’s contribution in Lebanon to the UN peacekeeping mission will be increased by 15 additional troops.

In his speech also published on Facebook, Szijjártó said that many things had happened since the founding of the UN. “Many changes took place in the recent 75 years but all those changes and events and developments have proven the unique role of UN when it comes to building peace and especially when it comes to keeping the peace,” he added.

He said the main challenge ahead of the global community was the coronavirus and pandemic situation “but it should not mean that we forget about the security challenges which we have to face all around the globe”.

The security-related challenges and armed conflicts are becoming more and more serious,

he said.

The wars and conflicts represent the root causes for massive migration waves which do not only constitute security related risks but health related risks, as well, Szijjarto said.

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“In order to be able to avoid the outbreak of further migratory waves and in order to be able to avoid the accelerated spread of the virus all around the world we definitely have to unite our forces and capacities to resolve those conflicts which constitute the most serious security challenges,” he added. Szijjártó expressed his belief that the UN played a huge role in this and added that it was necessary to strengthen this function of the organisation.