Human Rights and International Law – Mission of Albania to the UN

Albania is deeply committed to the protection and promotion of human rights, including through our foreign policy. Convinced that respect of fundamental rights and freedoms for all individuals and groups is a key precondition for long-lasting peace, security and sustainable development, we will work to advance human rights standards around the world.

Human rights are a core security issue. Serious and widespread violations of human rights result from crisis. But they are often also the catalyst and cause of violent conflicts. Sustainable peaceful solutions cannot be achieved unless human rights are respected. This is why progress in human rights related matters across the spectrum – civil, cultural, economic, political and social– are a fundamental component for crisis prevention.

Albania believes that increased promotion and human rights education are valuable tools for conflict prevention, peacebuilding and sustaining peace.

Albania will closely work with like-minded countries to increase the synergies between the Security Council and the Human Rights Council by inviting UN special mandate holders and the relevant civil society actors, to brief the Security Council on human rights situations in countries in crisis and to share their experience of human rights violations on the ground. We will also work to strengthen the role of OHCHR in the activities of the Security Council.

COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM

Albania will support the strengthening of multilateral policies and practices that address all drivers of violent extremism conducive to terrorism, with a focus on countering terrorist narratives, both online and offline, in a balanced manner as set out in the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.

Albania will bring in the work of the Security Council its long and positive experience of religious harmony and respect for cultural differences, as a good practice that stands against rising intolerance and violent extremism.

INCLUSIVE SOLUTIONS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS

Albania strongly believes that regional and local actors play a major role in finding sustainable solutions to issues. The involvement of a wide range of actors with direct interest in the matter, from local civil society groups to state actors and regional organizations in affected locations, could create the necessary long-term conditions for conflict prevention to peacebuilding, and sustainable development.

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Albania remains committed to uphold the charter of the UN, convinced that a rules-based international order with effective multilateral institutions is the best way to ensure peace, security, and respect for human rights, development and prosperity.