Statement from Ambassador Carl Hallergard at joint EU-G77 Vienna Chapter-Ban Ki-moon Centre event on 25 June 2025

Statement from EU Ambassador Carl HALLERGARDat the high-level"Multilateralism in a Complex Era:  A Call for Renewed Commitment and Collective Action"Vienna, 25 June 2025 Dear President, Dear Secretary General, Excellencies, Dear colleagues and friends, First of all, it is my pleasure on behalf of the European Union Delegation to welcome you to this important event that we have the honour to organise together with the Vienna Chapter of the Group of 77 and with the Ban Ki-moon Centre. Let me thank President Fischer and CEO Monika Froehler of the Ban Ki-moon Centre and of course my good friend Ambassador Maurice Makoloo, Chair of the Group of 77 for truly excellent cooperation. And of course – thank you Mr Secretary General for doing us the honour of your presence here today. Your strong leadership and your impressive legacy continue to inspire us as we try to navigate these troubled times. You remind us of the importance of multilateralism, of how the United Nations can come together and take bold and strong decisions. And that what unites us is stronger than what divides us. Of your many achievements as Secretary General, the one that really stands out is the agreement reached under your leadership in 2015 on the Sustainable Development Goals. [You mentioned it just now]. Here in Vienna we sometimes forget about the SDGs and focus on technical issues. On nuclear. On drugs and crime, on space issues. We are therefore grateful to you for reminding us today that a key purpose of...