Foreign Ministry: Belarus, Russia presented common vision of Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in 21st Century

Belarus and Russia have presented their common vision of the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century, sb.by reports with reference to Belarus’ Foreign Ministry

The charter recognises about two dozen ‘key realities of our time’, including diversity as the world’s foundation, change of paradigm, and multipolarity on the horizon.

"Respecting diversity in its full spectrum has traditionally fostered healthy competition and propelled humanity along the path to general progress, while states' neglect of this key feature of social life has led to interstate wars and conflicts as well as various crises,” the document reads.

It is noted that objective and irreversible deep transformations in international relations are taking place in the modern world. They are caused by accelerated tectonic changes in various fields, which have a huge impact on all participants in international life.

"The world’s inherent diversity has set it on an inexorable trajectory towards multipolarity. The trend presents an opportunity to build a lasting, fair and inclusive democratic world order underpinned by peaceful coexistence for the sake of ensuring security and full prosperity for all countries based on mutually beneficial co-operation and genuine multilateralism,” the document adds.

At the same time, according to Belarusian and Russian experts, the evolutionary movement of the whole world towards multipolarity and a polycentric model that meets the interests of the world majority slows down if the fact of the diversity of civilisations, cultures, traditions, features of historical development, value systems, forms of government and models of internal development is ignored, if the norms and principles of international law rights are violated.

In their common vision of the Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity, the authors also pay attention to the peculiarity of Eurasia. In their opinion, it is the geographical centre and the material foundation of the emerging multipolar world. Ancient civilisations are located here, and integration associations, regional organisations and centres of power have developed around them.

"It is Eurasia that makes a major contribution to sustained growth in the world economy while it is here that independent development centres strengthen their global reach,” the document reads. “Given Eurasia’s paramount role in global affairs, striving for peace, security, stability and prosperity in this space is the interest not just of the continent’s states, but of all countries around the globe.”

In this regard, the representatives of Belarus and Russia undertake to rely on international law, i.e. to be guided in their actions by the norms of international law based on the UN Charter in its entirety and interrelationship, and other international legally binding documents.

Among the mandatory approaches is recognition and respect for the diversity and equality of civilisations, cultures, traditions, features of historical development and systems of universal values, the diversity of forms of state political structure and models of internal socio-economic development of the countries of the world. The parties oppose exclusivity and double standards in international politics and intend to contribute to the early construction of a multipolar world and a just global order.

Special attention is paid to the formation of a new continental architecture of co-operation in the field of security, based on the principles of indivisibility of security, justice, legitimacy, sustainability and joint contribution of participants.

Belarus and Russia will continue to contribute to the restoration and strengthening of the central co-ordinating role of the United Nations in world affairs and the effective use of the mechanisms of the UN system to overcome common global challenges and threats, strengthening the voice of the world majority countries in the organisation.

The authors also intend to work to consolidate the Eurasian space to ensure peace, stability and universal prosperity on the continent in the interests of all its states, as well as to counter attempts by external forces to interfere in the affairs of Eurasian states and pursue policies aimed at undermining the processes of consolidation and co-operation on the continent, impose their own development models, ideological attitudes and spiritually alien-moral values.

"We, the representatives of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, invite all Eurasian states to join a dialogue on a whole range of issues that affect principles of co-operation in the multipolar era and that cover a pan-continental architecture of security, co-operation and development with the view to drafting a Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century, while giving due consideration to the provisions set out in this document," the text summarises.