Armenia has committed itself to the strengthening of the institutional capacities of the United Nations, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said addressing the 67th session of the UN General Assembly on Monday.

Armenia supports the United Nations reform processes and is ready to bring feasible contribution.

“We believe that the reforms are an opportunity to make the role of the UN stronger on crucial issues facing the world and to accomplish both the Millennium Development and Sustainable Development Goals,” he said.

“We welcome the fact that along with the agenda of the sixty-seventh session that encompasses the pressing issues of joint responsibility for maintenance of international peace, security, it is proposed to focus during this session on the settlement of disputes by peaceful means.

In this context we consider the goals of disarmament and arms control as major elements of global and regional security systems. We must also shoulder the responsibility to work together to counter militaristic threats.”

The Minister stressed that nowadays hate and intolerance, unfortunately, are continuing to spread in some parts of the world and “we have yet to dig into the roots and causes of such situation, to have the courage to openly ask difficult questions on the reasons and face sometimes painful responses.”