The basis of a new sustainable development agenda must be poverty eradication, rooted in a strong foundation of human rights and recognition of rights, Uruguay’s Foreign Minister today told the United Nations General Assembly, calling for a greater focus on equality.

“It is essential for Uruguay to reiterate in the General Assembly that poverty eradication must remain our completely objective, main guiding principle,” Luis Almagro told the 69th high-level debate underway for a second week in New York.

He called on the international community to contribute to a collective ethics that takes into account protection of ethnic and religious minorities, provides food for malnourished children, fights against non-communicable diseases and works to stop climate change.

“The United Nations has failed because its ethics have failed,” the Foreign Minister said, adding that despite writing documents and holding meetings, the Organization failed to find solutions for the people.

Among other topics raised, the Foreign Minister highlighted the importance of eliminating discrimination on the base of ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender or migratory statue.

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