We call on all concerned parties in Myanmar to respect the will of the people, restore the democratic and constitutional process, and uphold the fundamental rights and freedom of the Myanmar’s people.

Наша странабольше года продолжает оставаться мишенью воинственного давлениясо стороны коллективного Запада. И всё лишь потому,что в Беларуси не удалось реализовать отшлифованный до совершенства сценарий очередной«цветной революции», приуроченной к президентским выборам. Сегодня против Беларуси развязана масштабная гибридная война по всем направлениям.

people have a fundamental right to participate in decision making processes either directly or through free and fair election of their representation. This is the principal tenet of democracy that Liechtensteinwill defend against authoritarian tendencies and promote as a safeguard against the abuse of power

I call on everyone here today who cares for democracy, for progress, for free and fair elections, to participate with passion in your political system

Turing to Myanmar now, we strongly condemn the military coup in the country.We support the legitimately elected leaders and we call for respect of the results of the November 2020 parliamentary elections.

his year, major steps have been made towards achieving stability in Libya, a process, which must be led by the Libyans themselves, and which Spain fully supports. Holdingelections attheend oftheyear must bethe goal

11For example, we have introduced direct election of rural mayorsfor the first time. This will place far more power and control in the hands of more than 40% of Kazakh citizens. We will do the same for district mayors in 2024

Democracy is threatened by several factors. One of them is the spread of disinformation.While new social media platforms have been an important tool to mobilize and spreaddemocratic practices in many regions of the world, they are also enhancing disinformation,which, in worst case scenarios, may seriously disrupt key democratic processes such aselections. We need a global conversation and to jointly look for concrete solutions to thedangers that disinformation poses to the rules-based international order

he electoral victory of our United Party for National Development, UPND,in the presidential and general elections that were held on the 12August 2021. Iam pleased to inform this august house that the people of Zambiathe republic of the people of Zambiaonce again rose the occasion to usher in a new government through a peaceful election. This has enabled Zambiato further consolidate our democratic credentials,which serve as an inspiration to the Africancontinent, where the outcome of our election was determined by those who vote and not those who count votes.

The Somali Federal government isworking tirelessly to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals with, and for, our people. We are doing thisby successfully confronting international terrorism, investing in basic public services,tackling corruption, and promoting good governance and inclusive politics. We are currently finalising the process of holding free, fair,and inclusive elections with the largest number of Somali electoral participants since the civil war in Somalia. The elections are centred on respecting the rights and wishes of the Somali people including the rights of women and youth to represent themselves within the very political arena that governs them.

Covid-19alsoobscurestomanypeopletheeventsinneighboringBelarus,wheresinceAugust2020hundredsofthousandsofpeoplehavecomeoutdailyforpeacefulprotestsdemandingjustonething:respectfortheelectionresult.Inresponsetheyencounteredpolicebatons,teargasand,oftentimes,bulletsusedbytheregimetodefenditselfagainstitsownpeople.AsIspeakmorethan650personsareinprisonsinBelarus,themajorityofthemyoungwomenandmen,patriots,whosimplywantedtochoosetheirleaderinfairelections.Akangaroocourthaslatelysentencedtwoofthem–MaryaKalesnikavaandMaximZnak-to10and11yearsinprisonrespectively.AlongwiththemtheleadersofthePolishminorityinBelarus–AndżelikaBorysandAndrzejPoczobut–areeitherdetainedorimprisonedfortheirdemocraticactivity.Thesearejustafewnamesfromamonghundredsofthosepersecuted.Wedemandtheirreleaseandexpectgreatersolidarityfromtheinternationalcommunity