{"id":938,"date":"2025-07-15T14:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.grz.gov.zm\/zanis\/?p=938"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:59:13","slug":"president-hichilema-commits-to-un-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=938","title":{"rendered":"President Hichilema commits to UN Charter&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Hakainde Hichilema has reaffirmed Zambia\u2019s unwavering commitment to the United Nations Charter and its foundational principles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Hichilema has highlighted the importance of a fair and equitable system, emphasising the need for a global framework that benefits all member states equally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The President was speaking when representatives from the United Nations agencies led by UN Resident Coordinator Beatrice Munthali paid a courtesy call on him at State House today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the meeting, President Hichilema reaffirmed Zambia\u2019s dedication to actively participate in the UN\u2019s agenda and initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The President also highlighted the importance of accelerating progress on the roadmap concerning Africa\u2019s representation and membership on the United Nations Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He underscored the need for swift action to ensure the continent\u2019s interests are adequately represented in global security decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, United Nations Resident Coordinator Beatrice Munthali commended the ongoing efforts to optimise the UN\u2019s operations in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the UN commemorates 80 years of existence, Ms Munthali called for enhanced cooperation with Zambia, urging both parties to continue building on their existing partnership to achieve mutual development goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Hakainde Hichilema has reaffirmed Zambia\u2019s unwavering commitment to the United Nations Charter and its foundational principles. &nbsp; President Hichilema has highlighted the importance of a fair and equitable system, emphasising the need for a global framework that benefits all member states equally. The President was speaking when representatives from the United Nations agencies led [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-latestnewscentre","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":940,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions\/940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}