Backåkra did the business – but not against the conflicts – News – Corren.se

This does not mean that it is easier in all policy areas. But the climate and dialogue are better after Backåkra's visit to Skåne, and I think we'll be caught off guard, "said Stefan Löfven (S), TT's New York premier.

Secretary General António Guterres took Löfven They met for half an hour in the UN's scraper in New York on Friday.

The UN is at the center of Leven's visit to New York and is excited to hold the presidential club of the Security Council on Monday

Locked Positions

Guterres was also in Skåne in April when there was a lot of smiles and beautiful mood looks on the outside of the Backåkra farm of former Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld.The idea to gather vischans was partly to try to create a better working environment, openings and a little more consensus in a rather paralyzed security council.

The Secre General said that there is really a better climate and discussion now, says Stefan Löfven. To speak more openly and unconditionally in another environment, he thinks he has contributed to the development

Such confidence is built

But it is not all personal chemistry and the working environment in the Council of security. Conflicts and war continue. Locked positions in the Security Council continue. Nodes are difficult to solve.

Dialogue in Syria, Congo and Myanmar (formerly Burma) was on the agenda when Löfven met Guterres

TT: What do you think of the possibilities of resolving the Syrian conflict before the war? accession of Sweden? expires at the turn of the year?

We should not be naive and believe that Sweden resolves the conflict in Syria, it is the other main actors who have the main responsibility. But we can contribute to this dialogue. The situation is an interregional complex, and we have Turkey, Russia and Iran. We support the political process that must be conducted to initiate interparliamentary talks.

The Secretary General António Guterres, who took office while Sweden took a temporary seat on the Security Council, does not hesitate to demand the reformed United Nations Security Council to make it work better and better. with more success. And Sweden is on the ball. When the agenda of the Swedish presidency in July was partially set by the Swedish UN Representation, it was stated that the United Nations needed to become more transparent, open and relevant to achieve a better result. – and the consensus that a modernized Security Council discussed Guterres and Löfven at its meeting. In the UN Scrape.

"Transparency and Trust"

There are a number of UN agencies in a country or region that have not been coordinated sufficiently clearly, but now that to arrive at. Stefan Löfven

The time of Sweden as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council is in the last verse for this time. Half a year remains. Secretary General António Guterres says that we have also contributed to more transparency and trust, said Löfven.