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The United Nations endorsed five Indonesia-initiated resolutions at multilateral forums in the past two years, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said.

"At the initiative of Indonesia, five resolutions were adopted, both at the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly," she stated during a press briefing on Wednesday.

One of the resolutions was UNSC resolution number 2538 concerning Women in Peacekeeping Operations.

Four other resolutions were adopted at the UN General Assembly — ‘International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development 2021', 'Global Solidarity to Fight COVID-19’, ‘International Cooperation to Address Challenges Faced by Seafarers as a result of COVID-19 Pandemic to Support Global Supply Chains’, and ‘Global Health and Foreign Policy: Strengthening Health System Resilience through Affordable Healthcare for All’.

"The adoption of these resolutions serves as the closing contribution to the Indonesian

chairmanship of the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative for the year 2020," Marsudi said referring to the UN General Assembly resolution on ‘Global Health and Foreign Policy: Strengthening Health System Resilience through Affordable Healthcare for All’.

The resolution, the last Indonesia-initiated resolution to be adopted by the UN, encouraged UN member states to strengthen national health systems through affordable healthcare for all and improve health resilience as an integral part of vigilance for a state of emergency.

In addition, member states were asked to forge constructive partnerships with relevant stakeholders to ensure access to universal health coverage, recognize medical workers during the pandemic, and support the funding for access to the COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT accelerator).

A sustainable and innovative health funding policy was also among the issues mentioned in the resolutions.

"(The five resolutions) are other than those serving as extended mandate or those resulting from discussions led by Indonesia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement or G77," the minister said.

Citing an example, she said, Indonesia led a discussion on Afghanistan, as a ‘co-penholder’ at the UNSC, and a discussion on 14 resolutions at the UN General Assembly, both on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, G77, and under the framework of cooperation. (antaranews)