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Security Council Open Debate on The Charter of the United Nationsas Key Element for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security
On February 15, The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN gave an intervention during the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on The Respect to the Principles and Purposes of the Charter of the United Nations as Key element for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security.
By Monsignor Simon KassasChargé d’Affaires a.i. Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 15, 2016

On February 15, The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN gave an intervention during the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on The Respect to the Principles and Purposes of the Charter of the United Nations as Key element for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security.
 
In its statement, the Holy See praised the ideologies instilled in the charter of the United Nations, most notably the aspiration to “save future generations of the scourge of war and to forbid war as an instrument of foreign policy,” but condemned the misapplication of the UN charter, deeming the increase of weaponry, and violence against civilians as “cause for grave ethical concern.” 
 
The Holy See called to restrain arms trade, especially for aggressive weapons with advanced technology that have been used to indiscriminately kill civilians, illustrating our world “may know more about killing than we do about providing for the living.”
 
The statement cewn be found here.