Speech of Lisa Yasko, member of the Parliament of Ukraine to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the topic of the role of the OECD since the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine.
The OECD is an international organisation that was created to manage the recovery of many European countries after the Second World War.
Since then, many new challenges have emerged. The world faces significant threats concerning energy and food security.
Unfortunately, there are aggressors like the Russian Federation that exploit these threats to undermine the global security architecture.
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"Dear colleagues,
It is very important that we talked about policies and the challenges that our economies currently have. The OECD is working on that as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation. I want to bring you to history, because I think it is very important that in this organisation we remind ourselves about the purpose. As well as this organisation, the OECD was created also for managing recovery after the Second World War for different European countries. Since then, many new challenges have arisen.
I want to congratulate the authors of this report and also on OECD's work but also to encourage us to think how we can open the doors to the new mechanisms and new solutions and also the politics of enlargement of OECD. There are many countries that I am sure would really be very beneficial for the OECD co-operation. There are also many challenges that we are all currently facing. Yes, it is mentioned in the report that, unfortunately, there are lot of challenges connected to the energy and food security situation. Unfortunately, there are aggressors who are using these challenges, these fluctuations, to undermine us.
I want you to think about human security but also from the economical side. I am sure that it should be at the core of OECD.
Another thing that I want to mention, something that we started to discuss here recently, is the question of sanctions and how we can all make sure that those who don't obey ethical rules and continue having trade with aggressors, for instance, how they are responsible. We had a fantastic presentation by The Economist when we saw that, unfortunately, many European business companies, and not only European, also American and from other parts of the world, they still trade with aggressors. How can this organisation, the OECD, help with promoting the question of the corporate responsibility of not having trade with an aggressor?
These are the questions that I really want to address to the organisation of the OECD. I really hope that together with this organisation, we can focus on human security and human rights from an economic angle to proceed with economic co-operation with security and with a wise purpose for the future.
Thank you."
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