“These days the world is gravely concerned about increasing turmoil of violence around the globe and reasonably expects more engagement of the United Nations in restoring peace and security. I believe the UN must take this opportunity and tackle current security challenges through efficient reform of its peacekeeping capabilities,” the Head of State noted.

According to Petro Poroshenko, recent initiatives of the UN Secretary-General, in particular on comprehensive reviews of the UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding architecture, as well as the report of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, could provide a solid guidance for such a reform.

The President also called on the UN GA member-states to support Ukraine granting it a status of non-permanent member of the Organization.

“Should Ukraine gain a seat in the Security Council for the term of 2016-2017 at the elections to be held in just a few weeks, the issue of consolidation of UN peacekeeping will be among our key priorities,” Petro Poroshenko said drawing attention to the initiative to boost the capacity of UN peacekeeping operations by filling its critical gaps, in particular an "aviation" one. He also drew attention to strengthening cooperation of the UN Security Council with troop- and police-contributing states, as well as to ensuring security of "blue helmets".