El Salvador's foreign minister urges UN reform and warns against accepting state collapse

During the UN General Assembly, El Salvador's foreign minister Alexandra Hill Tinoco declared that no country should be compelled to accept governmental collapse as inevitable, emphasizing that real transformation comes from deeds rather than diplomatic texts. She contrasted the UN's rhetoric on peace with the ongoing suffering of people worldwide, questioning the organization’s relevance. Citing El Salvador's near-eradication of gang violence and rising economic activity noted by the IMF, she illustrated how security, development and dignity are interlinked.

Hill Tinoco warned that El Salvador’s experience cannot be copied wholesale but stressed a universal lesson: nations must not be resigned to mismanagement. She called for deep UN reforms to make the body more representative, agile and capable of tackling modern crises, and she left the assembly with four guiding principles about hope, responsibility and the power of determined change.