"Reflecting on a year in which the UN has seemed paralysed by divisions over the war in Ukraine, Guterres put those divisions in a broader context. “We cannot effectively address problems as they are if institutions don’t reflect the world as it is. Instead of solving problems, they risk becoming part of the problem,” he said, adding that divides were deepening “among economic and military powers, and between north and south, east and west”.
He said the world was “inching ever closer to a great fracture in economic and financial systems and trade relations; one that threatens a single, open internet; with diverging strategies on technology and artificial intelligence; and potentially clashing security frameworks”.
"Guterres has been criticised for issuing a series of arresting but increasingly dark warnings about the plight of the world, so his aides stressed that his speech, while candid about the challenges, was one of his most “solution heavy”.
He called for deep reforms of the “dysfunctional, outdated and unjust international financial architecture”, including a $500bn-a-year rescue package for countries most heavily in debt."
"“Victims of years of conflict, victims of climate chaos, victims of leaders – near and far – who failed to find a way to peace,” he said of those who died in the floods. “The people of Derna lived and died in the epicentre of that indifference – as the skies unleashed 100 times the monthly rainfall in 24 hours … as dams broke after years of war and neglect.”
He said the world was “inching ever closer to a great fracture in economic and financial systems and trade relations; one that threatens a single, open internet; with diverging strategies on technology and artificial intelligence; and potentially clashing security frameworks”.
"Guterres has been criticised for issuing a series of arresting but increasingly dark warnings about the plight of the world, so his aides stressed that his speech, while candid about the challenges, was one of his most “solution heavy”.
He called for deep reforms of the “dysfunctional, outdated and unjust international financial architecture”, including a $500bn-a-year rescue package for countries most heavily in debt."
"“Victims of years of conflict, victims of climate chaos, victims of leaders – near and far – who failed to find a way to peace,” he said of those who died in the floods. “The people of Derna lived and died in the epicentre of that indifference – as the skies unleashed 100 times the monthly rainfall in 24 hours … as dams broke after years of war and neglect.”
SOURCE:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/19/world-inching-ever-closer-to-a-great-fracture-says-un-chief
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