Tag: multilateralism
‘Equal rights cannot wait’ on International Day of Women in Multilateralism
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay made the appeal in her message to mark the International Day of Women in Multilateralism, which highlights their role in building peace and ensuring sustainable development. It also provides an opportunity to advocate for increased representation of women in key decision-making positions in global collaboration. ‘Incomprehensible inequality gap’ “Celebrating their…
Read More‘Dramatically’ evolving conflict highlights importance of multilateralism, Security Council hears
Pointing to the Our Common Agenda report – a blueprint for global cooperation and reinvigorated multilateralism – he attested that strengthening multilateralism has been his “highest priority”. “During the darkest periods of the Cold War, collective decision-making and continuous dialogue in the Security Council maintained a functioning, if imperfect, system of collective security” that has…
Read MoreUkraine grain deal, Ethiopia agreement, show ‘power of multilateralism in action’: Guterres |
Secretary-General António Guterres began his press stakeout at UN Headquarters in New York, with the announcement that the deal to free-up vital foodstuffs from Ukraine had hit “a new milestone” with 10 million metric tonnes now shipped through the Black Sea humanitarian corridor, in just three months. ‘Beacon of hope still shining’ “Despite all the…
Read MoreStrengthening multilateralism ‘only way’ to peaceful world for all: Guterres |
The meeting is taking place at an extremely challenging moment for multilateralism and global governance, with the international order “at risk of coming apart at the seams”, he said, citing challenges that include the climate emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and new and evolving forms of conflict. “Strengthening multilateralism – the theme…
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