Guterres read his letter to global leaders: “Our world is getting out of control”

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Inequality

Guterres started his speech with these words: Derna tragedy Libya, as “an example of global challenges converging into a hellish landscape.” He assured that thousands of Libyans were “victims of years of conflict, of climate chaos, of leaders “near and far” who could not find a path to peace” and that what was happening was “a a sad snapshot of the state of our world: flood inequalityrelated to injusticeOur inability to meet the challenges we face.”

“They lived and died there. the epicenter of this indifference.”He complained and reminded that even today, “bodies continue to be found in the Mediterranean, where billionaires sunbathe on their super yachts.”

Need for reform

“The world has changed, our institutions have not changed”. With this statement, Guterres opened a reflection on a world moving towards the future. multipolarity during “Global government stuck in time”. He therefore argued that:renewing multilateral institutions It is a reform “for today’s world”, including a Security Council reform “based on the political and economic realities of the 21st century, based on equality, solidarity and universality”.

He also defended an issue redesigning the international financial architecture“dysfunctional, outdated and unfair”, “Thus it becomes truly universal and serves as a global safety net for struggling developing countries.” “Inequality defines our time“, he said, and reminded that, for example, Africa today spends more on paying off debt interest than on health.

“We can’t deal with problems effectively if institutions don’t reflect the world as it is,” he said. “Instead of solving problems, they threaten to become part of the problem. And actuallyDivisions between economic and military powers, north and south, east and west are becoming more pronounced”.

“We are closer than ever” in this area, he warned. Big Broken Different strategies and potentially conflicting security frameworks in technology and artificial intelligence in economic and financial systems and business relations, threatening the single and open internet.

“Reforms are about power” he also analyzed. Aware that there are many conflicting interests and agendas, he reminded: “The alternative to reform is not the status quo. The alternative is further fragmentation. “This is either reform or disintegration.”

The advance of authoritarianism

Guterres warned Divisions are also widening within countriespointed out: ” Democracy is under threat, authoritarianism is developing, inequalities are increasing, hate speech is increasing”.

He claimed that he faced these challenges loyalty, decried that “it has become a bad word.” “Ours The world needs statesmen, not political games or stagnation“, he stated. “We have all the tools and resources to solve our common challenges, What we need is determination”.

Conflicts, coups and chaos

UN Secretary General elected Invasion of Ukraine by Russia He sought to exemplify violations of the principles of the United Nations Charter, but went further to argue that wars could be fought both for the nuclear threat and for security reasons if international conventions and agreements were ignored. “Poisoning of global diplomacy” he said this “hinders progress in everything.”

The panoramic view of the world stopped at a series of arrays. Coups in the Sahelfall Sudan Problems leading to a full civil war Congo, Haiti, Afghanistan, Myanmar or Syria and the situation in Middle East, In addition to emphasizing the “escalation of violence and bloodshed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories that is causing terrible harm to civilians”, he also condemned the intensification of these incidents Unilateral actions that “undermine the two-state solution”“, although not an explicit reference, is an explicit reference, Israel.

Guterres reminded that “natural disasters worsen the disaster of conflict” and that while needs increase, UN financial funds to solve these problems are “established””. He condemned the fact that humanitarian operations had to make large-scale cuts and reminded: “If we don’t feed the hungry, we feed conflict”.

Global warming

Guterres defined Global warming “the most immediate threat to our future” “Climate change is not just a change in weather conditions, it also changes life on our planet,” he reminded.

“Behind every broken record there are broken economies, broken lives, and entire nations at a critical juncture,” he said, after recalling the summer of historic heat records.

placed in this area offers on the table. Reminding that G20 countries are responsible for 80 percent of emissions, Erdogan assured that they “must lead” and “break their dependence on fossil fuels.” “To have options to limit the rise in global temperature, we must phase out coal, oil and gas in a fair and equitable way and massively promote renewables,” he said.“The fossil fuel age has failed.”

He also argued: “no more wrong solutions” and was responsible for remembering, for example, “Africa has 60% of the planet’s solar energy capacity, but only 2% of investments.”

Equality and human rights

“ Gender equality is not a problem but a solutionHe reminded that Guterres, who opened the part of his speech devoted to human rights with the advocacy of equality and equity for women, was a section that would reveal the colors of world leaders at full capacity. Guterres reminded this 1.2 billion people live in poverty and that hunger location Levels not seen since 2005. He also reminded: racial and ethnic discrimination “It is completely legal in more than 50 countries,” he argued. against the demonization of immigrants and refugees and decried that even today gender identity or the person you love “can land you in prison or the death penalty.”

Artificial intelligence

As Guterres remembers, in 2017, only he and two world leaders spoke about Artificial Intelligence in this forum, which is on everyone’s lips today. And risks of new technologies This time he was called again. “Many dangers They’re not on the horizon, they’re already here“Yes,” he emphasized.

For example, he mentioned someone “Digital divide exacerbating inequalities”. He gave the following assurance: ” Hate speech, misinformation and conspiracy theories They spread and become stronger in social networks through artificial intelligence, Undermining democracy and inciting violence and conflict in real life”. And he condemned: “ online surveillance and data collectionmakes it easier large-scale human rights violations”.

“Technology companies and governments are far from finding solutions,” Guterres lamented. throw darts Mark Zuckerberg (who coined the phrase “move fast and break things”)”act quickly and fix things”.

The Portuguese also announced that he will establish a company. senior body of the UN I acted like that advisor On Artificial Intelligence, a body to give Suggestions for the end of the year.