UN chief: Libya is a reflection of the injustice in the world

The catastrophe of the Libyan city of Dernawhere thousands of people have died from floods, is a “sad snapshot” of a world stalked by injustice, warned this Tuesday the secretary general of the UNAntonio Guterres, at the opening of the 78th General Assembly in New York.

“Derna is a sad snapshot of the state of our world, with the avalanche of inequality, injustice (and) inability to face the challenges that threaten us”Guterres warned, and urged the 193 UN countries to reform multilateral institutions so that they reflect the “economic realities of the 21st century”.

“The world has changed, our institutions have not,” Guterres said. “We cannot effectively address problems as they are if institutions do not reflect the world as it is,” he added after remembering the series of “existential crises” that the world is experiencing: from the climate crisis to the “disruptive technologies”such as artificial intelligence or autonomous weapons that operate without human control.

for this world “multipolar” are needed “effective multilateral institutions”, express. And he asked the heads of state and government “determination” to end wars, improve the lot of the population, confront the planet’s challenges and respect human rights and international law.

“Our world needs a spirit of state, not of games and blockades”he said in the face of the evidence of an increasingly “multipolar” in which the term “commitment” has become “a bad word”.

In addition to the wars and conflicts that devastate different regions of the world (Ukraine, Sahel, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Afghanistan, Burma, Palestinian Territories), he warned about gender inequality, economic “that defines our time” and the challenges posed by climate change.

“Every continent, every region and every country feels the heat. “I’m not sure all the leaders are feeling that heat,” said.

The UN chief also spoke of the risks posed by artificial intelligence and called for the creation of a “new global entity” to help mitigate risks and benefits for humanity.

Source: AFP