UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the world has the power to “seek and unite for solutions” — even when beset by growing divisions and rising geopolitical tensions — to deal with three major challenges, including climate change, facing the humanity.
The secretary-general was addressing the Council of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the world’s largest regional security body in terms of landmass and population which currently includes China, Pakistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and new member Iran.
The UN has had a cooperation agreement with the Asia-focused SCO since 2010, which also partners with multiple UN agencies. This year the summit is being hosted via videoconference by India.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was among the world leaders who addressed the summit on Tuesday.
In his remarks, the UN chief told Member States the growing divisions had been aggravated by different national and reasonable responses to global crises, differences over security threats, and the consequences of COVID and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. –Agencies
