Africa: UN Secretary-General Guterres Urges Africa to Play More Active Role in Global Governance

Africa: UN Secretary-General Guterres Urges Africa to Play More Active Role in Global Governance

“Africa must have a greater say in decisions that affect its future,” the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at a conference in Japan focused on the continent’s development. This has always been a point of advocacy for African leaders during major discussions that chart Africa’s future, and this position has been supported…

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Africa: UN Secretary-General Guterres Urges Africa to Play More Active Role in Global Governance

Africa: Salvaging SDGs Still Possible, but Countries Must Act Now – Guterres

Citing new global agreements on pandemic preparedness, ocean protection and development financing, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday that recent “signs of momentum” show multilateralism can still deliver. Addressing ministers at UN Headquarters in New York, he called for urgent action to rescue lagging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amid war, inequality and fiscal strain….

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Africa: UN Secretary-General Guterres Urges Africa to Play More Active Role in Global Governance

Africa: It’s Time to Finance Our Future and ‘Change Course’, Guterres Tells World Leaders in Sevilla

“We’re here in Sevilla to change course,” the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to meet sustainable development goals – and build a better world for all. António Guterres issued his clarion call noting that sustainable…

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Africa: UN Secretary-General Guterres Urges Africa to Play More Active Role in Global Governance

Africa: Development Is ‘The First Line of Defense Against Conflict,’ Guterres Tells Security Council

Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in conflict-affected or fragile settings and this is on track to worsen, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday. Ambassadors met to debate how poverty, inequality, and underdevelopment are fuelling conflict and instability, at a time when hostilities…

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