multilateralism

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‘The best-selling brand today is fear’: UN chief highlights urgent need to address global ‘deficit of trust’

18 January 2019
UN Affairs

Warning against the dangers of widespread fear and mistrust in our planet, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, told journalists on Friday he wants to reaffirm the UN as a “platform for action to repair broken trust in a broken world.”

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When nations work together, hope prevails and collective solutions can be found - UN chief tells Peace Forum, marking World War centenary in Paris

11 November 2018
Peace and Security

From conflict and economic downturn to disease and climate change, global problems require “more than ever” a strengthening of international cooperation, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told world leaders at the Paris Peace Forum on Sunday, commemorating 100 years since the end of the First World War. 

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Multilateralism more vital than ever, as World War centenary looms: Security Council

9 November 2018
UN Affairs

With the centenary of the end of the First World War just days away, the Security Council reaffirmed the crucial importance of multilateralism – or international cooperation and collective problem-solving – and highlighted the key role played by the United Nations since its creation 73 years ago.

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Multilateralism is ‘under siege’ in a world where ‘collective response’ is vital: Deputy UN chief

25 September 2018
Interviews

When it comes to tackling migration, climate change or seemingly intractable conflicts, the doctrine of collective responsibility, embodied by the UN, is the only way forward, according to Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed. She spoke to Conor Lennon, who asked her what should be done to strengthen multilateralism.

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‘Multilateralism is the only answer to the challenges we face,’ UN Assembly President tells world leaders

25 September 2018
UN Affairs

With a call to multilateralism and shared work towards sustainable development and equality for all, María Fernanda Espinosa formally inaugurated the seventy-third general debate of the of the United Nations General Assembly.

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‘Our future rests in solidarity,’ commitment to rules-based order, UN chief tells world leaders

25 September 2018
Peace and Security

Facing a world where trust – trust in national institutions, trust among States and trust in the rules-based global order – is at a breaking point, Secretary-General António Guterres set the stage for the 73rd general debate of the United Nations with a call to rebuild solidarity, repair broken trust and reinvigorate the spirit of multilateralism.

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Strong multilateral institutions key to tackling world’s dramatic challenges, UN chief says In Moscow

21 June 2018
UN Affairs

In Moscow on Thursday, Secretary-General António Guterres said multilateralism was vital to tackling climate change, terrorism and other dramatic challenges, and that the United Nations and Russia would continue working together to make global institutions stronger and better able to serve the public good.

Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and Deputy Chair of the Elders, addressing journalists. She is flanked by fellow Elders Lakhdar Brahimi (left), former Joint Arab League-UN Special Representative for Syria; and Mary Robinson, former
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News in Brief 9 May 2017 – (PM)

9 May 2017
News in Brief

“The Elders” explain why multilateralism matters

A group of independent global leaders working together for peace and security called the “The Elders” spoke on the importance of multilateralism at the UN on Tuesday.

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Germany is symbol of tolerance and hospitality for those in need of protection – UN chief Guterres

17 February 2017
UN Affairs

Speaking to the media in Munich, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres hailed the important role Germany has placed at a number of multilateral institutions, including the European Union and the United Nations.

Working together, nations can tackle today’s major challenges – Ban

5 November 2009
No country, however, powerful, can tackle alone the multiple challenges facing the world, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing the need to work together on issues such as climate change, the economic crisis and global peace and security.