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Some early reaction to Guterres’s speech:
I’m gonna guess Guterres’ speech - like that of any good UNSYG - would be a giant troll of Trump, intended or not https://t.co/yTH6QYeHEU
UN Sec Gen's speech, like the speech he delivered last year, offered a devastating broadside against the Trump vision of world affairs -- and without effort mentioning Trump by name
While Trump prepares for his UN speech focusing on US sovereignty, the SG warns of a "trust deficit disorder." Guterres says there's a lack of trust in the rules based global order. "Multilateralismis under fire precisely when we need it most.
And a deep cut for the international relations nerds:
IR Nerds: The UN Secretary General just cited both Thucydides and Harvard's Graham Alison.
The president of the general assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, is on stage to welcome the crowd.
She says this is the only assembly that allows world leaders “to hear and be heard on equal footing.”
“We live in an interconnected world leaving us no choice to pursue a global dialogue,” she says.
She says the first priority of this general assembly is gender equality.
The second: new global agreement on migrants and refugees.
Third: improving employment.
Fourth: climate change and improving environmental protections.
Fifth: political and social commitment to helping people with disabilities.
Sixth: the revitalization of the United Nations.
Seventh: peace and security and the role of young people in conflict prevention. “Sustained peace must be rooted in dialogue and understanding,” she says.
Conflict is resolved through conversation and understanding, she says.
The speech is veering back to optimism after a bleak rundown of the world’s major conflicts and instability of democratic institutions.
Guterres is speaking about cooperation between countries that have historically been at odds, including improved relations on the Korean peninsula.
Again, he speaks extensively about the importance of improving gender equality.
Guterres quotes former UN secretary general Kofi Annan: “We share a common destiny, we can master it only if we face it together, and that my friends is why we have the United Nations.”
Now for technology.
Guterres says that rapid technological advances have benefits but also have introduced challenges.
“The very nature of work will change,” he warns, claiming that the impact of technology on the labor market will require countries to increase public benefits and underlines the need for a universal basic income.
He says further challenges include how technology is being used by terrorists and for sexual exploitation.
He says technology is exploiting the gender gap and reinforces male power structures.
He says the impact of new technologies on warfare are a direct threat on the common goal to guarantee peace.
“The prospect of machines with the discretion and power to take human life is morally repugnant,” he says.
Guterres highlights the plight of refugees, warning that countries “who close their borders to migrants only fuel the work to traffickers.”
He is speaking extensively about climate change and the immense threat it poses to the world. “Climate change is moving faster than we are.”
“We must listen to the world’s best scientists,” he says.
Guterres proposes investing in green businesses.
He announces a climate change meeting for next September that will look at the environment and finance. It is timed for a year ahead of the deadline for countries to revise their pledges in the Paris climate agreement.
“The world needs you to be climate champions, all of you.”
Guterres says “with leadership committed to strategic cooperation” the world can avoid war.
He calls the gathered heads of state “guardians of the common good.”
Guterres commits to making the UN more effective and argues that improving global relations will improve the trust deficit he mentioned earlier.
He references major global conflicts, including the war in Syria, conflict in Yemen, the Rohingya crisis and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
UN secretary general, António Guterres, has taken the stage after a video tribute to Kofi Annan, the former secretary general who died in August and a short film about the UN sustainable development goals.UN secretary general, António Guterres, has taken the stage after a video tribute to Kofi Annan, the former secretary general who died in August and a short film about the UN sustainable development goals.
Guterres begins: “Our world is suffering from a bad case of trust deficit disorder.”Guterres begins: “Our world is suffering from a bad case of trust deficit disorder.”
He says people are losing trust in institutions and global relations are more divisive.He says people are losing trust in institutions and global relations are more divisive.
“Trust in global governance is also fragile,” he says.“Trust in global governance is also fragile,” he says.
“We face a set of paradoxes: the world is more connected, yet societies are becoming more fragmented.”“We face a set of paradoxes: the world is more connected, yet societies are becoming more fragmented.”
Yesterday, the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, warned that Syria faces perpetual war unless Russia agrees to turn the one-month ceasefire in Idlib into a wider UN-endorsed political agreement.Yesterday, the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, warned that Syria faces perpetual war unless Russia agrees to turn the one-month ceasefire in Idlib into a wider UN-endorsed political agreement.
The US national security adviser, John Bolton, also raised the prospect of an endless conflict at the UN general assembly:The US national security adviser, John Bolton, also raised the prospect of an endless conflict at the UN general assembly:
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Welcome to our live coverage of the United Nations general assembly’s general debate, where world leaders will present their priorities to the international stage.Welcome to our live coverage of the United Nations general assembly’s general debate, where world leaders will present their priorities to the international stage.
The session will open at about 9am local time in New York (2pm in London) with remarks by secretary-general António Guterres. He will be followed the president of the general assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés.The session will open at about 9am local time in New York (2pm in London) with remarks by secretary-general António Guterres. He will be followed the president of the general assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés.
Then, as is customary, Brazil will be the first country to speak, followed immediately by US president Donald Trump, who in last year’s remarks threatened to “totally destroy North Korea.”Then, as is customary, Brazil will be the first country to speak, followed immediately by US president Donald Trump, who in last year’s remarks threatened to “totally destroy North Korea.”
We’ll have live updates of today’s speeches here, with analysis from the Guardian’s team of experts, including world affairs editor, Julian Borger, who is reporting from the UN’s New York headquarters. As we wait for Guterres to take the stage, you can read Julian’s preview of the summit.We’ll have live updates of today’s speeches here, with analysis from the Guardian’s team of experts, including world affairs editor, Julian Borger, who is reporting from the UN’s New York headquarters. As we wait for Guterres to take the stage, you can read Julian’s preview of the summit.