The United Nations has concluded its annual General Assembly in a fractured world with a multitude of challenges, facing numerous headwinds – multiplied conflicts – coups, inflation and debt, climate change, inequality, and gender.
This year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres grouped the war on Ukraine with other conflicts (Niger, Gabon, Sudan, Myanmar). Climate crises and inequality took centre stage.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil has emerged as the champion of fighting hunger and inequality, and has made innovative proposals in fighting hunger and committed Brazil to this objective.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has
