Spotlight with António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations (Moderation by Trisha Shetty, President of the Paris Peace Forum Steering Committee), with questions from Salih Booker, Senior Program Officer, International Programs, Ford Foundation, and Fatmé Masri, Project Director, Arab Reform Initiative.
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The war in Ukraine and Russia’s violation of the UN Charter has led to a dramatic humanitarian crisis and the largest population movement across Europe since World War II, and already has major global implications.
As articulated by the Executive Committee of the Paris Peace Forum in a statement in March, it also threatens cooperation on many other critical areas, notably on the biggest challenges for humanity, from the fight against global warming and loss of biodiversity to pandemic recovery and preparedness, nuclear disarmament, the race to reach the SDGs, economic and scientific cooperation as well as the common custody of the global commons including oceans, the poles and outer space. The resulting disruption of the world economy and rise in energy and food prices will without a doubt hit lower income countries the hardest.
The challenge to the international order is of such magnitude that the Forum will dedicate its Spring Meeting to discussing how to preserve it and safeguard global public goods – with peace and economic stability as prerequisites, and how to prevent a global food crisis. The meeting will also reflect on the increased importance of year-round activities for its community of members and partners and present some of the multi-actor programs and initiatives incubated by the Forum.
After a first segment reserved for the Paris Peace Forum community, the second portion will be broadcast to the general public, with a focus on Preserving global cooperation in times of war.
