NEW YORK, OCTOBER 4 – The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, today briefed Member States on his report on Our Common Agenda. He noted that during the recent General Assembly week, he personally held more than 140 bilateral meetings with governments representatives and listened to the soundtrack of the state of our world. Despite the extraordinary challenges we face, he said, he was encouraged.
The Secretary-General noted that, among other things, in his discussions, there was strong criticism of the mismatch between the institutions of global governance, and the economic and political realities of our world.
He discussed how the report on Our Common Agenda deals with that problem, adding that the proposals and ideas in Our Common Agenda are bridges across the aspiration gap; between the world as it is and the world as we know it can be, adding that the next year of preparations for the Summit of the Future will be critical.
Ambassador Maurizio Massari attended the briefing. He took the floor to confirm Italy’s full support to the new agenda for peace, focusing on women and girls; food systems transformations, in line with the July Rome summit on the Food Systems (FSS+2); and
strengthening global governance through the reform of the UN Security Council within the framework of the Inter-Governmental Negotiations. (@OnuItalia)
