From wars to climate change, the crises the world is facing are essentially a question of power:
Who has power?
Who is denied power?
How is power used?
How is power changing?
At #UNGA, I’ve asked world leaders:
Will we act to ensure that power is governed by law or by force?
By cooperation or coercion?
By responsibility to young people & future generations or indifference to their fate?
Because the defining challenges of our age are expressions of power.
And they will determine whether the world drifts deeper into division & instability or moves toward cooperation, justice & collective security.
Peace is in dangerously short supply.
But around the world, people are showing that we are not powerless.
Volunteers, advocates, civil society leaders, peacekeepers & peacemakers are bridging divides, uniting communities & pushing for dialogue.
On #PeaceDay, let's be inspired by their courage & call on world leaders to invest in a peaceful future for all.