UN chief calls for restoration of trust

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for the restoration of trust through the Pact for the Future and the UN80 Initiative.



At their core, both the pact and UN80 are about restoring trust -- through concrete action, meaningful reform, and results that people can see, feel and believe in, said Guterres.



"As we all know far too well, trust is in dangerously short supply around the world. We see sharp fragmentation and deep polarization. Conflicts causing horrific levels of death and destruction. Communities deprived of resources for development and resilience. Efforts to defer climate action and deny climate justice. And a frenetic race to build new technologies without guardrails," he told a General Assembly interactive dialogue on the Pact for the Future and the UN80 Initiative.



The pact is the world's pledge to tackle such shared challenges together, and it calls for a more inclusive, effective, and fit-for-purpose multilateral system to follow through. UN80 is about equipping UN member states with the right tools to do the job and making the world body more coherent, more effective, and more prepared to deliver on the vision set by member states, he said.