US: World leaders' action must offer hope of better future - Mutharika

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NEW YORK, US, September 21 (Infosplusgabon)-   Arthur Peter Mutharika, the President of Malawi, has underscored that it is the responsibility of the current generation of world leaders to ensure that their actions offer hope of a better future to the next generation.

 

“The adoption of the 2030 Agenda reflects our global resolve to address the most pressing challenges in the spirit of the human collaboration,” he said, adding that unity among nations is indispensable.

 

“The cause that rallies us together is that we are one humanity, on one planet. This is the tie that binds us all. All our differences and national interests are secondary to this overriding cause,” he declared.

 

In particular, the President noted the growing impact of climate change, such as through natural disasters, on the most vulnerable and that his country – where 85 per cent of the population depends on agriculture – crop failures are a tragedy.

 

“Therefore,” he added, “let me appeal to all Member States to consider strategies and avenues for collaboration for us to adapt to the fast-changing climate.”

 

He also spoke against nuclear weapons, noting that it remains the existential threat to humanity, and said that the idea of keeping such weapons “questions the wisdom of mankind”.

 

Expressing his country’s categorical disapproval of the spread of ballistic missile technology, he added: “This should not be tolerated in any way by any Member State of the UN.”

 

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