Lula says 2030 Agenda may be UN’s “biggest failure”
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Tuesday (Sep. 19) that the United Nations’ (UN) sustainable development agenda could be the organization’s biggest failure. Opening the general debate of heads of state at the 78th UN General Assembly in New York, President Lula said that inequality is the main challenge facing humanity, and, in order to overcome it, “hunger, poverty, war, disrespect for human beings” should inspire indignation among political leaders.The president advocated a reform of the global governance system and said that the international community is immersed “in a maelstrom of multiple and simultaneous crises.” The president cited the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, as well as food and energy insecurity, which he said are amplified by “growing geopolitic...