UN chief calls on nations to approve plan to tackle global challenges

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Picture: Yuki Iwamura/AP

The United Nations chief has urged divided nations to compromise and approve a blueprint to address global challenges from conflicts and climate change to artificial intelligence and reforming the UN and global financial institutions.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters on Wednesday that discussions on the Pact Of The Future are in their final stretch and failure to reach the required consensus among all 193 UN member nations “would be tragic.”