The Mozambican delegation at the United Nations General Assembly has called upon wealthy states to do more in assisting poor countries confront their challenges.
Chair of the Southern African country’s delegation in New York, Antonio Gumande, said the wealthy states out to help the developing world face confront “the overwhelming challenges of our times.”
“We live in a world confronted by challenges that demand global responses,” he said.
“The relevance of the UN, the lodestar of multilateralism, over the last 72 years of its existence has always rested in its ability to reform and re-invent itself to respond more suitably to the challenges of continuously changing world it serves,” he added.
Gumande spoke on the last day of the Assembly, warning that “multiple and complex challenges threaten to constrain gains already made in fostering global peace and stability, stall and reverse advances made in fostering social and economic wellbeing, and cause irreversible damages to our planet.”
“The experiences we gained and the challenges we faced in the implementation of other globally agreed development goals in the past underline the need for a greater commitment of our development partners to scale-up and honour their assistance and for funding pledges made for climate resilience, mitigation and adaptation, as well as for disaster prevention efforts,” he stressed.
“This support is of paramount importance to mitigate the effects of climate variability whose devastating effects have been laid bare in several Member States of this august body in the last two months,” he said.
