Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the Paris Peace Forum, “Seeking common ground in a world of rivalry”, in Paris today:
I am happy to greet the Paris Peace Forum once again. You are meeting as our world is confronting a host of existential threats.
Conflicts are raging. Our planet is burning. The Sustainable Development Goals are slipping out of reach. Divides — between North and South, East and West —— are deepening, and the risk of a great fracture is looming.