Peace was also needed inside families and houses, “so women and girls can live in dignity and safety”, added Mr. Guterres, in addition to peace on streets that too often have seen violent reprisals from security forces in response to peaceful protest. Within 2023, let’s put serenity at the heart of our words and actions”, said the Secretary-General.
The impact on civilians, meant that over hundred million people found them selves fleeing violence, wildfires, droughts, poverty and hunger, the particular UN chief said.
“ Each New Year is a minute of rebirth ”, said António Guterres. We sweep out the ashes of the old 12 months and prepare for a brighter day. In 2022, millions of people around the world literally hidden out ashes. ”
Living with dignity
Let’s make 2023 per year when peace is restored to our lives, our houses, and our world There also needs to be peace on-line, he added, so rather than disinformation, and conspiracy ideas, all societies can enjoy the Internet “free from hate conversation and abuse. ”
Living free from hate
UN Photo/Mark Garten “Together, let’s make 2023 a year when peace is certainly restored to our lives, the homes, and our world. ” “In 2023, we need peace, right now more than ever. Peace with each other, through dialogue to end turmoil. Peace with nature plus our climate, to build an even more sustainable world. ”
Secretary-General António Guterres visits a refugee centre in Chișinău, in the Republic of Moldova.
