BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13. The deficit in
global governance continues to grow, said Wu Hongbo, China's
Special Representative for European Affairs for 2019-2025 and
former UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
in 2012-2017, Trend
reports.
He made the announcement during the 13th Global Baku Forum on
"Bridging Divides in a World in Transition."
"Last year, we celebrated the 80th anniversary of the United
Nations, and China put forward the Global Governance Initiative
(GGI). Today, we are facing extremely complex challenges. The
international community is experiencing many challenges, and the
global governance deficit continues to grow, which is a cause for
serious concern," he said.
Wu Hongbo noted that Xi Jinping presented the GGI initiative in
Tianjin last September. It was warmly welcomed by UN
Secretary-General António Guterres, who noted that the key elements
of the initiative are fully consistent with the fundamental
principles of the UN Charter and the norms of international
law.
