UN secretary‑general sets three priorities for 2026, will attend UNA‑UK and Davos events
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United Nations spokesperson Farhan said Secretary‑General António Guterres outlined three priorities for 2026 — adherence to the UN Charter, advancing peace with justice, and building unity — and will attend UNA‑UK events in London and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
United Nations spokesperson Farhan said Thursday that Secretary‑General António Guterres presented his priorities for 2026 to the General Assembly and will travel to London and Davos this week.
Farhan summarized the SG's three core priorities: full adherence to the UN Charter; ‘‘relentless’’ work for peace with justice, citing efforts in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan; and building unity in an age of division. Farhan said the SG described the UN 80 initiative as an effort to make the UN system ‘‘deliver more effectively, more coherently, and with greater impact amid the reality of shrinking resources and rising needs.’’
The spokesperson said Guterres will speak at UNA‑UK’s 80th anniversary events at Central Hall Westminster and meet U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. He will then join an annual retreat of special representatives in Switzerland and speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos on themes including peace, inequality, climate action and governance of technology.
Farhan framed the travel as part of the SG’s effort to build multilateral cooperation, saying the SG will press for collective approaches to ‘‘borderless and interconnected’’ global challenges. The briefing did not include new policy announcements or binding commitments tied to the trips; details of bilateral meeting readouts were to be provided after the meetings.
