PETALING JAYA: It is important for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to redouble its efforts in safeguarding the region against threats that could impact regional peace, security and stability, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.
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The world risks a "great fracture" of its economic and financial systems, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday at a summit with Southeast Asia's ASEAN bloc, China, the United States and others in Indonesia. In a wide-ranging speech that touched on geopolitical tension, multilateral development finance and climate change, Guterres called on world leaders to find peaceful and inclusive solutions to the challenges facing the world. "There is a real risk of fragmentation – of a great fracture in world economic and financial systems; with diverging strategies on technology and artificial intelligence and conflicting security frameworks," he said.