Guterres’ new agenda for peace ignored by most big media

It is sad that the UN chief cannot be heard over the clatter of ongoing war. The pressure to send more arms to Ukraine is warping public culture into thinking that more militarism is the best way to peace.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres published his 'New Agenda for Peace' on July 20, laying out a route for stronger world co-operation. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

July 31, 2023

EDMONTON—When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres published his “New Agenda for Peace” on July 20, laying out a route for stronger world co-operation to avoid future wars, I searched the mainline media for the next 24 hours to see what kind of coverage he received. I...

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