UN chief says women 'essential' to peace talks in global conflicts and that includes military controlled Myanmar


UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters. - AFP

UNITED NATIONS, June 15, 2022 (AFP): Men must stop excluding women from peace talks around the world, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Wednesday, warning that in conflicts such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine the situation is actually "going backwards."

The UN secretary-general said the lack of female representation in such negotiations from Ukraine to Afghanistan, Myanmar and Mali shows "how enduring power imbalances and patriarchy are continuing to fail us."

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