Costa, Lula, Ruto and Carney unveil P4M multilateralism initiative ahead of UN week
As world leaders head to the UN General Assembly in New York this week, we confront a paradox. The global community is more interdependent than ever, even as it becomes more fragmented and polarized. Our economies are deeply intertwined. Technology links billions of people across borders, while capital, goods, data and ideas move at speeds that would have been unimaginable when the United Nations was founded in 1945. Global trade reached a record $35 trillion last year and six billion people -almost three-quarters of humanity- are connected to the internet. However, geopolitics is moving the other way. 2025 saw 65... [Continue Reading]
Breaking-360LiveNews | 22 Sep 2026 21:30 LONDON
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Canada joins P4M summit declaration backing multilateral reform and international law
Initial co-sponsors: Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, the European Union, India and Kenya. Signatories: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Guatemala, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Norway, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Türkiye and Uruguay. We come together at a time of profound global transformation. The escalating pace and scale of global change are reshaping our present and will define our collective future. We are concerned by growing polarisation, the spread of conflict, violations of international law and the increasing resort to power politics, protectionism, coercion and the threat or use of force. These trends are a threat to international peace and security... [Continue Reading]
Breaking-360LiveNews | 22 Sep 2026 21:30 LONDON
Costa opens first Partners for Multilateralism meeting with six co-hosts
President António Costa opened the first meeting of Partners for Multilateralism, saying he was pleased to co-host the initiative with Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, India and Kenya. He described the gathering as a wide and diverse representation of the international community, bringing together partners from different regions, cultures and histories. Costa said the world is at a critical moment, with conflict spreading and international law, including the United Nations Charter, being repeatedly violated. He said this includes violations by permanent members of the UN Security Council. He also said the multilateral system is under stress while climate change, pandemics, artificial... [Continue Reading]
Breaking-360LiveNews | 22 Sep 2026 21:30 LONDON
Lula warns against foreign interference in Brazil vote at UN amid US tensions
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva used his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday to warn against attempts to interfere in Brazil's upcoming election. He said neither domestic nor foreign actors should undermine the October 4 vote, framing the issue as a defence of Brazilian sovereignty. Lula said Brazil would remain a sovereign country and that its democracy belonged to Brazilians.The remarks came as relations with the administration of US President Donald Trump remain strained. Lula did not name Trump directly, but he referred to what he described as hegemonic ambitions and foreign... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 22 Sep 2026 19:34 LONDON
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Finland's Stubb urges UN reform and cooperation in General Assembly speech
Finnish President Alexander Stubb used his General Debate speech at the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on 22 September 2026 to argue that the world is facing a choice between cooperation and conflict. He opened by citing Kofi Annan's warning that "whatever our differences, we stand or fall together," and said disorder follows when that lesson is forgotten. Stubb said foreign policy rests on values, interests, and power, but said this year he wanted to focus on a simpler choice: cooperation or conflict. Stubb said co-operation is being undermined by a lack of trust, disregard... [Continue Reading]
Breaking-360LiveNews | 22 Sep 2026 19:31 LONDON
