Africa must help rebuild trust in global institutions, UN official says
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 15 — Africa must have a greater say in global decision-making and demand accountability from both international partners and its own governments if trust in multilateral institutions is to be restored, a senior United Nations official has said.
Ahunna Eziakonwa, the UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, said confidence in multilateralism was being eroded by unfulfilled international commitments, unequal representation in global institutions and African governments’ failure to deliver on promises to their citizens.
Speaking at a leadership meeting in Nairobi ahead of the Trust Summit scheduled for October 21–23, Eziakonwa urged African countries to move beyond being treated as recipients of global decisions and instead help shape the international system.
