General News of Sunday, 12 May 2019Source: ghananewsagency.orgUN expresses concern about growing inequalityplay videoMadam María Fernanda Espinosa GarcésThe United Nations has expressed concern about the deepening inequality gap in the world. To adapt the saying: global challenges are like a baobab tree. Madam Espinosa, who is on a four-day visit to Ghana, spoke on theme “Responding to global challenges in a fast-changing world: the case for strengthening multilateralism”. She said justified concerns about unchecked globalisations had mutated into a backlash against the very principles that give power to the people, such as human rights, gender equality and social justice. “We know from past, painful experience that erosion of the social contract, and erosion of international cooperation, leads to war.

Source: GhanaWeb May 12, 2019 16:52 UTC