Akufo-Addo says inequalities are hindering global peace and security
World leaders must take decisive steps to address inequalities in all their manifestations, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has advised.
He said: “Unequal access to resources, opportunities and social provision is damaging to societies, incites hostilities and violence, and threatens peace and security.”
Inequalities had implications far beyond economic development as they undermined social cohesion and also bred resentment, he stated in an address, at the 2023 Paris Peace Forum, in France.
President Nana Akufo-Addo bemoaned the unequal access to opportunities and technology.
It was holding hundreds of millions of people from achieving their potential and realising their aspirations, he noted, underlying the need to foster economic equity to promote inclusive economic growth.
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