ITUC calls for 2022 to be year of peace

In its New Year message the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) asked for threats to peace to be given the same attention as Covid-19 and climate change.

People in many parts of the world are living in conflict or are on the brink, the organisation said. “Autocrats, populists and warlords are facing off across borders and oceans”.

It continued: “Expenditure on armaments is at a record high, new weapons with terrifying potential are being made and used, and nationalist sentiment and ethnic intolerance continue to grow.

“We implore the leaders of nations to make 2022 a year of peace. A year where common security replaces national security as their over-riding goal.”

https://www.ituc-csi.org/our-common-security