00:00 UN head Honshu and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was the elephant in the room at the
00:06 2023 ASEAN summit the press hardly ever took notice of with US Vice President Kamala Harris,
00:12 Chinese Premier Kylian, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hogging the spotlight.
00:18 But when he got his chance to speak, the UN chief bewailed the rather inequitable financial
00:24 system that clearly favors the rich and developed countries and shuns to the sidelines and keeps
00:30 the poor and developing nations needing lower interest rates, long payment schedules, even
00:36 debt suspension or forgiveness out of the loop.
00:41 In addition, he echoed the ASEAN's block call to Myanmar to immediately put a halt to a
00:47 worsening political, humanitarian and human rights situation.
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