Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer took to the international stage at the UN General Assembly with a message that his country would return to “responsible global leadership,” according to AP News.
The Labour Party leader, who won election in July, said that “the UK will lead again tackling climate change at home and internationally, and restoring our commitment to international development.”
Starmer said London would contribute to ending regional armed conflicts, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
We have to face some hard truths. The institutions of peace are struggling, underfunded, under pressure and outpoliticised.
He has emphasised that the global arms control and anti-proliferation system “has begun to fall away” and needs global action.
We will also change how the UK does things. Moving from the paternalism of the past towards partnership for the future — listening a lot more, speaking a lot less. (…) Well, our task is to say: No. We won’t accept this slide into greater and greater conflict, instability and injustice. Instead, we will do all we can to change it.
