{"id":1473,"date":"2023-10-03T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T06:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2023-10-03T06:53:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T06:53:09","slug":"inequality-in-global-economic-growth-creates-super-rich-and-super-poor-people-munir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=1473","title":{"rendered":"Inequality in global economic growth creates super-rich and super-poor people: Munir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/18292577711696306063.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/18292577711696306063.jpg 856w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/18292577711696306063-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/18292577711696306063-768x425.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the General Assembly&#8217;s Second Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs at the United Nations, Pakistan&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Munir Akram, emphasized the need for immediate action to address the severe challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and conflicts worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munir Akram pointed out that we are currently witnessing an era of increasing inequality, where the world&#8217;s unequal economic growth is leading to the emergence of both a super-rich and super-poor class within the global economic system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored that the international community already possesses a comprehensive framework to tackle inequality and poverty, rooted in the principles of the UN Charter, particularly the principle of &#8216;Common but Differentiated Responsibility.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munir Akram further noted that the progress made over decades in reducing poverty and hunger has been reversed due to the impacts of COVID-19, climate change, and conflicts. He highlighted alarming statistics, including over 800 million people living in extreme poverty, 2.4 billion people facing food insecurity, and 59 countries experiencing debt distress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the General Assembly&#8217;s Second Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs at the United Nations, Pakistan&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Munir Akram, emphasized the need for immediate action&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1475,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions\/1475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}