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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Poverty breeds despair. Despair fuels unrest. And unrest tears at the fabric of societies,\u201d said the UN chief, as he warned the Security Council that underdevelopment and inequality are inextricably linked to rising violence and instability.<\/p>\n

Briefing the Council on conflict and human development, Guterres said it was \u201cno coincidence that nine of the ten countries with the lowest Human Development Indicators are currently in a state of conflict.\u201d He noted that \u201cforty per cent of the 700 million people living in extreme poverty live in conflict-affected or fragile settings,\u201d and added that \u201cthe situation is only getting worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the Fourth Conference on Financing for Development set to begin next week, Guterres urged countries to confront the drivers of instability. \u201cWe must renew domestic and global commitments to get public and private finance flowing to the areas of greatest need,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to provide urgent debt relief for countries drowning in unsustainable debt service. And we must reform the global financial architecture to reflect today\u2019s realities and the urgent needs of developing countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guterres also said, \u201cPeace is not built in conference rooms. It is built in classrooms, in clinics, in communities. Peace is built when people have hope, opportunities, and a real future in their hands. Investing in development today is investing in a more peaceful future.\u201d<\/p>\n

African Union Commission chief Mahmoud Youssouf said Africa was committed to addressing the socioeconomic and political drivers of conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cWherever the guns are allowed, the human development is weakest. In turn, the poverty and exclusion persist, peace remains elusive.\u201d He highlighted the AU\u2019s flagship initiative, Silencing the Guns, as \u201ca comprehensive agenda for elimination of the socioeconomic and governance conditions that fuel violence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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