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Oxfam Chief Urges UN Members to Appoint Woman Leader

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC · How we work

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Behar Urges Female SG

Amitabh Behar, Oxfam International executive director, urges UN members to appoint a woman Secretary-General.
António Guterres will step down as UN Secretary-General later this year.
Behar notes the UN has never had a woman Secretary-General in its 80-year history.
Behar warns the incoming leader will confront inequality, climate crisis and expanding wars.
Behar calls for a feminist worldview and decisive moral leadership as a fundamental reboot.

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Behar Warns AI Oligarchy

Behar urges multilateral regulation of artificial intelligence to curb widening inequality.
He warns AI owners, mainly tech billionaires, are forming oligarchies that capture politics and media.
Behar notes 3,000 billionaires control $18.3 trillion, nearly matching China’s GDP.
He cites 780 million people sleeping hungry, lacking three meals daily.
He says the top 0.1% emit more carbon in one day than the bottom 50% combined.

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Behar Urges Female SG

Amitabh Behar, Oxfam International executive director, urges UN members to appoint a woman Secretary-General.
António Guterres will step down as UN Secretary-General later this year.
Behar notes the UN has never had a woman Secretary-General in its 80-year history.
Behar warns the incoming leader will confront inequality, climate crisis and expanding wars.
Behar calls for a feminist worldview and decisive moral leadership as a fundamental reboot.

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