Global development is our “first line of defense”: Marcos Neto warns of a “multilateral system under stress”

François Picard is very pleased to welcome Marcos Athias Neto, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Deputy Administrator of the UNDP. According to Mr. Neto, the world is currently going through a profound development crisis. Global development should not be understood as a secondary or charitable concern, he explains, but as the very foundation of global stability. In an era marked by geopolitical tensions, climate change and economic uncertainty, development is no longer simply “soft power”, it has become the “first line of defense” against instability.