{
  "id": 6202726,
  "title": "Jokowi calls on global institutions to meet needs growing, interconnected world",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/jokowi-calls-on-global-institutions-to-meet-needs-growing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T00:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/127042/jokowi-calls-on-global-institutions-to-meet-needs-growing-interconnected-world"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Indonesian President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, addressed global institutions at the inaugural Penang Peace Dialogue during the Commonwealth of World Chinatown conference series in Penang. He emphasized the need for UN reforms to stay relevant and effectively respond to emerging global issues in a growing, interconnected world shaped by technological disruption and a multipolar order. Jokowi highlighted Southeast Asia's role in the multi-polar context, noting the rise of strong regional powers. He also stressed that technology must be matched with trust, responsibility, and humanity to prevent technology from uniting or dividing societies. Jokowi asserted that complex conflicts are interconnected and cross borders, necessitating a redefined UN system, strategy, and process. He stressed that sustainable peace must be built on trust, and no country or nation can prosper in conflict, or build peace without trust. Kishore Mahbubani, a former Singapore top diplomat and former president of the UN Security Council, highlighted ASEAN's vulnerability to China and India's power and urged for continued pursuit of peace and mutual prosperity.",
  "summary": "FORMER Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on global institutions such as the United Nations (UN) to evolve to meet the needs of a growing, interconnected world shaped by technological disruption and a multipolar order. With the effects of gl...",
  "key_points": [
    "Former Indonesian President Jokowi calls for UN reforms to address growing global issues.",
    "Southeast Asia highlighted as rising regional power in multipolar world.",
    "Trust and responsibility emphasized to prevent technology from dividing societies."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}