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World leaders reflected on their mixed experiences in 2017 and looked to 2018, thereby calling for unity and promising economic progress.

In his new year message, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a “red alert” for more unity in 2018 after what he called a year of setbacks.

Guterres said nationalism and xenophobia are on the rise, inequality is growing, climate change is accelerating and the world is seeing horrific violations of human rights.

He said: “unfortunately – in fundamental ways, the world has gone in reverse.

“On New Year’s Day 2018, I am not issuing an appeal. I am issuing an alert – a red alert for our world.”

President Emmanuel Macron of France urged citizens of his country in his televised address Sunday to end “irreconcilable divisions” in the coming year.

“At the national level, the year 2018 will be about the cohesion of the nation,” said Macron, calling upon his fellow French to participate in citizen consultations in order to make Europe “more sovereign, more united and more democratic.”

As for the European project, Macron reaffirmed that he was “committed to Europe,” and deeply believed that “Europe is good for France.”

Also, President Vladimir Putin of Russia called on the people to express love to their family members in his New Year greeting.

“The new 2018 year is about to begin. For sure, this holiday takes place every year, but we still perceive it as new, kind, desired; believe that everything we wish during these minutes, all our hopes will become true,” Putin said.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said that 2017 had been “a year of progress” for Britain as it negotiates its exit from the EU.

She promised to make a success of Brexit in 2018, strengthen the economy and build a “fairer society for everyone”.

“We also have to carry on making a difference here and now on the issues that matter to people’s daily lives,” May said.

In her end-of-year statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for cohesion among German people and promised to quickly form a stable government, saying that “we will become more aware of what holds us together.”

“The world is not waiting for us,” Merkel said. Now the conditions would have to be created for Germany to prosper even in 15 years.

“The guiding principle of the market economy is a good compass, the German chancellor said, adding that the important thing is not only to secure and create jobs and to prepare society for digital progress, but also to put families first and provide dignified care.

Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama pledged to continue to grow the South Pacific Island state’s economy in 2018 and bring greater opportunity for Fijians.

“We had to keep growing the Fijian economy, bringing greater opportunity into the lives of our people and caring for those Fijians who are most vulnerable in our society,” the prime minister said in a New Year Message.

“My government will continue to find innovative ways to ensure that every Fijian shares in our development and our economic growth — Fijians from all walks of life, all levels of society and every corner of the country,” he said. (NAN)

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