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Guterres urges world leaders to take motion towards ‘whirlwind’ of disaster
United Nations Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres mentioned the world was “transferring in the direction of the unimaginable” amid the deepening challenges of struggle and local weather change.
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Geopolitical divisions are deepening. The earth continues to warmth up. The struggle is raging and we do not know the way it will finish. The nuclear posture and new weapons additionally solid a shadow. We’re heading in the direction of the unimaginable, a powder keg that has the potential to devour the world. I stand earlier than you on this whirlwind, satisfied of two overriding truths. First, the present state of our world is unsustainable. We will not go on like this. Second, the challenges we face are solvable. However this requires us to make sure that worldwide problem-solving mechanisms can really clear up issues. The extent of impunity on the earth is politically untenable and morally insupportable. At present, a rising variety of governments and others imagine they’re entitled to a get-out-of-jail-free card. It’s time to obtain a simply peace primarily based on the United Nations Constitution, worldwide legislation and United Nations resolutions.
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