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Guterres Urges World Leaders to Act on ‘Whirlwind’ of Crises

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Guterres Urges World Leaders to Act on ‘Whirlwind’ of Crises

António Guterres, the secretary general of the United Nations, said the world was “edging towards the unimaginable” amid deepening challenges of war and climate change.

Geopolitical divisions keep deepening. The planet keeps heating. Wars rage with no clue how they will end. And nuclear posturing and new weapons cast a dark shadow. We are edging towards the unimaginable, a powder keg that risks engulfing the world. I stand before you in this whirlwind, convinced of two overriding truths. First, the state of our world is unsustainable. We can’t go on like this. And second, the challenges we face are solvable. But that requires us to make sure the mechanisms of international problem-solving actually solve problems. The level of impunity in the world is politically indefensible and morally intolerable. Today, a growing number of governments and others feel entitled to get out of jail free cards. It is time for a just peace based on the U.N. charter, on international law and on U.N. resolutions.

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