{"id":95796,"date":"2024-09-24T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T19:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/uns-guterres-urges-global-solutions-as-uncertain-world-edges-toward-a-powder-keg\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T19:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T19:03:07","slug":"uns-guterres-urges-global-solutions-as-uncertain-world-edges-toward-a-powder-keg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/uns-guterres-urges-global-solutions-as-uncertain-world-edges-toward-a-powder-keg\/","title":{"rendered":"UN\u2019s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a \u2018powder keg\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"site-header__main-wrapper sticky-top bg-white border-top border-4 border-un-blue\">\n<div class=\"site-header__main\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center flex-nowrap\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"clearfix site-branding d-flex align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"site-logo flex-shrink-0\"><strong>The world is locked in a \u201cpurgatory of polarity\u201d with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a\u00a0<span class=\"TextRun SCXW62122973 BCX8 NormalTextRun\">\u201c<\/span>get out of jail free card\u201d, Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres told the UN General Assembly, which opened its annual high-level meeting on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layout-main-wrapper clearfix\">\n<div class=\"container layout-main-container\">\n<div class=\"row row-offcanvas row-offcanvas-left clearfix\">\n<div class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block block-un-base-theme-content\">\n<div class=\"block-content block__content\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"node__content clearfix\">Delivering his 2024 report on the UN\u2019s work ahead of the general debate, Guterres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/sg\/statement\/2024-09-24\/secretary-generals-remarks-the-opening-of-the-general-debate-of-the-seventy-ninth-session-of-the-general-assembly-delivered\">said<\/a>\u00a0world leaders were gathering in the shadow of raging conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and elsewhere, and rising uncertainty over climate change, ending poverty and reigning in AI.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views block-views-block-content-fields-block-body\">\n<div class=\"block-content block__content\">\n<div class=\"view view-content-fields view-id-content_fields view-display-id-block_body js-view-dom-id-14014ca2cf4d0e4266e9ad64823ed7399f9aeaeb64e39048d73471b643a40617\">\n<div class=\"view-content\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-field-news-story\">\n<div class=\"field-content\">\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--one-column-text paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"_none\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"layout row layout-builder__layout\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"_none block block-layout-builder block-field-block-paragraph-one-column-text-field-text-column\">\n<div class=\"block-content block__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text-column field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>\u201cOur world is in a whirlwind. We are in an era of epic transformation facing challenges unlike any we have ever seen challenges that demand global solutions,\u201d the UN chief said.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that geo-political divisions are deepening, temperatures around the world are rising, wars are raging without any end in sight, and nuclear posturing and new weapons are \u201ccasting a dark shadow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are edging towards the unimaginable \u2013 a powder keg that risks engulfing the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Two overriding truths<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Guterres told Heads of States and Government in attendance that he stood before them with two \u201coverriding truths\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, the state of our world is unsustainable \u2013 we cannot go on like this. And second, the challenges we face are solvable \u2013 but that requires us to make sure the mechanisms of international problem-solving actually solve problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UN Photo\/Loey Felipe Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres addresses the General Assembly before the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly\u2019s 79th session.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/uns-guterres-urges-global-solutions-as-uncertain-world-edges-toward-a-powder-keg\/\">UN\u2019s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a \u2018powder keg\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/uns-guterres-urges-global-solutions-as-uncertain-world-edges-toward-a-powder-keg\/\">UN\u2019s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a \u2018powder keg\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is locked in a \u201cpurgatory of polarity\u201d with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a\u00a0\u201cget out of jail free card\u201d, Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres told the UN General Assembly, which opened its annual high-level meeting on Tuesday. 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