UN Secretary-General António Guterres today opened the High-Level Segment of the 80th Session of the General Assembly. With a speech in which he lamented too many uncontrolled crises and the risk of nuclear proliferation.
His remarks, which did not sound optimistic to the General Assembly plenary. Warned of a worsening of crises in a growing number of countries.
“Too many crises remain uncontrolled. Impunity prevails. Anarchy is contagious. It invites chaos, accelerates terrorism, and risks all-out nuclear war.” The head of the multilateral organization told delegations from 193 countries.
Guterres emphasized that the pillars of peace are collapsing under the weight of impunity, inequality, and indifference.
“For every dollar invested in supporting our fundamental work of building peace. The world spends $750 on weapons of war. “This is not only unsustainable, but indefensible,” he emphasized.
Also he opined that “around the world, we see countries acting as if the rules don’t apply to them. We see human beings treated as less than human.”
In Sudan, he noted, “civilians are being massacred, starved, and silenced,” and in Gaza. “The horrors are approaching their third monstrous year.”
The UN chief insisted, however, on the need for multilateralism and international cooperation.
“International cooperation is not naiveté. It is sensible pragmatism. In a world where threats transcend borders, isolationism is an illusion. No country can stop a pandemic alone,” he added.
Futhermore nor can “any military stop rising temperatures. No algorithm can rebuild trust once it has been lost. These are global stress tests: of our systems, our solidarity, and our resolve,” he said.
The opening day of the High-Level Segment debates will feature interventions by the presidents of Brazil, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, and the United States, Donald Trump.
The marathon of this important week for the UN has already begun.
Also over the next six days, 193 speakers will be heard from the podium, and some 1,642 bilateral meetings have been scheduled.
This session of the United Nations General Assembly will be governed by the motto “Better Together: 80 Years and More for Peace, Development, and Human Rights.”
In conclusion the 80th session, which runs until September 2026, will have a woman as president of the General Assembly. Annalena Baerbock is the fifth woman to hold the position in the UN’s 80-year history.
With information from Prensa Latina
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