United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticized the impasse within the world order, saying that nations do “whatever they like,” even though they face frequent existential threats.
“Even the Cold War era was, in some ways, less dangerous,” he mentioned, citing the power of the United States and Soviet Union to work on nuclear arms discount regardless of being rival superpowers.
In his opening speech on the sixtieth Munich Security Conference on Friday, Guterres addressed diplomats all over the world at a panel titled Growing the Pie: A Global Order That Works for Everyone.
“Today, in our multipolar world, we still face the nuclear danger. And we are dealing with two more threats with existential dimensions: the climate crisis, and the risks of uncontrolled artificial intelligence.”
“In fact, I will go further and say it’s not working for anyone. Our world is facing existential challenges, but the global community is more fragmented and divided than at any time during the past 75 years,” the U.N. chief mentioned.
Guterres mentioned there isn’t any justification for the Hamas assaults on Oct. 7 or Israel’s army response, which included collective punishment of the Palestinian folks.
“The situation in Gaza is an appalling indictment of the deadlock in global relations. The level of death and destruction is shocking in itself, and the war is also spilling over borders across the region and affecting global trades.”
The U.N. chief mentioned the humanitarian support operation is now not on life help in Gaza however is barely functioning.
“Humanitarians are working under unimaginable conditions, including live fire, multiple physical obstacles – and these are all restrictions – as well as the breakdown of public order.”
Attack on Rafah to be devastating for Gazans
Commenting on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to hold out an intensive army offensive on Rafah within the southern Gaza Strip, Guterres mentioned the army motion on the densely populated metropolis ought to by no means happen.
“Rafah is at the core of the entire humanitarian aid operation. An all-out offensive on the city will be devastating for the 1.5 million Palestinian civilians there, who are already on the edge of survival.”
The U.N. chief reiterated his name for the fast and unconditional launch of all hostages and a humanitarian cease-fire within the besieged enclave, saying: “That is the only way to massively scale up a delivery in Gaza. And this must be the foundation for concrete and reversible steps toward a two-state solution based on international law and U.N. resolutions.”
‘Ukraine battle has no place in Europe’
The U.N. chief later commented on the battle in Ukraine, saying the price of human lives is appalling.
“The battle triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in clear violation of the U.N. Charter has no place in Europe of the twenty first century. Two years in, the price of human lives and struggling is appalling and the influence on the worldwide economic system has been notably devastating for creating nations.
“We desperately need a just and sustained peace for Ukraine, for Russia and the world; but a peace in line with UN Charter and international law, which establishes the obligation to respect the territorial integrity of sovereign states.”
In his comparability of at the moment’s “world order” to the earlier eras, the U.N. chief mentioned: “Even the Cold War era was in some ways less dangerous. The threat of nuclear war was real and existential. That’s why the United States and the Soviet Union agreed on arms reductions and controls and other mechanisms to prevent mutually assured destruction.”
“Today, in our multipolar worlds, we still face nuclear dangers and we are dealing with two more threats with existential dimensions, the climate crisis and the risks of uncontrolled artificial intelligence and we have been unable to take effective steps to respond to any of these existential challenges.”
Guterres says the multipolarity has created essential alternatives for steadiness and justice for brand spanking new management on the worldwide stage.
“But the transition to multipolarity without strong global institutions can create chaos. When power relations are vague, the dangers of aggressive opportunism and miscalculation grow and today we see countries doing whatever they like, with no accountability. Impunity seems to be the name of the game. And so we must all be determined to reestablish the primacy of the rule of law.”
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