UN chief says power has polarized the world and urges leaders to cooperate
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged global leaders to choose cooperation over fragmentation in a farewell speech. He highlighted existential threats including the climate crisis, artificial intelligence, and growing inequalities. Guterres warned that power polarization remains a defining challenge for the world's future.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a no-nonsense farewell speech, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged global leaders Tuesday to respond to the defining challenge today: Will the world continue on its path to fragmentation or cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence and intensifying inequalities? At the heart of these crises...
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