U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/u-n-secretary-general-antonio-guterres/ A platform for change Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:02:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Eliminating nuclear weapons ‘is not only possible, it is necessary’: UN chief https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/09/eliminating-nuclear-weapons-is-not-only-possible-it-is-necessary-un-chief/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 13:02:03 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12426 “On the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we reject the claim that nuclear disarmament is some impossible utopian dream.” That’s how United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday began his statement marking the ninth annual day dedicated to destroying the weapons of mass destruction. “Eliminating these devices of death is not only possible, it is […]

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]]> UN chief says humanity ‘one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation’ https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/08/un-chief-says-humanity-one-miscalculation-away-from-nuclear-annihilation/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 18:00:32 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11920 The head of the United Nations issued a stark warning Monday that global geopolitical conflicts and escalating military tensions between nuclear-armed powers have pushed humanity to the brink of self-destruction—a looming catastrophe that can only be avoided by eliminating atomic weapons entirely. “Today, humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” U.N. […]

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