{"id":1229406,"date":"2022-01-21T09:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T14:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1229406"},"modified":"2022-01-21T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T14:23:50","slug":"trust-him-u-n-chief-guterres-sees-a-world-of-trouble-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trust-him-u-n-chief-guterres-sees-a-world-of-trouble-on-the-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust Him: U.N. Chief Guterres Sees a World of Trouble on the Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrust-him-u-n-chief-guterres-sees-a-world-of-trouble-on-the-horizon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1229406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Don\u2019t look now, but we live in a world of trouble. From armed conflicts to geo-political disputes, coronavirus pandemic flare-ups to looming climate catastrophes, problems lie everywhere \u2013 which is why U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says his globalist body can be trusted to rise to the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/climate-coronavirus-pandemic-russia-ukraine-joe-biden-health-28807946b6e35ac5c114ed1491a371c0\">interview<\/a> with the Associated Press the appeal for peace and harmony he issued on his first day in the U.N.\u2019s top job on Jan. 1, 2017 and his priorities in his first term of trying to prevent conflicts and tackle global inequalities, the coronavirus crisis and a warming planet remain the same.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In fact the veteran Portuguese Socialist politician and diplomat believes the world needs the U.N. now more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe secretary-general of the U.N. has no power,\u201d Guterres conceded. \u201cWe can have influence. I can persuade. I can mediate, but I have no power.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called for the world to \u201curgently redistribute power\u201d so as to end gender inequality which he said \u201cshould shame us all in the 21st century because it is not only unacceptable, it is stupid.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yD3ijumFmy\">https:\/\/t.co\/yD3ijumFmy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1233959502267002882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Before he became U.N. chief, &nbsp;Guterres said he envisioned the post as being \u201ca convener, a mediator, a bridge-builder and an honest broker to help find solutions that benefit everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-199 Component-p-0-2-190\">Guterres is scheduled to deliver a speech to the 193 U.N. member nations in the General Assembly on Friday on his priorities for 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-199 Component-p-0-2-190\">He singled out three immediate priorities that \u201care worrying me enormously.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19575386\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1026085970.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19575386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1026085970-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping proceed to their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People on September 2, 2018 in Bejing, China. (Andy Wong-Pool\/Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-199 Component-p-0-2-190\">They include the lack of vaccinations in large parts of the world, especially in Africa; the need to reduce emissions by 45% in this decade to try to meet the international goal of trying to limit future global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit); and the \u201cextremely unjust\u201d financial situation in the world that favors rich countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-199 Component-p-0-2-190\">\u201cWe need a deep reform in our international financial system in order to make sure that there is more justice in the way resources are available to allow for the recovery (from coronavirus) to be possible everywhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RESET: Nature is determined to destroy humanity through flood, famine, fire, and pestilence, U.N. Secretary-General Guterres declared Wednesday, prophesizing the time has come for us to repent and mend our ways through a great climate and economic &#8220;reset.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sZUDhH7YT8\">https:\/\/t.co\/sZUDhH7YT8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1334686369164242951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-199 Component-p-0-2-190\">On another major issue, Guterres stressed that the Afghan people can\u2019t be collectively punished for \u201cwrong things that are done by the Taliban,\u201d so it is essential to massively increase humanitarian aid to the new Taliban government \u201cbecause the Afghans are in a desperate situation with the risks of deaths by hunger\u201d and disease in a frigid winter with coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-199 Component-p-0-2-190\">The secretary-general said he will be attending the Beijing Olympics in February \u201cwhich is not a political act\u201d but \u201cto be present when all the world comes together for good \u2014 for a peaceful message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-199 Component-p-0-2-190\"><strong>&nbsp;More from the Associated Press interview <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/climate-coronavirus-pandemic-russia-ukraine-joe-biden-health-28807946b6e35ac5c114ed1491a371c0\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t look now, but we live in a world of trouble. 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