US EditionUN chief says 'get serious' in grim New Year message
- On Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered a United Nations New Year video message urging leaders to act, saying `I call on leaders everywhere: Get serious. Choose people and planet over pain`.
- Amid wars at levels unseen since World War II, global military spending rose nearly 10% this year to $2.7 trillion, which Guterres said equals Africa's GDP and is 13 times development aid.
- Guterres highlighted dire humanitarian numbers, noting over 200 million people require assistance while nearly 120 million are forcibly displaced, and report findings show less than four per cent of military spending could end world hunger.
- He urged leaders to invest more in fighting poverty and less in fighting wars, framing that shift as the path to a safer world during the U.N. Secretary-General's final year.
- Looking ahead, Guterres' September 2025 report shows small shifts in spending could deliver transformative results, with military expenditure projected to reach $6.6 trillion by 2035.
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UN Secretary General Guterres sees the world at a crossroads at the turn of the year.
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UN chief says 'get serious' in grim New Year message
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The UN Secretary-General called on the leaders on Monday to take their "responsibility" to give the "priority to the human and the planet", in his New Year's message alarming themselves of a world of "chaos". ...
UN chief's New Year message issued in Hindi, Urdu
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30: In a first, UN chief has issued his New Year’s message for the year 2026 in Hindi, among other languages, calling on world leaders today to invest in development, not destruction. Antonio Guterres’ New Year message has been issued in 11 languages, including in the six official UN languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish as well as Hindi and Urdu. His video message on the occasion has been issue…
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The UN Secretary-General in his New Year's message urges world leaders to "reset priorities" and reject war
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