Advertisement“The secretary-general of the U.N. has no power,” Guterres said. Advertisement“I hope that we are in a situation in which it might become soon possible to have a cessation of hostilities and that is where I’m concentrating most of my efforts,” Guterres said. As another example, Guterres said he has also been on the phone to try to get Mali’s military leaders who recently delayed elections scheduled for next month to 2026 to reduce the timetable. Russia and China are often at odds with the U.S., Britain and France on key issues, including Thursday on new sanctions against North Korea. 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.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2022 16:15 UTC