UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaking ahead of the General Assembly leaders' summit, said that the world's divisions 'are the widest they have been since at least the Cold War'. "Our world is blighted by war, battered by climate chaos, scarred by hate and shamed by poverty, hunger and inequality," Guterres said. United Nations vehicles carry inspectors around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine on September 1, 2022. And with Covid concerns lingering, the United Nations is still limiting the size of delegations and requiring the wearing of masks in the towering headquarters on the East River. Guterres said he will use the week to speak frankly with leaders amid guarded hopes for further progress on climate during the next climate summit, COP27, in Egypt in November.

Source: Daily Nation September 17, 2022 07:46 UTC