António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
Disarmament is not the reward for peace. Disarmament is the foundation of peace. So before it’s too late: Let’s break the collective amnesia around nuclear weapons. [...] Let’s act with urgency to lift this cloud hanging over humanity.
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16 June 2026 — Passengers look out of the back of a brightly-coloured shared pick-up style taxi, known locally in Haiti as a “tap tap” as it makes its way along the Boulevard du 15 Octobre in the east of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
28 May 2026 — The United Nations on Thursday warned of a dangerous escalation in the war in Ukraine after a wave of large-scale Russian strikes and threats of further attacks, with Secretary-General António Guterres saying “the death spiral must stop.”
26 May 2026 — The UN Charter is facing one of its gravest tests in decades, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday, warning that wars, arms races, climate shocks and the erosion of international law are placing intense pressure on the multilateral system established to prevent a third world war.
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