{"id":25046,"date":"2026-09-22T13:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/superpowers-cannot-solve-worlds-problems-un-chief-says-in-final-general-assembly-address\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:37:21","slug":"superpowers-cannot-solve-worlds-problems-un-chief-says-in-final-general-assembly-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/superpowers-cannot-solve-worlds-problems-un-chief-says-in-final-general-assembly-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Superpowers cannot solve world\u2019s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ant\u00f3nio Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strain<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s fault lines have turned from cracks into canyons as superpowers show that they alone do not have the military, economic and technological power to guarantee security, or solve the world\u2019s problems, the outgoing secretary general of the United Nations has said in his final address to the general assembly.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech laced with despair but also glimpses of defiant hope, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres warned that over the last decade, largely spanning his eight-year period in office \u201cwars erupted with devastating consequences and dragged on with despicable cruelty. Civilians were targeted. Human rights trampled. Hunger weaponised. Humanitarians killed. International law cast aside. Geopolitical divides have deepened. Inequalities have intensified. Trust has frayed. The climate crisis went from distant warning to daily reality. And artificial intelligence moved at a speed that has blind-sided even those who created it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/22\/un-chief-antonio-guterres-final-general-assembly-address\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d22af53118721bab288f410fc1c4e7c25bfc7e45\/329_0_3293_2635\/master\/3293.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8824448222cfd4b918f95fedff4d31e4\" title=\"Superpowers cannot solve world\u2019s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address\" \/>Ant\u00f3nio Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strain<br \/>\nThe world\u2019s fault lines have turned from cracks into canyons as superpowers show that they alone do not have the military, economic and technological power to guarantee security, or solve the world\u2019s problems, the outgoing secretary general of the United Nations has said in his final address to the general assembly.<br \/>\nIn a speech laced with despair but also glimpses of defiant hope, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres warned that over the last decade, largely spanning his eight-year period in office \u201cwars erupted with devastating consequences and dragged on with despicable cruelty. Civilians were targeted. Human rights trampled. Hunger weaponised. Humanitarians killed. International law cast aside. Geopolitical divides have deepened. Inequalities have intensified. Trust has frayed. The climate crisis went from distant warning to daily reality. And artificial intelligence moved at a speed that has blind-sided even those who created it.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ant\u00f3nio Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strain The world\u2019s fault lines have turned from cracks into canyons as superpowers show that they alone do not have the military, economic and technological power to guarantee security, or solve the world\u2019s problems, the outgoing secretary general &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/superpowers-cannot-solve-worlds-problems-un-chief-says-in-final-general-assembly-address\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Superpowers cannot solve world\u2019s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25046"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}