5 things the U.N. boss is very worried about and signal 'a time of great peril'
From fighting near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, to fertilizer shortages and Europe's energy crisis, these are five things on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' mind right now.
by Mary Louise Kelly
Sep 16, 2022
3 minutes
"A time of great peril."
That's how the head of the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres, sums up the state of things.
In a press conference this week, as the annual U.N. General Assembly began in New York City, Guterres pointed to wars, poverty, hunger, and what he described as "climate chaos."
He called for solidarity and cooperation, even while acknowledging that the global response to all these challenges seems "paralyzed."
Guterres joined to discuss five things going on in the world right now that he is worried about: fighting near the
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