{"id":322379,"date":"2026-01-18T10:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T02:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322379"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T02:21:04","slug":"un-chief-guterres-warns-powerful-forces-undermining-global-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322379","title":{"rendered":"UN chief Guterres warns &#8216;powerful forces&#8217; undermining global ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2026\/01\/17\/image-352044-1768659513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"232\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>LONDON, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; UN chief Antonio Guterres Saturday deplored\u00a0a host of &#8220;powerful forces lining up to undermine global cooperation&#8221; in a\u00a0London speech marking the 80th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guterres, whose term as secretary-general ends on Dec 31 this year,\u00a0delivered the warning at the Methodist Central Hall in London, where\u00a0representatives from 51 countries met on Jan 10, 1946, for the General\u00a0Assembly&#8217;s first session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They met in London because the UN headquarters in New York had not yet been\u00a0built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guterres paid tribute to Britain for its decisive role in the creation of the\u00a0United Nations and for continuing to champion it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But he said 2025 had been a &#8220;profoundly challenging year for international\u00a0cooperation and the values of the UN&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We see powerful forces lining up to undermine global cooperation,&#8221; he said,\u00a0adding: &#8220;Despite these rough seas, we sail ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guterres cited a new treaty on marine biological diversity as an example of\u00a0continued progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The treaty establishes the first legal framework for the conservation and\u00a0sustainable use of marine diversity in the two-thirds of oceans beyond\u00a0national limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These quiet victories of international cooperation &#8212; the wars prevented,\u00a0the famine averted, the vital treaties secured &#8212; do not always make the\u00a0headlines,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yet they are real. And they matter.&#8221; &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; UN chief Antonio Guterres Saturday deplored\u00a0a host of &#8220;powerful forces lining up to undermine global cooperation&#8221; in a\u00a0London speech marking the 80th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly. Guterres, whose term as secretary-general ends on Dec 31 this year,\u00a0delivered the warning at the Methodist Central Hall in London, where\u00a0representatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":322380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,208,215,209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322379"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322381,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322379\/revisions\/322381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/322380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}