GENEVA, Switzerland — The head of the United Nations warns that the decades-old security arrangements that have supported global peace are unraveling and urges countries to work together towards a nuclear-free world.
“The bilateral and regional security arrangements that underwrote global peace and stability for decades are unraveling before our eyes,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres tells the Conference on Disarmament gathered in Geneva.
“Trust is sinking, while uncertainty, insecurity, impunity and military spending are all rising,” Guterres adds.
He says these factors are impacting the spirit of “mutual restraint” and calls on countries to effectively implement nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation commitments and obligations.
Sixty-five states, including the United States, China and Russia, are members of the Conference which was established in 1979 and is overseen by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).
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