U.N. warns world risks a descent into lawlessness

 

 

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed  to the European Union to take a lead role in fighting to preserve a rules-based global order.

Speaking in the western German city of Aachen, where he was being awarded the annual Charlemagne Prize for promoting European unity, Guterres described the 28-nation bloc as a pillar of multilateralism that was “too big to fail”.

Guterres world risks a descent into lawlessness and a new Cold War if multilateralism fails,

Guterres said Europe and the global order, with the United Nations at its apex, risked being undermined by rising nationalism and xenophobia at precisely the time when it was needed more than ever to tackle challenges posed by issues such as climate change and migration.

“The bitter truth is that we have taken too many things for granted,” he said.

 

Via France 24

 

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