7:43 am: The UN highlights the divisions of the world, before the speech of Biden
The UN General Assembly is expected again on Wednesday to highlight the multiple international crises, starting with the war in Ukraine, after world leaders on Tuesday expressed their concerns and divisions over the dangers of the planet.
“The purchasing power crisis is unleashed, confidence is crumbling, inequalities are exploding, our planet is burning” and despite everything, “we are blocked by a colossal global dysfunction”, lamented UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the opening of the General Assembly’s high-level week.
“These crises threaten the very future of humanity and the fate of the planet,” he said. “Let us be under no illusions (…) A winter of global discontent is looming on the horizon. »