UN Chief Calls for Renewed Commitment to Nuclear Disarmament

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that long-standing security arrangements are unraveling and calls for global cooperation towards nuclear disarmament. Addressing the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, he stresses the need to combat rising insecurity and military spending by implementing nuclear disarmament commitments.

The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, delivered a stark warning about the erosion of global security frameworks. Speaking at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, he emphasized that the agreements which have sustained peace for decades are deteriorating, threatening global stability.

Guterres highlighted the growing distrust, rising insecurity, and increasing military expenditures as destabilizing factors. He called upon nations to break this cycle by adhering to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation commitments, suggesting these measures are crucial to restoring a spirit of mutual restraint.

The Conference on Disarmament, which has included sixty-five member states such as the United States, China, and Russia since 1979, plays a pivotal role in these discussions, overseen by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA).

(With inputs from agencies.)