UN chief calls for making 2025 “new beginning” in New Year message

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for making 2025 “a new beginning” in his message for the New Year. 

“Throughout 2024, hope has been hard to find. Wars are causing enormous pain, suffering and displacement. Inequalities and divisions are rife — fuelling tensions and mistrust,” Guterres said. 

He said that the globe has just endured a decade of deadly heat and the top ten 10 hottest years on record have happened in the last 10 years, including 2024. 

“This is climate breakdown — in real time,” Guterres stressed. “We must exit this road to ruin — and we have no time to lose.” The UN chief urged countries to put the world on a safer path by dramatically slashing emissions, and supporting the transition to a renewable future. “It is essential and it is possible,” he added. — Xinhua

Source: Global New Light of Myanmar