{"id":540504,"date":"2023-01-18T19:26:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/at-davos-un-chief-warns-the-world-is-in-a-sorry-state\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T19:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:26:51","slug":"at-davos-un-chief-warns-the-world-is-in-a-sorry-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/at-davos-un-chief-warns-the-world-is-in-a-sorry-state\/","title":{"rendered":"#At Davos, UN chief warns the world is in a &#8216;sorry state&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e9429236e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e9429236e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/at-davos-un-chief-warns-the-world-is-in-a-sorry-state\/#At_Davos_UN_chief_warns_the_world_is_in_a_%E2%80%98sorry_state\" >At Davos, UN chief warns the world is in a &#8216;sorry state&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"At_Davos_UN_chief_warns_the_world_is_in_a_%E2%80%98sorry_state\"><\/span>At Davos, UN chief warns the world is in a &#8216;sorry state&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) \u2014 The world is in a \u201csorry state&#8221; because of myriad interlinked challenges including climate change and Russia&#8217;s war in Ukraine that are \u201cpiling up like cars in a chain reaction crash,\u201d the U.N. chief said at the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/world-economic-forum\" data-ylk=\"slk:World Economic Forum's meeting\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">World Economic Forum&#8217;s meeting<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>U.N. Secretary-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Antonio Guterres delivered his gloomy message on the second day of the elite gathering of world leaders and corporate executives in the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Sessions took a grim turn when <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> broke of a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-9ec684edb2af6b7b84e67ab5e984e739?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_01\" data-ylk=\"slk:helicopter crash in Ukraine\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">helicopter crash in Ukraine<\/a> that killed more than a dozen people, including Ukraine\u2019s interior minister and other officials.<\/p>\n<p>Forum President Borge Brende requested 15 seconds of silence and Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska dabbed teary eyes, calling it \u201canother very sad day,\u201d then telling attendees that \u201cwe can also change this negative situation for the better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was scheduled to address the conclave by video link as the Ukrainian delegation that includes his wife pushes for more aid, including weapons, from international allies to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine?utm_source=apnewsnav&amp;utm_medium=featured\" data-ylk=\"slk:fight Russia\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">fight Russia<\/a>. Speaking shortly before Zelenskyy was German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who reiterated that Germany was one of the top suppliers of military equipment to Ukraine, just behind the U.S. and Britain, when asked why he had not sent tanks to the war-torn country.<\/p>\n<p>While Germany has provided air-defense systems and armored personnel carriers, Scholz \u2014 the only leader to attend Davos from the Group of 7 biggest economies \u2014 is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-germany-government-olaf-scholz-cef30771264228a84dc5d2e76c598d6e\" data-ylk=\"slk:facing pressure to send tanks to help Ukraine\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">facing pressure to send tanks to help Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres said the \u201cgravest levels of geopolitical division and mistrust in generations\u201d are undermining efforts to tackle global problems, which also include widening inequality, a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-inflation-health-business-climate-and-environment-00539505ec5db37de5877137b9febeb8\" data-ylk=\"slk:cost-of-living crisis sparked by soaring inflation\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">cost-of-living crisis sparked by soaring inflation<\/a> and an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-europe-russia-government-business-5ad9451c167845e384bbab0723f1dfae\" data-ylk=\"slk:energy crunch\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">energy crunch<\/a>, lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply-chain disruptions and more.<\/p>\n<p>He singled out <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/climate-and-environment\" data-ylk=\"slk:climate change\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">climate change<\/a> as an \u201cexistential challenge,\u201d and said a global commitment to limit the Earth&#8217;s temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius \u201cis nearly going up in smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guterres, who has been one of the most outspoken world figures on climate change, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/science-exxon-mobil-corp-new-jersey-business-climate-and-environment-e9594dc9adb504a81ec82f4ac2b72ef9\" data-ylk=\"slk:referenced a recent study\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">referenced a recent study<\/a> that found scientists at Exxon Mobil made remarkably accurate predictions about the effects of climate change as far back as the 1970s, even as the company publicly doubted that warming was real.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe learned last week that certain fossil fuel producers were fully aware in the 1970s that their core product was baking our planet,&#8221; he said in his speech. \u201cSome in Big Oil peddled the big lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics have questioned the impact of the four-day meeting where politicians, CEOs and other leaders discuss the world\u2019s problems \u2014 and make deals on the sidelines \u2014 but where concrete action is harder to measure. Environmentalists, for example, slam the carbon-spewing private jets that ferry in bigwigs to an event that prioritizes the battle against climate change.<\/p>\n<p>On the second day, government officials, corporate titans, academics and activists were attending dozens of panel sessions on topics covering the metaverse, environmental greenwashing and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has taken center stage as the anniversary of the war nears, with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/883935108c09a43e8f1dbef36af57743\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zelenska pressing attendees to do more to help her country\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Zelenska pressing attendees to do more to help her country<\/a> at a time when Russia\u2019s invasion is leaving children dying and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-health-south-carolina-world-food-programme-economic-forum-385813b84a0799a0de335a975afe8071\" data-ylk=\"slk:world struggling with food insecurity\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">world struggling with food insecurity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The crash added more tragedy after a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-government-united-kingdom-57dc26750d98b0451c6578df8f679953\" data-ylk=\"slk:Russian missile strike hit an apartment building\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Russian missile strike hit an apartment building<\/a> over the weekend in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, killing dozens of people in one of the deadliest single attacks in months.<\/p>\n<p>But Ukraine is gaining additional international support: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Tuesday that the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-biden-politics-netherlands-government-united-states-03128d7faeb04340cc8a1421cf6ae42e\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netherlands plans to \u201cjoin\u201d the U.S. and Germany\u2019s efforts\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Netherlands plans to \u201cjoin\u201d the U.S. and Germany\u2019s efforts<\/a> to train and arm Ukraine with advanced Patriot defense systems.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-politics-germany-government-poland-0ea7baad53a7f72328ae25a6fb667ca6\" data-ylk=\"slk:German government has faced mounting pressure\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">German government has faced mounting pressure<\/a> to make another significant step forward in military aid to Ukraine by agreeing to deliver Leopard 2 battle tanks. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to visit Berlin this week and then host a meeting of allies at Ramstein Air Base in western Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres was not optimistic that the conflict, being waged less than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Davos, could end soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be an end of this war. There is the end of everything. But I do not see the end of the war in the im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te future,\u201d he said. Deep historical differences between Russia and Ukraine make it more difficult to find a solution based on international law and that respects territorial integrity, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the moment, I don\u2019t think that we have a chance to promote or to mediate a serious negotiation to achieve peace in the short term,&#8221; Guterres said.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP journalists Masha Macpherson and David Keyton in Davos and Kelvin Chan in London contributed.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Follow AP\u2019s coverage of the World Economic Forum meeting at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/world-economic-forum\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/world-economic-forum\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/world-economic-forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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