'We have started 2023 staring down the barrel of a confluence of challenges unlike any other in our lifetimes.'
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Guterres urged countries to adhere to the UN charter and international law and to shift their decision-making processes from "near-term thinking" to those that consider "what will happen to all of us tomorrow." Guterres, during a briefing to the General Assembly, cited the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' recent decision to set the; Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios"This is the closest the clock has ever stood to humanity’s darkest hour – and closer than even during the height of the Cold War," Guterres said. "In truth, the Doomsday Clock is a global alarm clock. We need to wake up – and get to work.
"We have started 2023 staring down the barrel of a confluence of challenges unlike any other in our lifetimes," he said. "We need a course correction." "Politicians and decision makers are hobbled by what I call a preference for the present. There is a bias in political and business life for the short-term," Guterres said. "This near-term thinking is not only deeply irresponsible – it is immoral."
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