UN Sec-Gen Guterres Has a Warning for Disunited Nations

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 18 September 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In a frank interview on the GZERO World podcast, António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, speaks with Ian Bremmer at the UN ahead of the annual General Assembly week. Guterres discusses COVID, climate, the US-China rift, and the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, and does not mince words when it comes to the dire state of the world. "We are standing at the edge of an abyss," Guterres warns. COVID is "defeating" the global community and a climate catastrophe is all but assured without drastic action. Amidst this unprecedented peril, there remains a startling lack of trust among nations. And yet, there is still hope.

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0:00.0	We are on the verge of the abyss. And one thing, it is clear. If you are on the verge of an abyss,
0:06.4	you must be careful about your next step.
0:10.5	Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast. This is where you can find extended versions of
0:16.4	my interviews on public television. I'm Ian Bremmer, and today I am coming to you from the United Nations
0:22.3	global headquarters in New York City as the 76th annual session of the UN General Assembly gets
0:28.5	underway. There were high hopes that with vaccines and proper precautions this year's summit
0:34.1	of global leaders and diplomats will be more or less back to normal. But, as you
0:39.6	know, the Delta variant had other ideas. And while some world leaders like India's Narendra Modi
0:45.2	will be making the trip in person, most will be attending virtually for the second year in a row.
0:51.7	They will all, however, be grappling with the same question, how to rebuild a
0:56.2	world that has been hobbled by a year and a half of pandemic. Today, I'm posing that question,
1:02.2	and many more, to UN Secretary General Antonio Gutettish. Here's our conversation.
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