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In a speech to the Human Rights Council, Guterres decried
Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine that marked its third
anniversary Monday, appealed for a permanent cease-fire between
Palestinian militants and Israel, and urged respect for Congo's
territorial integrity, among other things.
While reiterating many of his concerns about conflict and
climate change, the U.N. chief said he would propose new ideas
to the Security Council aimed to bring greater stability and
security for the people of Haiti, where a multinational security
support mission has been deployed.
Guterres depicted a world where human rights were “on the ropes
and being pummeled hard" by warmongers, a “morally bankrupt
global financial system" that favors profits over planet
protections, those who might exploit artificial intelligence to
harm people, and leaders who seek to demonize migrants or
restrict women's rights.
Human rights, he said, “are being suffocated by autocrats,
crushing opposition because they fear what the truly empowered
people would do," and “by voices of division and anger who view
human rights not as a boon to humanity, but as a barrier to the
power, profit and control they seek.”
Three weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a U.S.
pullout from the council, though the Biden administration had
already decided the United States would not seek a seat on the
47-member-country body when its latest three-year term expired
at the end of last year.
The council meets three times a year and the session that opened
Monday was set to run until April 4.
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