{"id":11776,"date":"2025-06-26T21:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11776"},"modified":"2025-06-26T21:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:04:08","slug":"un-facing-unprecedented-attacks-on-its-principles-says-guterres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11776","title":{"rendered":"UN facing unprecedented attacks on its principles, says Guterres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday the United Nations is facing unprecedented attacks on its founding principles, as it marks 80 years since the organization&#8217;s charter was created.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we see assaults on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter like never before,&#8221; the secretary-general told members of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>He listed threats that included breaches of international humanitarian law, the targeting of civilians, and the weaponization of food and water &#8212; without citing those responsible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On and on, we see an all too familiar pattern: Follow when the charter suits, ignore when it does not,&#8221; Guterres said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Charter of the United Nations is not optional. It is not an a la carte menu. It is the bedrock of international relations. We cannot and must not normalize violations of its most basic principles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Signed in the ashes of World War II, the charter paved the way for the creation of the United Nations on October 24, 1945.<\/p>\n<p>It lays out the principles of international relations, including the peaceful settlement of disputes, sovereignty and equality between states, humanitarian cooperation and respect for human rights.<\/p>\n<p>But those guiding values have been often violated across the planet for eight decades, with critics saying the charter has failed to prevent numerous conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres insisted on Thursday it had not lost its relevance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can draw a direct line from the creation of the United Nations and the prevention of a third world war,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Upholding the purposes and principles of the charter is a never-ending mission. Over the decades, we have celebrated the end of wars &#8212; while witnessing the start of others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 80th anniversary comes as the United Nations experiences a funding shortage as donors &#8212; especially the United States under President Donald Trump &#8212; pull back.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres has launched the UN80 initiative to streamline operations. Those changes could include thousands of positions being cut.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday the United Nations is facing unprecedented attacks on its founding principles, as it marks 80 years since the organization&#8217;s charter was created. &#8220;Today, we see assaults on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter like never before,&#8221; the secretary-general told members of the General Assembly. He listed threats [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}