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António Guterres: My Vision for a Better United Nations

As he begins his five-year term, Antonio Guterres writes that 2017 must be a year for peace.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, whose five-year term began on January 1, addresses the organization's administrative and support staff after participating in a wreath-laying ceremony in memory of fallen U.N. personnel in the lobby of the Secretariat Building, U.N. headquarters, New York, January 3.
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When I was growing up reading history books as a young student, it seemed all wars had a winner. Yet in today’s wars, it is increasingly clear that no one wins. Everyone loses.

Look no further than the . A conflict in one country is creating instability on a global scale. Years of brutal fighting have brought chaos to an entire region, with tremors felt around the world. Decades of . Millions more children and young people are vulnerable

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