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world news Diamars 21 september 2021

UN chief warns China, US to avoid Cold War

(AP) — Warning of a po- that two rival geopolitical puzzle ... this completely dys- without a fight from the gov- While former U.S. president
tential new Cold War, the and military strategies would functional relationship be- ernment’s U.S.-trained army Donald Trump was wedded
head of the United Na- pose “dangers” and divide tween China and the United as American forces were in to an “America First” policy,
tions implored China and the world. Thus, he said, the States.” The secretly negoti- the final stage of withdraw- President Joe Biden — who
the United States to repair foundering relationship must ated deal angered China and ing from the country after 20 will make his first appearance
their “completely dys- be repaired — and soon. France, which had signed a years. as chief executive at the Gen-
functional” relationship contract with Australia worth eral Assembly’s high-level
before problems between meeting Tuesday — has reaf-
the two large and deeply firmed U.S. commitment to
influential countries spill multilateral institutions.
over even further into the
rest of the planet. Guterres said Biden’s com-
mitment to global action on
U.N. Secretary-General An- climate, including rejoining
tonio Guterres spoke to The the 2015 Paris climate agree-
Associated Press this week- ment that Trump withdrew
end ahead of this week’s an- from, is “probably the most
nual United Nations gath- important of them all.”
ering of world leaders — a
convening blemished by He said there is “a complete-
COVID, climate concerns ly different environment in
and contentiousness across the relationship” between
the planet. the United Nations and the
United States under Biden.
Guterres said the world’s But, Guterres said, “I did ev-
two major economic pow- erything — and I’m proud of
ers should be cooperating on it — in order to make sure
climate and negotiating more that we would keep a func-
robustly on trade and tech- tional relationship with the
nology even given persisting United States in the past ad-
political fissures about hu- ministration.”
man rights, economics, on-
line security and sovereignty “We need to avoid at all cost a at least $66 billion for a dozen What role will the United Guterres also lamented the
in the South China Sea. Cold War that would be dif- French conventional diesel- Nations have in the new Af- failure of countries to work
ferent from the past one, and electric submarines. ghanistan? Guterres called together to tackle global
“Unfortunately, today we probably more dangerous it “a fantasy” to believe that warming and ensure that
only have confrontation,” and more difficult to man- The White House gently U.N. involvement “will be people in every country are
Guterres said Saturday in the age,” Guterres said. pushed back against Gut- able all of a sudden to pro- vaccinated.
AP interview. terres’ critique on Monday. duce an inclusive govern-
The so-called Cold War be- Press secretary Jen Psaki said ment, to guarantee that all Of the past year of COV-
“We need to re-establish a tween the Soviet Union and the administration disagrees human rights are respected, ID-19 struggles, he said: “We
functional relationship be- its East bloc allies and the with Gutterres’ character- to guarantee that no terror- were not able to make any
tween the two powers,” he United States and its West- ization of the U.S.-China ists will ever exist in Afghani- real progress in relation to ef-
said, calling that “essential to ern allies began immediately relationship. “Our relation- stan, that drug trafficking will fective coordination of global
address the problems of vac- after World War II and ended ship with China is one not of stop.” efforts.”
cination, the problems of cli- with the breakup of the So- conflict but of competition,”
mate change and many other viet Union in 1991. It was a Psaki said. She added: “He is After all, he said, the Unit- Guterres called it “totally
global challenges that cannot clash of two nuclear-armed not looking to pursue a new ed States and many other unacceptable” that 80% of
be solved without construc- superpowers with rival ide- Cold War with any country countries had thousands of the population in his native
tive relations within the in- ologies — communism and in the world.” soldiers in Afghanistan and Portugal has been vaccinated
ternational community and authoritarianism on one side, spent trillions of dollars and while in many African coun-
mainly among the superpow- capitalism and democracy on Biden, in his address before weren’t able to solve the tries, less than 2% of the pop-
ers.” the other. the General Assembly on country’s problems — and, ulation is vaccinated.
Tuesday, will underscore that some say, made them worse.
Two years ago, Guterres The U.N. chief said a new he doesn’t believe in “the “It’s completely stupid from
warned global leaders of the Cold War could be more per- notion of a new Cold War” Though the United Nations the point of view of defeating
risk of the world splitting in ilous because the Soviet-U.S. in which the world divided has “limited capacity and the virus, but if the virus goes
two, with the United States antipathy created clear rules, into blocs, according to a se- limited leverage,” he said, it is on spreading like wildfire in
and China creating rival in- and both sides were con- nior administration official. playing a key role in leading the global south, there will
ternets, currency, trade, fi- scious of the risk of nuclear That official, who spoke on efforts to provide humanitar- be more mutations,” he said.
nancial rules “and their own destruction. That produced the condition of anonymity ian aid to Afghans. The U.N. “And we know that mutations
zero-sum geopolitical and back channels and forums “to to preview Biden’s speech, is also drawing the Taliban’s are making it more transmis-
military strategies.” guarantee that things would said Biden will make the case attention to the importance sible, more dangerous.”
not get out of control,” he that vigorous competition of an inclusive government
U.N. GENERAL ASSEM- said. between the two nations is that respects human rights, He again urged the world’s
BLY possible without tipping into especially for women and 20 major economic powers
K-pop stars BTS dip into “Now, today, everything is conflict. girls, he said. in the G20, who failed to take
global diplomacy at UN more fluid, and even the ex- united action against CO-
gathering perience that existed in the In the wide-ranging AP in- “There is clearly a fight VID-19 in early 2020, to cre-
The AP Interview: UN chief past to manage crisis is no terview, Guterres also ad- for power within different ate the conditions for a global
warns China, US to avoid longer there,” Guterres said. dressed three major issues groups in the Taliban lead- vaccination plan. Such a plan,
Cold War that world leaders will be ership. The situation is not he said, must bring together
Biden looks to turn page on He said the U.S.-Britain deal confronting this week: the yet clarified,” he said, call- vaccine-producing countries
20 years of war at UN to provide Australia with worsening climate crisis, the ing it one more reason why with international financial
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sonaro: vaccines save lives so it could operate undetect- ghanistan’s uncertain future should engage with the Tal- tical companies to double
He reiterated that warning ed in Asia “is just one small under its new Taliban rulers. iban. production and ensure equi-
in the AP interview, adding piece of a more complex They took power Aug. 15 table distribution.