UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the international community to solve pressing issues as the world is in the throes of a still raging COVID-19 pandemic.
"I am here to sound the alarm: the world must wake up. We are on the edge of an abyss, and moving in the wrong direction," Guterres said while addressing the UN General Assembly before the opening of the General Debate.
The General Debate of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday.
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