"The climate crisis, stark inequalities, conflicts and human rights violations, and the personal and economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, have put our world under greater stress than it has faced in our lifetimes. And it occurs at a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War," Guterres said at the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
"Today, humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation," he added.
The UN Secretary-General also urged countries to work together to reinforce multilateral agreements on nonproliferation and disarmament.
"It means reinvigorating — and fully resourcing — our multilateral agreements and frameworks around disarmament and non-proliferation, including the important work of the International Atomic Energy Agency," Guterres said at the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. He warned that "humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation."
"We urgently need to reinforce and reaffirm the 77-year-old norm against the use of nuclear weapons," Guterres said. "This requires a steadfast commitment from all States Parties," he added.