{"id":70929,"date":"2020-11-12T14:05:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=70929"},"modified":"2020-11-12T14:05:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T14:05:28","slug":"un-secretary-general-warns-of-outbreak-of-wars-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/70929-un-secretary-general-warns-of-outbreak-of-wars-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Secretary General Warns of Outbreak of Wars during Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/photo_2020-11-12_14-13-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/photo_2020-11-12_14-13-13.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/photo_2020-11-12_14-13-13-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/photo_2020-11-12_14-13-13-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, the United Nations Secretary General, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, warned of the outbreak of wars and conflicts during the pandemic, confirming that the virus will be the only winner.<br>In a tweet on his Twitter account, Guterres stressed need to a renewed push for peace to achieve a global ceasefire, saying, \u201cOnly if we work together, we can defeat COVID19, prevent climate catastrophe, and pave the way for a better world.\u201d<br>\u201cWe need a massive support of the international community,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need a massive support of all those who have an influence on the parties to the conflict to stop all those more dramatic situations of conflict until the end of the year.\u201d<br>The secretary-general pointed to the newest conflict, between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies within Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces since a 1994 war.<br>\u201cIn the last two weeks, COVID cases have doubled in Armenia and increased 80 percent in Azerbaijan,\u201d he noted. \u201cArmenia is not winning. Azerbaijan is not winning. But COVID is winning. We need to stop.\u201d<br>Guterres said the same holds true for the conflicts in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Africa\u2019s Sahel region and elsewhere.<br>\u201cI\u2019m here to appeal to all of them to understand that there\u2019s no way to win any war,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only way is to join efforts for cease-fires, political talks and to defeat COVID. 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