UN Secretary-General António Guterres fired a New Year wake-up call Monday via spokesman Stephane Dujarric: World leaders, get priorities straight – dump soaring military spending (now $2.7T, 13x global aid, Africa’s entire GDP) for development that ends hunger, vaccinates kids, educates billions, fights climate chaos, and builds peace over pain!
With 200M+ needing aid, 120M displaced by wars/crises, and arms budgets doubling to $6.6T by 2035, Guterres spotlighted his Sept 2025 report: Just 4% ($93B) ends world hunger by 2030; 10% ($285B) vaccinates every child; 15% ($387B) covers poor nations’ climate adaptation – plus peace jobs crush war jobs (26K edu vs 11K military per $1B) with half the emissions!
“At a crossroads of chaos, choose people/planet over destruction – safer world invests in poverty fight, not wars. Peace must prevail!” Guterres urged amid humanity’s staggering suffering.
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