António Guterres

“When a handful of individuals can bend global narratives, sway elections, or dictate the terms of public debate, we are facing inequality and the corruption of institutions.”

“I have a lot of confidence in the future of humankind, and I'm fighting as much as I can in order to make sure the U.N. is part of that renewal that I believe will become inevitable,”

“there are those that believe the power of law should be replaced by the law of power”

“U.N. chief Antonio Guterres, who is currently in Switzerland, has cancelled his planned trip to the Swiss Alps town of Davos due to a bad cold, his spokesperson said.”

“The erosion of international law is not happening in the shadows,”

“when leaders run roughshod over international law - when they pick and choose which rules to follow - they are not only undermining global order, they are setting a perilous precedent.”