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U.N. chief says new 'multipolar world' is replacing post-Cold War era

Guterres' bid to revitalize multilateralism is at the heart of his “New Agenda for Peace” policy paper for the United Nations.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres looks up as he presents his 'New Agenda for Peace.'
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres looks up as he presents his 'New Agenda for Peace.' (AN/UN Photo/Manuel Elías)

A new era of competing world powers has begun to overturn the post-Cold War era as geopolitical tensions soar, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in calling for new peacekeeping strategies and operations.

Guterres' bid to revitalize multilateralism that is at the heart of the United Nation's global problem-solving work runs through his dire assessment of the world's challenges in the “New Agenda for Peace” policy paper he presented on Thursday.

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