In his New Year’s recorded message, Antonio Guterres pledged to “forge a more peaceful, equal, stable and healthy future for all people” in 2025. He listed conflict but also climate change as the drivers of suffering with 10 of the hottest years on earth happening in the last 10 years, 2024 included. “Together, we can make 2025 a new beginning. Not as a world divided. But as nations united,” the Secretary-General said.

UN Secretary-General Guterres calls for peace and stability in New Year message

In his New Year’s recorded message, Antonio Guterres pledged to “forge a more peaceful, equal, stable and healthy future for all people” in 2025. He listed conflict but also climate change as the drivers of suffering with 10 of the hottest years on earth happening in the last 10 years, 2024 included. “Together, we can make 2025 a new beginning. Not as a world divided. But as nations united,” the Secretary-General said.