{"id":110974,"date":"2022-03-31T12:10:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=110974"},"modified":"2022-03-31T17:43:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:43:33","slug":"un-world-is-seeing-the-greatest-number-of-conflicts-since-the-end-of-wwii-u-n-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=110974","title":{"rendered":"(UN) World is seeing the greatest number of conflicts since the end of WWII, U.N. says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two billion people, or a quarter of the world’s population, now lives in conflict-affected areas, according to the United Nations.<\/p>\n

An estimated 84 million people were “forcibly displaced because of conflict, violence and human rights violations,” and an estimated 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance due to conflict, the U.N.’s Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres said on Wednesday. In remarks to the U.N.’s Peacebuilding Commission, Guterres said the world is experiencing the highest number of violent conflicts since 1945, as World War II drew to a close.<\/p>\n

Guterres said the world is grappling with the most conflict since 1945, and proposed a plans to bring stability to places such as Yemen, Myanmar, Syria, Sudan and Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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"Peace-building is a bargain and a prerequisite for development and a better future for all."
World is seeing the greatest number of conflicts since the end of WWII, U.N. says https:\/\/t.co\/sBZa2fpJys<\/a><\/p>\n

— ben smith (@bensmit06780964) March 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n