UN chief warns that a dangerous erosion of respect for international law is unfolding [SOUND]

# The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, warns that wars, arms races, climate shocks, and the erosion of international law are placing intense pressure on the multilateral system established to prevent a third world war. He addressed a high-level Security Council debate yesterday, amid growing concern over the future of multilateralism. Guterres warned that a dangerous erosion of respect for international law was unfolding, with fundamental principles such as sovereignty and territorial integrity being challenged or ignored: