A nuclear threat on the Korean Peninsula and a quagmire in the Middle East are “two qualitative changes” that further eroded global security over the past year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told an annual conference on international security policy in Munich, Germany.
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Korean nuclear crisis, Middle East quagmire eroding global security, UN chief tells Munich summit
- 16 February 2018

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