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U.N. chief lays out 5 priorities for 2019

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres cited armed conflict, poverty, hunger, inequality and climate change as his chief concerns for 2019.

By Arete News - January 16, 2019

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at the Web Summit 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal (AN/Seb Daly)

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