World needs renewed security architecture against 'chaos and change', UN chief says


FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference outlining his priorities for 2026 at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 29, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

GENEVA, Feb ⁠23 (Reuters) - The United ⁠Nations Secretary General ‌on Monday called for a renewed international security architecture ​in response ⁠to a rapidly ⁠shifting global order.

"We are ⁠living ‌through a period of ⁠chaos and change...The international order ​that ‌defined security relations ⁠for nearly ​eight decades is shifting rapidly," said ⁠U.N. Secretary General ​Antonio Guterres.

"Moving forward, we need to create a ⁠renewed international security architecture. This needs to be based on ​sober ⁠analysis of the international ​situation," he ‌added.

(Reporting by Olivia ​Le Poidevin; editing by Matthias Williams)

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