Milan, September 23 (LaPresse) – “The world order is collapsing” because “the rules-based order that brought stability is under increasing pressure” and once-distant threats are approaching. This was the warning with which Lithuanian President Edgars Rinkevics opened his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, citing the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. “Nature doesn’t respect borders either. Heat waves don’t stop at checkpoints. Sea levels threaten to rise,” and “the danger is just as real in the mountains,” where “a river can turn into a deadly flood,” Rinkevics continued, citing the floods in Nepal, emphasizing that “climate change knows no borders or nationalities.” “We’re all in this together. Perhaps Noah’s Ark is no longer just a biblical story,” he said, adding that the lesson of what’s happening seems to be that “none of us can face threats alone.”
UN, Latvian President: “World Order Is Collapse, We’re All in This Together”
Milan, September 23 (LaPresse) – “The world order is collapsing” because “the rules-based order that brought stability is under increasing pressure” and once-distant threats are approaching. This was the warning with which Lithuanian President Edgars Rinkevics opened his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, citing the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. “Nature doesn’t respect borders either. Heat waves don’t stop at checkpoints. Sea levels threaten to rise,” and “the danger is just as real in the mountains,” where “a river can turn into a deadly flood,” Rinkevics continued, citing the floods in Nepal, emphasizing that “climate change knows no borders or nationalities.” “We’re all in this together. Perhaps Noah’s Ark is no longer just a biblical story,” he said, adding that the lesson of what’s happening seems to be that “none of us can face threats alone.”