{"id":58246,"date":"2025-06-26T19:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/un-chief-warns-of-high-number-of-armed-conflicts"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:41:17","slug":"un-chief-warns-of-high-number-of-armed-conflicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/un-chief-warns-of-high-number-of-armed-conflicts","title":{"rendered":"UN chief warns of high number of armed conflicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span><b>United Nations Secretary-General Anto\u0301nio Guterres warned of the high number of armed conflicts in the world, and called on member states to remain committed to their responsibility to protect against violence.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are witnessing the highest number of armed conflicts since the end of the Second World War,&#8221; Guterres said during a speech to the General Assembly marking the 20th anniversary of the U.N.&#8217;s Responsibility to Protect.<\/p>\n<p>The Responsibility to Protect, or R2P, was adopted by the U.N. in 2005. 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