'Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction'

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 08, 2022 12:17 am

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) slammed multinational corporations for turning the world's ecosystems into 'playthings of profit' and warned failure to correct course would lead to catastrophic results.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the opening ceremony of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) at Plenary Hall of the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on December 6, 2022. Andrej Ivanov / AFP

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