U.N. chief says natural resource control and extraction fueling conflict
UN Security Council Secretary-General António Guterres said that the control and exploitation of natural resources are dramatically altering the causes, dynamics, and the outcomes of conflict.” Speaking at a Security Council meeting on natural resources governance today (22 Jul), Guterres stressed, “it is time to break the age-old pattern – where resources are extracted, value is captured elsewhere, and impoverished communities are left behind to cope with the environmental and socioeconomic damage.”: He added, “it is time to close the gap between a State’s recognized sovereignty over its natural resources, and its sovereign rights in practice.
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