DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of the United Nations says the world is in a “sorry state” because of myriad “interlinked” challenges including climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday (Jan. 18, 2023) that the struggles are “piling up like cars in a chain reaction crash.” He delivered his gloomy message on the second day of the elite gathering of world leaders and corporate executives in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, Switzerland. Sessions took a grim turn when news broke of a helicopter crash in Ukraine that killed 16 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and other officials. Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to address the conclave by video link.
First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, left, and First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko, right, reacts at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland after a helicopter crash in Ukraine, where Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky died among others on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos from Jan. 16 until Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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