UN chief warns world is one step from `nuclear annihilation’

August 03, 2022

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, H.E. Ambassador Gustavo Zlauvinen, center is seen during the 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, in the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Ambassador Gustavo Zlauvinen, center is seen during the 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference, in the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief warned Monday that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” citing the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East and many other factors. Lewis said countries participating in the review conference will have a difficult decision to make.