United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Security Council to channel the resources often spent on war to development and peace.

Guterres made the plea on Friday at an open debate of the Security Council on the future of the United Nations, held to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the founding of the world body.

Via a video link from Hanoi, the Secretary-General started his speech by alluding to an anecdote of the Security Council, Xinhua news agency reported.

Guterres said that in the spring of 1946, the first ballot box of the Security Council was opened for inspection before voting, and to everyone’s surprise, there was already a slip of paper inside.

It was a message from the box’s maker, a local New York mechanic named Paul Antonio, who said he w

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