2024-05-16 19:23:45
Guterres became UN Sec. General on 1.1.2017. The claim that the current Israel-Hamas war is the deadliest in terms of scale is misleading. The conflict in Ethiopia claimed at least 180K lives. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is estimated to have claimed more than 200K lives [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(37-0-20) Author
2024-05-16 23:15:33
Since Guterres took office in 2017: Over 80,000 were killed in Syria. Over 150,000 were killed in Ukraine. Over 400,000 were killed in the Tigray War. Over 2,500,000 Ethiopians were displaced, over 850,000 became refugees, & over 13,000,000 require food aid. [Link][Link][Link][Link][Link][Link][Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(35-0-16) Author
2024-05-16 23:55:58
UN SG has qualified deadly it with - "speed & scale". Hence, while other wars have surely had more death count, he is referring here to the nature of this particular conflict which makes it the deadliest conflict of his time. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(7-0-14) Author