Global Military Spending Shows Misalignment of Priorities, says UN Secretary General By Naureen Hossain Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service -- All rights reserved.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/global-military-spending-shows-misalignment-of-priorities-says-un-secretary-general/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Is_Western_Support_for_Israel_Beginning_to_Crumble_Afghanistans_Overlapping_Crises_Deepen_Following_ Just prior to the UN Secretary-General releasing his report on global military spending, news broke that Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas members in Qatar’s capital, Doha. António Guterres commented, “It (the strike) lays bare a stark reality: the world is spending far more on waging war than on building peace.” Copyright © IPS - Inter Press Service -- All rights reserved. UNITED NATIONS, Sep 10 2025 (IPS) - Global military spending has been on the rise for more than 20 years, and in 2024, it surged across all five global regions in the world to reach a record high of USD 2.7 trillion. Yet, such growth has come at the cost of diverting financial resources away from sustainable development efforts, which the United Nations and its chief warn puts pressure on an “already strained financial context.”