United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that cuts to aid budgets were “wreaking havoc” as he opened the organization’s annual meeting of world leaders, painting a dark picture of the world order.

“But development aid cuts are wreaking havoc. They are a death sentence for many. A stolen future for many more,” he said without mentioning the United States, responsible for many of the cuts, whose president will speak shortly after Guterres.

“This is the paradox of our time: we know what we need — yet we are pulling away the very lifeline that makes it possible.”

In a doom-laden speech, Guterres pointed to worsening crises in a growing number of countries and warned of the risk of nuclear proliferation.

“Far too many crises continue unchecked. Impunity prevails. Lawle

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