UNITED NATIONS, United States, Jan 15, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that humanity had opened a "Pandora's box of ills" including "out of control technology" that risks upending "our very existence."

"Our actions -- or inactions -- have unleashed a modern-day Pandora's box of ills," Guterres said in a speech to the UN General Assembly laying out his priorities for 2025.

"Four of those ills stand out because they represent, at best, threats that could disrupt every aspect of our agenda and, at worst, upend our very existence: runaway conflicts, rampant inequalities, the raging climate crisis, and out-of-control technology.