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UNITED NATIONS Men's Nike KD 8 Wolf Grey Orange Australia , Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- The plight of Myanmar's Rohingyas -- refugees alone now nearing 380,000 -- dominated on Wednesday United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' news conference preceding the annual VIP debate in the General Assembly.


While first warning the Southeast Asia crisis was destabilizing the region, it was not long after that he warned about destabilization for Northeast Asia. The nuclear and missile tests by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), he said, "created great instability and tension on the Korean peninsula, throughout the region and beyond."


"Our world faces major threats -- from the nuclear peril to global terrorism, from inequality to cyber-crime Men's Nike KD 8 Christmas Pack White Black Bright Crimson Australia ," Guterres said. "Hurricanes and floods around the world remind us that extreme weather events are expected to become more frequent and severe, due to climate change."


"No country can meet these tests alone," the UN chief said. "But if we work together, we can chart a safer, more stable course. And that is why (next week's) General Assembly meeting is so important."


This is his first General Assembly general debate since he became secretary-general on Jan. 1.


CATASTROPHIC HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN MYANMAR


It was his concerns over the ethnic Muslim Rohingyas, both those in Myanmar's Rakhine State and those who fled to neighboring Bangladesh, that topped his list.


"Grievances that have been left to fester for decades have now escalated beyond Myanmar's borders Men's Nike KD 8 Black Crimson Australia , destabilizing the region," Guterres said.


Myanmar is overwhelmingly Buddhist.


"The humanitarian situation is catastrophic," he said. "When we met last week, there were 125,000 Rohingya refugees who had fled into Bangladesh," he said, adding the number of people who have left their homes and have fled to Bangladesh "has now tripled to nearly 380 Men's Nike KD 8 Bright Crimson Black Australia ,000."


That concern was such that Guterres, the former head of the UN refugee agency