“The evidence is clear: excessive military spending does not guarantee peace,” says UN Secretary-General António Guterres who launched the report today. The massive diversion of resources poses a serious threat to humanity’s future by undermining sustainable peace and development. The shift is widespread, with more than 100 countries boosting their military spending in 2024 alone. Moreover, while military spending generates jobs, other civil sectors can generally create more jobs with the same resources—US$1 billion in military spending can create approximately 11,200 jobs in the military but it can create 26,700 in education, 16,800 in clean energy and 17,200 in health care. Reducing military spending is one of the most direct and concrete disarmament objectives embedded in the UN Charter.